Technical Director

1st Choice &; Clinton (MD); On-site; USD 130,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

1st Choice is seeking a Technical Director Information Technology & Cybersecurity in Clinton, Maryland to lead enterprise IT and security initiatives. The role emphasizes translating business needs into technical solutions, guiding product and technology teams, and ensuring successful delivery across large programs.

The candidate should have extensive experience in banking/financial services, system integration, and client-facing communication, with travel up to 25% and on-site work Monday to

Qualifications

• 9+ years of experience delivering large-scale enterprise programs.
• Experience in payment solutions and system integration.
• Strong client-facing and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic and operational thought leadership for new opportunities addressing client needs and pain points.
• Identify and document requirements and technical scope in partnership with sales, implementation, and operations.
• Collaborate with product and technology teams.
• Support project management.
• Interact with product owners to identify capabilities and create detailed workflows.
• Translate workflows into detailed technical requirements for product/application teams.
• Identify internal and external application owners for development.
• Control solution development.

Skills

Strong client facing and communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in business or relevant field

Job description

Technical Director Information Technology & Cybersecurity Clinton , Maryland Aug 19, 2026

Choose 1st Choice — we care about our people, offer great benefits, and create real opportunities to grow. With 20+ years of nationwide staffing success, we're here to help you thrive. We7re an equal opportunity employer and welcome all qualified applicants. At 1 st Choice, our Technical Directors bridge business systems requirements from the end user to functional implementation of technical solutions. They create requirements specifications (client, user, etc.), specifications of user or market needs; identification or synthesis of technology needed to meet a user or market need.

What will you do:

• Provide strategic and operational thought leadership for new opportunities that address client needs and pain points.
• Identify and document requirements and technical scope in partnership with sales, implementation, and operations.
• Collaborate with product and technology teams.
• Support project management.
• Interact with the product owners to identify the capabilities and create detailed workflows.
• Translate the workflow orchestration to detail technical requirements for the respective product/application teams.
• Identify internal, external application owners for the development.
• Control solution development.

What you will need to have:

• 9+ years of experience solutioning and delivering large-scale enterprise programs.
• Experience in payment solutions
• System integration experience
• Strong client facing and communication skills.
• Bachelor\'s degree in business or a relevant field, or an equivalent combination of education, work, and/or military experience.

What would be great to have:

• Experience in banking, financial services, and/or software industries.
• Public sector experience

Important information about this role:

• You will be required to travel up to 25% of the time.
• This role is on-site Monday through Friday. 1 st Choice considers in-person collaboration to be an essential part of this role as in-person office experiences help you with your overall onboarding experience and lead to stronger productivity.
• To be considered, you must be legally authorized to work in the U.S. without the need for sponsorship, now or in the future.