Senior Director Digital Banking Platform & Engineering

First Citizens; Raleigh (NC); Remote; USD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

First Citizens is seeking a Senior Director, Digital Technology Engineering to lead a global software engineering organization responsible for the development, testing, delivery, and production support of our Commercial Banking digital platform. This role is remote with eligibility in AZ, NC, TX and will coordinate across US and India teams.

The ideal leader combines deep technical expertise with strong product partnership skills, delivering scalable banking solutions while maintaining security

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree and 8 years of experience in Information Technology including application development, support roles, and management.
• 12+ years of progressive software engineering experience with at least 5+ years leading large engineering organizations.
• Experience leading technology modernization and digital transformation initiatives within complex enterprise environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead a global engineering organization of approximately 40 professionals across the United States and India.
• Own end-to-end delivery of multiple commercial banking digital platform capabilities across web, mobile, APIs, and supporting platform services.
• Ensure predictable delivery of business features and strategic initiatives on schedule, within budget, and aligned with business objectives.
• Drive a culture of accountability, innovation, continuous improvement, and engineering excellence.
• Build and retain high-performing engineering teams through coaching, mentoring, succession planning, and talent development.

Skills

Engineering leadership

Global delivery

Banking domain

Agile delivery

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

OpenShift

RESTful APIs

Elasticsearch

Job description

First Citizens is seeking a Senior Director, Digital Technology Engineering to lead a global software engineering organization responsible for the development, testing, delivery, and production support of our Commercial Banking digital platform. This role is remote with eligibility in AZ, NC, TX and will coordinate across US and India teams.

The ideal leader combines deep technical expertise with strong product partnership skills, delivering scalable banking solutions while maintaining security