Director of Information Technology; IT

Position:
Director of Information Technology

Pay Range: $ to $

FLSA Classification:
Exempt

Join the Team That Puts Community First!

Foothill Credit Union isn’t just a financial institution—we’re a trusted partner proudly rooted in the heart of the San Gabriel Valley. For decades, we’ve been serving educators, healthcare professionals, municipal employees, families, and more than 250 local businesses with one mission: to improve our members' financial health.

Our commitment to excellence speaks for itself:

• Five-Star Rating from Bauer Financial—placing us among the best in the industry.
• Recognized by America's Credit Union with Diamond Awards in 2025 and 2026 for marketing excellence.
• #1 in California for Q4 2025 in the overall return of value to members among peer credit unions ($700MM–$1B), according to Callahan & Associates.

But we’re more than numbers—we’re a community advocate. Through partnerships, events, sponsor ships, and fundraising, we give back to the people and organizations that make the San Gabriel Valley thrive. When you join Foothill, you’re not just building a career—you’re making a difference.

Ready to be part of something bigger? Apply today and help us continue to raise the bar for service, innovation, and community impact!

Benefits and Perks:

• 100% covered Medical/Dental/Vision for Team Members
• 401(k) plan with match
• Profit-Sharing Plan
• Loan Discounts
• Paid Holidays
• Paid Time-Off
• And more!

What You'll Do: The Director of Information Technology (DIT) at Foothill Credit Union is a forward-thinking, people-centered leader who brings our technology vision to life in ways that reflect who we are—friendly, collaborative, and committed to exceptional member and team member experiences. In this role, the DIT partners across the organization to design, deliver, and continuously enhance secure, reliable, and innovative technology solutions that make life easier for our members and our team.

Acting as a trusted advisor and culture champion, the DIT ensures our technology is not only effective, but intuitive, empowering, and aligned with Foothill’s mission, core values, and vibrant workplace culture.

Essential duties and responsibilities: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements below represent the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required but may not be all-inclusive. Additional functions and requirements may be assigned by supervisors as deemed appropriate.

• Partner with the CTO and executive leadership to define and execute a forward-looking, enterprise-wide IT strategy aligned with Foothill’s strategic priorities
• Serve as an advisor on technology investments, digital enablement, cybersecurity risk, and operational scalability.
• Develop and govern a technology roadmap, ensuring prioritization aligns with the credit union purpose, risk mitigation, and member impact
• Contribute to enterprise strategic planning, aligning IT initiatives with organizational goals and culture priorities. Oversee the day-to-day operations, performance, workload, and service quality of the department
• Establish and monitor department metrics for service quality, ticket response and resolution, uptime, project delivery, security control maturity, risk remediation, and team capacity
• Lead service management practices (incident, problem, change management) to improve service reliability and user experience
• Champion a security-first culture, ensuring cybersecurity practices are embedded across all technology decisions and operations
• Lead information security programs, including vulnerability management, threat response, access control, security awareness, patch governance, endpoint/server/network protection, backup readiness, security awareness, vendor risk, and audit remediation
• Act as one of the IT team’s incident response leaders, coordinating communication, resources, containment, recovery, documentation, and reporting in alignment with the incident response policy
• Facilitate and respond to IT audit, regulatory, and cybersecurity assessment activities, including evidence collection, management responses, remediation tracking, and ongoing control improvement
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