VP Technology Strategy and Transformation

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Compeer Financial is a member-owned cooperative located in Illinois, Minnesota and Wisconsin. We bring together team members with a variety of backgrounds and experiences to help provide financial services to support agriculture and rural communities. Join us in a culture that not only promotes meaningful work and professional development, but provides a flexible, hybrid work environment and excellent benefits, which empower you to thrive both personally and professionally.

How we support you:

• Hybrid model – up to 50% work from home
• Flexible schedules including ample flexibility in the summer months
• Up to 9% towards 401k (3% fixed Compeer contribution plus up to 6% match)
• Benefits: medical, dental, vision, HSA/FSA, life & AD&D insurance, short-term and long-term disability, wellness program & EAP
• Vacation, sick leave, holidays/floating holidays, parental leave, and volunteer paid time off
• Learning and development programs
• Mentorship programs
• Cross-functional committee opportunities (i.e. Inclusion Council, emerging professional groups, etc.)
• Professional membership/certification reimbursement and more!

Casual/seasonal & intern team members are not eligible for benefits except for state-mandated programs.

To learn more about Compeer Financial visit www.compeer.com/careers. 

Where you will work:

This position offers a hybrid option to allow for occasional remote work, primarily working out of the Sun Prairie, WI, Lakeville, MN, or Bloomington, IL office locations.

The contributions you will make: 

This position is an agile and influential leader responsible for building the capability to deliver a consistent and strategic approach to applying information and technology across the Compeer enterprise and ensuring a consistent, transparent and efficient approach to the way the BT organization delivers value to the business. The incumbent is responsible for developing and executing technology and digital strategies, driving significant transformation efforts, and leading change initiatives. Focuses on technology planning, oversees performance management, and ensures value realization across projects and initiatives.

A typical day: 

BT Strategy, Planning and Compliance

• Leads the development and maintenance of the BT strategy with the goal to:
  • Maximizes Compeer’s use of Information and Technology Ensures a consistent and strategic approach to applying information and technology across the enterprise.
  • Collaborates across the BT team and the organization to define goals and translates them into measurable technology outcomes.
  • Creates and maintains a transformation roadmap, detailing key initiatives and capability development to transform from a BT function to a digital organization.
  • Partners with the Strategy Team to ensure alignment with Compeer’s enterprise strategy.
• Continually strives to identify the best way to apply information and technology in response to business strategy, unencumbered by current organizational limitations – may include identifying changes in the BT operating model, including organizational structures and acts as an incubator of capabilities that are not yet mature enough to function on their own within the BT organization.
• Leads and manages the annual planning process, ensuring yearly goals are defined at the function, team and team-member level.
• Leads and manages the technology function compliance process, ensuring annual business plan is updated and maintained and audit and risk mitigation activities are tracked to completion.
• Represents Compeer at industry events, conferences, and client meetings, positioning the organization as a thought leader in digital strategy and transformation.

Transformation Program Leadership

• Provides leadership for specific transformation initiatives (e.g. Cloud migration, operational excellence, etc.).
• Provides overall program leadership of the technology transformation roadmap, measuring progress, tracking issues and risks and adjusting the roadmap as the organization makes progress and learns.
• Acts as an incubator of new capabilities that are not yet mature enough to function on their own within the BT organization.
• Effectively initiates, inspires and leads change within the team, BT and often across the organization; partners with the change management team to ensure alignment on key change initiatives, facilitating successful change for the organization and team members.
• Develops and deploys high-agility leadership capabilities that can respond to specific opportunities and challenges.

Team Leadership

• Champions the brand; serves as a role-model for the vision, mission and values of the organization.
• Creates and promotes a positive culture and work environment that fully leverages the talents and abilities of team members.
• Leads, mentors, and inspires a cross-discipline team of technology professionals, fostering a values and trust-based culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Selects, develops, motivates, and engages talent to create and maintain a high-performing team; provides a talent-pipeline to meet the future needs of the team.
• Designs and develops the team structure while identifying the necessary capabilities and roles to support the team's growth and advancement through the transformation journey.
• Determines performance standards and development plans and effectively communicates them to team members.
• Manages the evaluation and compensation processes for direct and indirect reports.
• Coaches team members on more complex and challenging issues and decisions.
• Manages human capital budget and forecasting.

Technology Metrics and Value Realization

• Develops and maintains key performance indicators (KPI’s) and metrics to ensure a consistent, transparent, efficient approach to the way the BT organization delivers value to the business and measures the effectiveness and value of technology initiatives.
• Aligns technology metrics and value realization initiatives with the organization's strategic objectives.
• Ensures that metrics are relevant, actionable, and provide insights into technology performance and value delivery.
• Oversees the collection, analysis, and interpretation of data related to technology performance.
• Provides regular reports and dashboards that communicate technology value and performance to stakeholders.
• Effectively communicates the impact of technology on business outcomes to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Acts as a liaison between the technology team and other departments to ensure alignment and understanding.

The skills and experience we prefer you have: 

• Bachelor’s degree in business or computer science or related field or an equivalent combination
• of education and experience sufficient to perform the essential functions of the job.
• Expert-level of information technology experience, preferably in an agriculture and/or financial institution.
• Expert-level leadership and management experience is preferred.
• Demonstrated experience in technology and digital strategy development.
• Experience leading one or more significant and successful transformation initiatives.
• Experience in technology planning, performance management and value realization.
• Exceptional people leadership and talent development skills including the ability to select, evaluate, engage, motivate, mentor, train, delegate, reward and lead team members.
• High learning agility with demonstrated ability to apply past experiences and learnings successfully in new situations.
• Demonstrated ability leverage values-based leadership to shape and influence culture; able to lead in a hybrid work environment.
• Exceptional strategic thinker with demonstrated ability to develop, articulate and execute strategy.
• Skilled in change leadership.
• Advanced communication and presentation skills, with the ability to effectively articulate complex concepts to diverse audiences.
• Proven ability to build strong relationships with clients, partners, and internal stakeholders.
• Strong program management skills, with the ability to prioritize and manage multiple initiatives simultaneously.
• Passion for innovation and a deep commitment to delivering exceptional customer experiences.
• High degree of curiosity across leadership, business and technology disciplines.
• Skill in developing and maintaining interpersonal relationships.
• Strong problem solving, decision making and organizational skills.
• Strong analytical skills with attention to detail.
• Flexible and adaptable to changing situations.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively with other teams to achieve goals and represent the business.
• Valid driver’s license.

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How we will take care of you:

Our job titles may span more than one career level (associate, senior, principal, etc.). The actual title and base pay offered is dependent upon many factors, such as: training, transferable skills, work experience, business needs and market demands. The base pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future. This role is eligible for variable compensation and other benefits.

Compeer Financial is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Must be authorized to work for any employer in the United States. Compeer is unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa at this time.