Principal Architect Director (Technology)

Huntington National Bank•Detroit, MI

21h•Onsite

About The Position

Description Summary: The Principal Architect-Director will lead a group of teams dedicated to pushing the limits of continuous improvement and innovation of our technology stack and work across the organization to influence our long-term technology strategy and vision for the company. The Principal Architect-Director is responsible for strategic and tactical delivery, including maintaining legacy functionality, while moving to next-generation capabilities – across the entire ecosystem.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or military experience in related field (preferably computer science/management information systems)
Minimum 10 years of experience in a Technology Leadership position
7+ years leading strategy, architecture and execution of projects
5+ years of hands-on experience in architecture and engineering
Cloud Technology / Architecture (AWS/Azure/GCP)
Strong communication and influencing skills - with demonstrated experience of actions put into place based on presentation to business & technology executives (Director of Technology, CTO, COO, CIO, Business Division Leads)

Nice To Haves

Hands on emerging Technologies and Artificial intelligence (AI)
15 + years of experience in a Technology Leadership position
Cloud Technology / Architecture (GCP)
Master’s Degree in Computer Science or Information Systems
Experience in Consumer/retail and commercial/business banking – branch and digital (online/direct) banking
Experience with SDLC, waterfall and agile delivery; DevOps and data solution testing including CI/CD, and data infrastructure including cloud
Experience with security, performance, availability, environment configuration
Experience with business intelligence, visualization, self-service dashboards, advanced analytics
Experience with banking data models and financial services (fintech) systems
Strong organizational skills with a demonstrated ability to plan and prioritize work, manage supply & demand, and build high performing teams
Proven ability to define and deliver against a strategic roadmap with in-depth understanding of the business strategy to be supported
Strong communication and influencing skills - with demonstrated experience of actions put into place based on presentation to business & technology executives (Director of Technology, CTO, COO, CIO, Business Division Leads)

Responsibilities

Enable the effective delivery of business value through key solution architecture decisions, including transformation of ecosystems, lifecycle and processes
Engage senior business and technology leadership to help them understand the role of technology, engaging them on the overall strategy, managing expectations, and providing creative thought leadership and insights
Provide thought-leadership for innovating toward the next evolution of technology products, including agile approaches, leveraging ‘big data’, cloud platforms and services, advanced analytics, data science and machine learning/artificial intelligence
Support the strategic goals of the bank, including alignment with strategic capabilities, target architectures & technology standards; Leading the definition and execution of a roadmap to deliver a target state supporting business and enterprise goals
Manage demand and delivery of tactical and strategic projects that maintain current service levels and address ad-hoc needs, while transitioning to future state; Leading enterprise maturity in data governance, quality and accessibility - while promoting a risk-aware culture, ensuring efficient and effective risk and compliance management practices by adhering to required standards and processes
Work with vendors and external partners to deliver functionality and support capability development
Maintenance of high-performing ecosystems including the retirement of legacy systems and build-out of next-generation platforms
Other duties as assigned