Senior Director Practices and Standards

Our vision for the future is based on the idea that transforming financial lives starts by giving our people the freedom to transform their own. We have a flexible work environment, and fluid career paths. We not only encourage but celebrate internal mobility. We also recognize the importance of purpose, well-being, and work-life balance. Within Empower and our communities, we work hard to create a welcoming and inclusive environment, and our associates dedicate thousands of hours to volunteering for causes that matter most to them.

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The Senior Director, Technology Practices and Standards will oversee, define, evolve, train, and advocate for enterprise standards and best practices related to Lean and Agile delivery methodologies, including SAFe, Agile, Scrum, Lean, and Kanban. This role will lead teams focused on coaching, training, assessing, and transforming delivery team practices, while documenting enterprise delivery processes and standards. The Senior Director, Technology Practices and Standards will partner closely with technology leadership to support long-term strategic plans, departmental roadmaps, and the overall Systems application development strategic transformation vision.

What you will do:

• Lead, mentor, coach, train, and transform delivery teams in application development, security, and infrastructure across key standards and best practices.
• Define, implement, and evolve roadmaps for standards and practices across IT functional areas.
• Attract and retain top talent and build high-performing teams.
• Adapt industry methods for best-fit application at Empower.
• Execute Systems strategy and capability roadmaps through department managers and staff.
• Deliver work through subordinate managers and ensure projects are completed on time and within predefined requirements and budgets.
• Serve as a primary resource to business senior management and operational senior management on current and future Systems Practices and Standards initiatives and resources.
• Ensure the creation of policies, procedures, standards, centers of excellence, trainings, enforcement capabilities, and processes to support the ongoing application development enterprise Agile evolution, including SAFe, Scrum, and Lean practices and methodologies.
• Collaborate on the evaluation, selection, and implementation of major systems and conversions from existing systems, including identifying technology direction that enables the business to achieve goals more effectively.
• Set, develop, and manage applications as applicable to a strategic plan.
• Provide direction to ensure efficient and effective area services.
• Collaborate with other IT disciplines to ensure changes to the company's IT environment are implemented at an appropriate level of quality, cost, and architectural consistency.
• Ensure monthly alignment with the annual budget through oversight of financial activities.
• Provide oversight of adherence to IT internal policies and procedures.
• Develop and monitor budgets for departments or work units, including responsibility for budget aspects across multiple work units.
• Coach and develop staff to maximize individual performance, build future organizational leadership, enhance teamwork, and strengthen support of the organization's values, tactics, and strategies.
• Estimate staffing needs, create schedules, and assign projects and work for the work functions or departments.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

What you will bring:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, or equivalent experience.
• Fingerprinting required.
• Minimum 10 years of relevant systems experience, including at least 5 years of experience directly managing people, including hiring, developing, motivating, and directing people as they work.
• Minimum 2 years of executive-level experience, such as Director or Officer.
• Minimum 5 years of experience managing distributed software development, systems operations, or systems integration teams.
• Program and project management expertise, including the ability to concurrently manage multiple complex projects.
• Excellent problem-solving and interpersonal skills.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills.

What will set you apart:

• Systems development executive experience.
• Experience leading multi-disciplinary teams.

This job operates in a professional office environment.

This job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications of the job. The employer has the right to revise this job description at any time. You will be evaluated in part based on your performance of the responsibilities and/or tasks listed in this job description. You may be required to perform other duties that are not included on this job description. The job description is not a contract for employment, and either you or the employer may terminate employment at any time, for any reason, as per terms and conditions of your employment contract.

What we offer you

We offer an array of diverse and inclusive benefits regardless of where you are in your career. We believe that providing our employees with the means to lead healthy balanced lives results in the best possible work performance.

• Medical, dental, vision and life insurance
• Retirement savings - 401(k) plan with generous company matching contributions (up to 6%), financial advisory services, potential company discretionary contribution, and a broad investment lineup
• Tuition reimbursement up to $5,250/year
• Business-casual environment that includes the option to wear jeans
• Generous paid time off upon hire - including a paid time off program plus ten paid company holidays and three floating holidays each calendar year
• Paid volunteer time - 16 hours per calendar year
• Leave of absence programs - including paid parental leave, paid short- and long-term disability, and Family and Medical Leave (FMLA)
• Business Resource Groups (BRGs) - BRGs facilitate inclusion and collaboration across our business internally and throughout the communities where we live, work and play. BRGs are open to all.

Base Salary Range

The salary range above shows the typical minimum to maximum base salary range for this position in the location listed. Non-sales positions have the opportunity to participate in a bonus program. Sales positions are eligible for sales incentives, and in some instances a bonus plan, whereby total compensation may far exceed base salary depending on individual performance. Actual compensation offered may vary from posted hiring range based upon geographic location, work experience, education, licensure requirements and/or skill level and will be finalized at the time of offer.

Equal opportunity employer * Drug-free workplace

We are an equal opportunity employer with a commitment to diversity. All individuals, regardless of personal characteristics, are encouraged to apply. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age (40 and over), race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, pregnancy, religion, physical or mental disability, military or veteran status, genetic information, or any other status protected by applicable state or local law.

***For remote and hybrid positions you will be required to provide reliable high-speed internet with a wired connection as well as a place in your home to work with limited disruption. You must have reliable connectivity from an internet service provider that is fiber, cable or DSL internet. Other necessary computer equipment, will be provided. You may be required to work in the office if you do not have an adequate home work environment and the required internet connection.***

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