Senior Director – Core Banking Transformation, Strategy Advisory

Senior Director – Core Banking Transformation, Strategy Advisory

Location:

Remote CST

Compensation: $250K–$280K base + bonus + profit sharing. Up to $350K/year total compensation.

The Senior Director – Core Banking Transformation, Strategy Advisory will serve as a strategic leader responsible for defining the future-state direction of the bank’s core systems landscape
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This is a high-impact advisory position focused on business capability mapping, core platform rationalization, and long-term transformation strategy
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It is not an engineering or delivery leadership role
. This leader partners closely with executive stakeholders to guide critical decisions on core banking platforms, modernization pathways, and enterprise technology investments, helping the organization evolve from a fragmented, multi-core environment into a scalable, integrated digital backbone.

• Mission: Transform core banking into a scalable, business-aligned ecosystem that accelerates growth, agility, and innovation.
• Objective: Define and guide a future-state digital core strategy that supports the bank’s next phase of scale and complexity.

• Map end-to-end business processes across banking domains (deposits, lending, payments, cards, wealth).
• Align business capabilities to underlying core systems and supporting platforms.
• Identify redundancy, fragmentation, and inefficiency across the current ecosystem.
• Build a structured enterprise capability model to inform transformation decisions.

• Evaluate existing platforms (e.g., Signature, Thought Machine, Fiserv, FIS, TSYS, etc.).
• Assess:
  • Functional overlap
  • Integration complexity
  • Scalability constraints
  • Retain / modernize
  • Consolidate
• Deliver data-driven recommendations to executive leadership
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• Define the target-state core banking ecosystem
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• Platform strategy (single vs multi-core, hybrid).
• Migration approach and sequencing.
• Key trade-offs and dependencies.
• Guide leadership on modernization options:
  • Progressive transformation
  • Platform replacement
• Ensure alignment between roadmap and enterprise priorities.
• Conduct evaluations of core banking platforms and ecosystem solutions.
• Benchmark internal capabilities against external market offerings.
• Lead build vs. buy vs. partner analyses
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• Support vendor evaluation and strategic platform decisions.

• Serve as a trusted advisor to senior technology and business leaders.
• Translate business strategy into actionable platform direction.
• Platform investments.
• Strategic trade-offs.
• Align short-term business needs with long-term architecture goals.

• Partner with:
  • Core platform leaders
  • Architecture and data teams
  • Product and business stakeholders.
• Influence outcomes without direct ownership of engineering or delivery teams
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• Operate effectively in a dynamic, evolving, and partially unstructured environment.

• Not responsible for engineering delivery or implementation.
• Not accountable for running large operational teams.
• Not a hands-on architecture or coding role.

• 15+ years in banking, financial services, fintech, or consulting.
• Demonstrated experience in core banking transformation strategy
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• Experience evaluating or advising on:
  • Platform consolidation or selection.
  • Business architecture.
  • Enterprise transformation strategy.
  • Technology advisory.
  • Proven success operating in ambiguous or evolving environments
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• Strong preference for candidates with:
  • Experience at Big 4 or top-tier consulting firms (EY, Deloitte, PwC, Accenture, etc.).
  • OR banking leaders who have:
    • Led core transformation strategy (not just execution).
    • Worked across multiple core platforms and environments.
    • Business capability modeling and process mapping.
    • Core banking system evaluation and rationalization.
    • Strategic planning and roadmap development.
    • Vendor and market analysis.
    • Executive communication and influence.
    • Structured problem-solving in complex environments.

• Strategic thinker with strong advisory mindset.
• Comfortable influencing without direct authority.
• Effective in unstructured, fast-evolving environments
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• Strong executive presence and communication skills.

• Deliver a comprehensive business capability → core system mapping.
• Define and gain alignment on a core platform rationalization strategy.
• Establish a future-state core banking roadmap.
• Create a repeatable framework for ongoing core evolution.
• Bonus:
  Target 25% (up to 150% payout).
• Profit sharing and full benefits package.
• 401(k) with immediate vesting.

• Define—not just execute—the future of the bank’s core architecture.
• High visibility with executive leadership.
• Opportunity to shape a multi-year transformation strategy from the ground up
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• Direct impact on enterprise growth, scalability, and competitiveness.