Tower Federal Credit Union · 1 day ago
AVP, IT Architecture
Laurel, MD
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior Level
5+ years expTower Federal Credit Union is seeking an AVP, IT Architecture to lead the strategic direction of their enterprise architecture framework. This role involves overseeing the transition to cloud platforms, collaborating with IT leadership, and promoting architecture governance practices across the organization.
Financial Services
Responsibilities
Leads the transition from on-prem systems and services to cloud and SaaS platforms, ensuring architectural integrity, security, and alignment with business objectives
Collaborates with IT and Cybersecurity leadership to influence technology roadmaps, ensuring architectural principles support strategic goals, regulatory compliance, and member experience objectives
Promotes and lead architecture governance practices that enable consistent, scalable, and secure technology solutions across IT and business units. Facilitates Architecture Review processes to ensure alignment with organizational priorities
Defines and evolves architecture principles technology, data, business and application domains to guide solution design and integration
Advocates for pragmatic architecture frameworks and methodologies that fit organizational needs, balancing structure with agility
Leads and mentors a team of IT Architects and IT Engineers, fostering a culture of architectural thinking and cross-functional collaboration
Manage relationships with vendors providing architecture tools and advisory services, ensuring value and alignment with enterprise standards
Manages department budget, accurately forecasting, tracking and managing financial resources
Actively engages team through regular 1:1s, team meetings, performance reviews, and coaching and mentoring
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's or master's degree in information systems or related field with 5 years relevant work experience
Without a degree, at least 10 years directly applicable relevant leadership and work experience plus relevant technical certifications
Minimum 5 years effective experience in leading technical staff and information technology operations
TOGAF, Zachman, ArchiMate, or equivalent architecture certification, upon hire or within 6 months of hire
Hands-on leadership of IT projects of moderate complexity with organization-wide impact; proficient in waterfall and/or Agile methodologies
Proven track record leading architecture governance and process standardization in mid-sized organization
Experience with cloud, on-prem infrastructure, core banking systems, and integration platforms
Experience with regulatory frameworks (NCUA, FFIEC, PCI-DSS, GDPR)
Experience managing a departmental budget – including forecasting and tracking
Company
Tower Federal Credit Union
Tower Federal Credit Union was founded in 1953
501-1000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
Richard Stafford
President & CEO
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