VP Applications Development

AgCountry Farm Credit Services (AgCountry), Farm Credit Services of America (FCSAmerica) and Frontier Farm Credit are financial cooperatives that operate under shared management across eight states. While each association is owned by its local farmers and ranchers, they collaborate by pooling resources, expertise, and talent to provide affordable credit, crop insurance, and financial services.

Our associations are united by a common mission and commitment to serving rural America and supporting each other, which drives the success of the farmers, ranchers, and agribusiness we serve. We take pride in being a great place to work, and this enthusiasm is reflected in the relationships our team members foster with one another and with our customers.

We are hiring for two VP Application Development leaders. One will lead the digital services team and the other will lead the retail lending team. This position will lead cross functional, agile development teams to drive complex business and technology evolution. Partner with business and technology teams to ensure the timely delivery of high-quality solutions that meet customer needs. Attract, coach, and mentor team members for high performance.

Collaborate with all technology leaders and teams serving as an initiator and driver of evolutionary improvement. Create meaningful measures of team success and actively lead the on-going improvement of the team and development of new best practices. Act as a principal agile/lean coach as related to feature development and solution delivery.

Lead the development of technology solutions.

• Provide direct leadership for cross-functional development teams, comprising of internal technology and product team members and/or external partners, to deliver best-in-class technology solutions while meeting time to market needs.
• Develop resource plans that are aligned with investment objectives and manage the involvement of team members with the technical competencies necessary to achieve the desired results.
• Ensure work aligns with organizational priorities and is sequenced and scoped appropriately to achieve the desired outcomes.
• Collaborate with product and business teammates to develop incremental release plans that maximize value and align with go to market strategies.
• Champion lean and agile processes to optimize the flow of work and create efficiencies.
• Guide teams through the software development lifecycle driving the delivery of high-quality solutions in a timely manner.
• Breakdown large, complex projects into meaningful iterative segments, with an emphasis on delivering value quickly and frequently, to reduce deployment risk and meet the needs of customers.
• Create and communicate expectations for delivery including estimates and solution feasibility, with an understanding of known risks and constraints.
• Proactively mitigate risk of scope creep and business impact during transformational change.
• Resolve impediments and team issues in collaboration with leadership and other technology and business teams.
• Own the KPIs (Key Performance Indicators) and visualizations for an agile team providing meaningful insights into team progress and performance.
• Provide support and maintenance of assigned systems to ensure the security and reliability of solutions for teammates and customers.

• Partner with business and product teammates to build and support plans for strategic goals.
• Collaborate with peers to evolve software development practices driving efficiencies and experiences that empower teammates to do their best work.
• Maintain a strong understanding of current initiatives, technical strategies, and product roadmaps to…