Feature Lead - Technology

Bank of America•Jersey City, NJ

23h•$106,500 - $173,700•Onsite

About The Position

At Bank of America, we are guided by a common purpose to help make financial lives better through the power of every connection. We do this by driving Responsible Growth and delivering for our clients, teammates, communities and shareholders every day. Being a Great Place to Work and providing a culture of caring is core to how we drive Responsible Growth. We are intentional about fostering an inclusive workplace where every teammate has the opportunity to succeed, build a career and contribute to our shared success. This includes attracting and developing exceptional talent, recognizing and rewarding performance, and supporting our teammates’ physical, emotional, and financial wellness through affordable, competitive and flexible benefits. We value the unique perspectives individuals bring from all backgrounds and career paths - whether shaped by military service, community college education, or a wide range of work and life experiences. These journeys foster resilience, leadership and innovation, strengthening our workforce and positively impact the communities we serve. Bank of America is committed to an in-office culture that supports collaboration, engagement, and career development. Our approach includes clear in-office expectations, while providing an appropriate level of flexibility based on role-specific responsibilities and business needs. At Bank of America, you can build a successful career with opportunities to learn, grow, and make an impact. Join us! Position Summary : This job is responsible for providing leadership, technical direction and oversight to a team delivering technology solutions. Key responsibilities of the job are to provide oversight of the design, implementation, and maintenance of complex computer programs, align technical solutions to business objectives, and ensure that coding practices/quality comply with software development standards. Job expectations include conducting multiple software implementations and applying both depth and breadth in knowledge of several technical competencies. Bank of America’s associates are innovators and problem-solvers. We look for creative collaborators who evolve, adapt to change and thrive in a fast-paced global environment. The Global Financial Crimes Technology (GFCT) team within Enterprise Risk and Finance Technology delivers solutions for the enhanced monitoring of suspicious activity across Anti Money Laundering (AML) and Economic Sanctions. The primary mission of the group is to design, implement and maintain strategic monitoring and detection solutions to support AML and Fraud Investigations, Economic Sanctions scanning and screening, customer risk rating, and numerous regulatory reporting processes associated to the domain . Actively seeking a feature lead with experience in solution design and development, leveraging numerous components, to support strategic initiative delivery and maintenance of applications within the Global Financial Crimes Technology portfolio. The role is responsible for providing leadership, direction, and oversight to feature teams responsible for delivering technology solutions, with ownership of GFC components which support broader Enterprise Customer Due Diligence processes. Key responsibilities of the role include driving feature and solution delivery to satisfy business objectives and requirements, leveraging knowledge and experience in design/architectural patterns and Agile/DevOps practices, partnering with key stakeholders across Global Technology, Global Risk Management and numerous Front Line Units to define and execute on strategic portfolio transformation, and ensuring Technology solution compliance with Enterprise risk and security standards.

Requirements

8+ years of job related experience required.
Demonstrated experience in designing and delivering distributed platforms and solutions, scalable to support business needs and anticipated growth, with appropriate security and reliability.
Design, develop and maintain complex systems, ensuring code quality and performance.
Experience in data architecture and developing data solutions and capabilities across numerous platforms
Track record of successful operation in a fast-paced environment with the ability to effectively manage multiple priorities concurrently.
Strong background in leading development teams of varying sizes, ensuring focus on quality of delivery and adherence to best practices.
Demonstrate strong leadership, communication, analytical and organizational skills.

Nice To Haves

Financial Crimes domain experience strongly preferred
Experience with generative AI tooling and integration

Responsibilities

Designs, develops and is accountable for feature delivery
Applies enterprise standards for solution design, coding and quality
Ensures solution meets product acceptance criteria with minimal technical debt
Guides the team on work breakdown and execution
Works with the Product Owner to ensure that product backlog/requirements are healthy, with clear acceptance criteria
Plays a team lead role (as an individual contributor) and mentors the team
Guides team members with skills and practices (planning and estimation, peer reviews, and other engineering practices)
Accountability for design and development of features, components and overall solutions.
Apply enterprise standards for solution design, coding and quality
Ensure solution meets product acceptance criteria with minimal technical debt.
Responsible for compliance and security items and audit support at the team level.
Act as a liaison for production activities/issues, work intake, planning and execution routines
Work with the Product Owner to ensure that product backlog/requirements are healthy, with clear acceptance criteria.
Team Mentorship - Plays a team lead role and mentors the team.
Guide team members with skills and practices (planning & estimation, peer reviews and other engineering practices).
Identify skill and role gaps, and work with Technology Delivery Manager to address them
Work with Technology Delivery Manager in creating resource contingency plans where required.