VP of Information Technology - Enterprise Architecture

Fiserv•Berkeley Heights, NJ

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The VP of Information Technology - Enterprise Architecture will be responsible for defining and driving the enterprise technology vision for Issuer Solutions. You will provide strategic leadership across enterprise architecture, platform engineering, and delivery execution, ensuring technology investments align to business strategy, regulatory expectations, and long-term scalability. You will own architecture direction, platform standards, and modernization roadmaps, driving consistency, quality, and operational resilience across a complex, multi-product environment.

Requirements

15+ years of experience in software development, and good understanding of modern practices like Cloud, DevOps, Agile, Java, APIs, modern frameworks, databases etc.
6+ years of management experience at an enterprise level using a broad, enterprise-wide view of the business and varying degrees of appreciation for strategy, processes, and capabilities, enabling technologies, and governance
6+ years of experience leading teams in developing micro services and micro batch modern technology
Experience acting as a liaison conveying information needs of the business to IT and data constraints to the business; applying equal conveyance regarding business strategy and IT strategy, business processes and workflow automation, business initiatives and IT initiatives, and benefit realization and service delivery
Bachelor’s degree in computer science, or a relevant field, or an equivalent combination of education, work, and/or military experience
Must currently possess valid and unrestricted U.S. work authorization to be considered for this role. Individuals with temporary visas including, but not limited to, F-1 (OPT, CPT, STEM), H-1B, H-2, or TN, or any candidate requiring sponsorship, now or in the future, will not be considered for this role

Nice To Haves

Experience working in the Financial Services industry or specifically with Fiserv products and services is a strong plus
Ability to effectively communicate and navigate through complex program delivery, ensuring meeting roadmap delivery and timelines working across multiple stakeholders
Strong situational analysis and decision-making abilities
Act as a team player with the ability to work effectively at all levels of an organization and influence others to move toward consensus

Responsibilities

Lead team and others through strategic organizational change initiative while you partner with business stakeholders, client relationship managers and senior leadership to deliver strategic roadmaps on a metric driven approach
Define and own the enterprise architecture strategy for the group including setting technology standards and driving modernization roadmaps that align to business priorities
Lead large-scale architecture-driven transformation initiatives, including legacy modernization, cloud adoption, API and integration strategies, and platform standardization
Participate in project planning and oversee development and delivery while be the single escalation point to senior leadership, and ensure developers deliver quality code, meeting coding and cyber standards
Embed the continuous improvement culture with assessment of processes, controls, quality, and development practices across the team while you support a culture that rewards success and promotes collaboration
Build structure and succession with team leaders to be able to operate without day-to-day guidance by establishing clear roles, responsibilities, and process owners to enable the organization to become self-standing, addressing single points of failure and make it process dependent
Ensure investment in appropriate documentation for the platforms to allow for supportability, risk mitigation through cross training and support new resource onboarding
Leverage off-shore resourcing including consultants effectively with investment in pre-requisites, work allocation and guidance, creates culture of trust to off-shore certain projects with oversight