VP Enterprise Applications & Software Delivery
About The Position
Stanford Federal Credit Union is seeking a Vice President, Enterprise Applications & Software Delivery to lead its technology platforms and engineering capabilities. Reporting to the Chief Information Officer, this leader is responsible for core banking and enterprise applications, software development, application integrations, and quality engineering. The role combines operating highly available, business-critical banking platforms with modernizing how technology is built, integrated, tested, and delivered. The successful candidate will bring operational discipline to critical banking systems while advancing modern engineering, quality, integration, and application-management practices. The position oversees the strategy, lifecycle, availability, and continuous improvement of the credit union’s application portfolio; production support and operational resilience; major platform initiatives; vendor relationships; and technology portfolio planning. The leader will also develop managers and technical professionals across multiple disciplines. Stanford Federal Credit Union is a member-owned, nonprofit credit union with $4.5 billion in assets and more than 95,000 members in 90 countries. It describes its mission as improving financial lives and notes that it is a Bay Area Top Workplace. The organization does not provide work visa sponsorship or accept visa transfers.
Requirements
- 10+ years of progressive experience in enterprise applications, software engineering, application delivery, or technology operations.
- 5+ years of experience leading managers and multidisciplinary technical organizations.
- Experience with highly available, transaction-intensive technology environments.
- Strong knowledge of enterprise application management, software engineering, quality engineering, application integrations, and production support.
- Experience leading complex implementations, upgrades, integrations, and modernization initiatives.
- Experience managing strategic technology vendors and holding partners accountable for performance.
- Strong understanding of operational resilience, incident and problem management, software-development controls, and technology risk.
- Ability to translate between business priorities, technology strategy, operational risk, and engineering execution.
- Strong executive communication and stakeholder-management skills.
Nice To Haves
- Financial-services technology experience, particularly in credit unions, banking, payments, or fintech.
- Familiarity with core banking platforms such as Fiserv DNA or comparable systems and technologies supporting deposits, lending, payments, and financial transaction processing.
Responsibilities
- Lead strategy, lifecycle management, availability, and continuous improvement for the core banking and enterprise application portfolio.
- Lead software development and application integration capabilities.
- Oversee quality engineering, test automation, and release-readiness practices.
- Direct production application support, monitoring, incident management, and problem remediation.
- Lead major platform implementations, upgrades, integrations, and modernization initiatives.
- Guide application and integration architecture in partnership with Infrastructure, Information Security, Data, and other technology leaders.
- Manage strategic technology vendor relationships, performance, roadmaps, and escalations.
- Advance application resilience, recovery capabilities, and operational readiness.
- Lead technology portfolio planning, resource allocation, budget management, and investment recommendations.
- Develop and grow managers and technical professionals across multiple disciplines.
Benefits
- 100% paid employee medical, dental, vision, life/AD&D, and short-term disability insurance; 50% paid for dependents.
- Annual incentives plan.
- Employer 401(k) matching up to 5%, plus additional annual discretionary contributions.
- Education reimbursement up to $5,200 per year.
- Employee recognition program with cash incentives.
- Wellness benefits up to $1,200 per year.
- Commuter toll benefit of $100–$200 per month, based on position.
- Paid sick time accruing at two weeks per year.
- Paid vacation time accruing at three weeks per year.
- Paid federal banking holidays, approximately 11 per year.
- Ongoing training and education, seminars, and conferences.
- Loan rate discounts on some vehicle, mortgage, and HELOC products.
- Waived fees and deposit bonuses on Stanford FCU accounts.
- Flexible health/transit plan availability.
- Employee Assistance Program, including free counseling and help finding legal assistance and day care resources.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Executive
Education Level
No Education Listed
