SVP of Software Engineering & Transformation; Remote

SVP of Software Engineering & Transformation (Remote)

At Emprise Bank, everything we do is focused on empowering people to thrive. We proudly work to provide an extraordinary customer experience to help our customers achieve their goals.

The Senior Vice President of Software Engineering & Transformation provides strategic leadership for the Bank’s enterprise technology transformation agenda, advancement and adoption of artificial intelligence, application development, and emerging technology capabilities. This executive is responsible for identifying, prioritizing, and delivering transformational opportunities that leverage AI, automation, modern engineering practices, and strategic technology partnerships to improve client experience, operational efficiency, resiliency, and business outcomes.

A successful candidate will have:

• Exemplary customer service experience
• Critical and analytical thinking skills
• Confident and articulate written and verbal communications skills
• Initiative and strong work ethic
• Technical problem resolution skills
• Strong attention to detail
• The ability to treat highly confidential information with utmost urgency
• An understanding of and commitment to our values
• Attitude and aptitude to engage in continuous development

Essential functions of the role:

Software Engineering Enablement

• Develop and drive adoption of modern software engineering practices such as CI/CD, Dev Sec Ops , automation, AI-assisted development, and cloud-native development capabilities.
• Partner with business and technology leaders through Software Engineering Center of Excellence to establish shared standards, practices, and capabilities that accelerate responsible software delivery.
• Collaborate with engineering teams to improve delivery velocity, quality, scalability, and developer experience through modern engineering and AI-enabled capabilities.
• Enable teams to evaluate and adopt emerging technologies, including AI, while maintaining appropriate security, governance, and architectural alignment.
• Collaborate with enterprise and solution architects to establish reusable patterns, reference architectures, and technology standards and modern development capabilities.
• Partner with business leaders to identify opportunities for customer facing digital products and software capabilities that enhance experience, improve efficiency, and support business growth.

Enterprise AI & Innovation Strategy

• Lead the identification, prioritization, and delivery of AI and agentic AI solutions that improve employee productivity, customer experience, operational effectiveness, and revenue growth.
• Identify, prioritize, and implement agentic AI solutions that create measurable business value, enhance customer experiences, and improve employee productivity.
• Partner with Technology, Risk, Compliance, Legal, and Data leaders to ensure AI solutions align with established governance, security, risk management, and responsible AI standards.
• Build organizational understanding and adoption of AI through education, enablement, and change management.
• Lead enterprise technology transformation initiatives from strategy through execution, ensuring alignment with business objectives and measurable outcomes.
• Partner with executive leaders to identify opportunities for process improvement, automation, and modernization.
• Partner with external business partners and internal teams to identify, evaluate, and prioritize opportunities for custom software development, platform extensions, automation, and AI-enabled solutions.
• Establish transformation methodologies, prioritization frameworks, and reporting mechanisms to drive accountability and transparency.
• Partner with technology leaders, engineers, and architects to drive modernization initiatives aligned with enterprise architecture standards and the strategic technology roadmap, enhancing scalability, resiliency, security, operational efficiency, and business agility.
• Remove organizational barriers and enable cross-functional collaboration across Technology and business teams.
• Identify opportunities to simplify technology environments, modernize legacy platforms, and reduce technical complexity.
• Champion a culture of continuous improvement, innovation, and customer-focused problem solving.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to the CTO, executive leadership team, and business leaders on emerging technology opportunities and transformation strategies.
• Build strong partnerships across business lines, ensuring technology investments deliver meaningful business…