VP of Application Development

First Community Credit Union of Oregon•Coquille, OR

About The Position

The VP of Application Development position is a key role at First Community and affords a rewarding career with competitive pay and excellent benefits. Opportunities abound to provide exceptional service while promoting our wide array of financial products and services. Employees who are successful in making referrals are eligible for monthly incentives. Enthusiastic and outgoing individual can showcase their relationship building skills to enhance our customer banking experience. You will join a team of motivated, dedicated, and empowered employees who strive to provide superior service and conduct accurate transactions, while complying with policies, procedures, and regulatory banking requirements. This position requires a bachelor’s degree in a related field and four years of work experience, or seven years of commensurate work experience. This role directs all aspects of the Application Department operations to ensure efficiency, quality of member service, and compliance with existing regulations and credit union policies. As a member of the Leadership team, this position requires a superior level of member service with co-workers, management, and business partners; strong interpersonal communication skills; and a demonstrated high level of commitment to the organization. A positive attitude, a professional image, self-motivation and the ability to manage multiple projects and tasks simultaneously are expectations of this role.

Requirements

This position requires a bachelor’s degree in a related field and four years of work experience, or seven years of commensurate work experience.
As a member of the Leadership team, this position requires a superior level of member service with co-workers, management, and business partners; strong interpersonal communication skills; and a demonstrated high level of commitment to the organization.
A positive attitude, a professional image, self-motivation and the ability to manage multiple projects and tasks simultaneously are expectations of this role.
Confidentiality is of the utmost importance.
Communicate effectively with staff, coworkers, and management.
Foster teamwork within the Application Development Department.
Recognize and listen to staff/coworker requests and/or concerns and identify their needs so they may better be served.
Exceptional verbal, written and presentation skills, including the ability to effectively communicate with individuals.
Maintain an outstanding knowledge of the credit union’s products and services, making recommendations for changes as appropriate.
Possess a detailed working knowledge of the credit union’s core banking software that is adequate to perform the duties assigned.
Possess a detailed working knowledge of Microsoft Word and Excel software applications that is adequate to perform the duties assigned.
Able to exercise sound judgement while making timely decisions.
Regular, predictable attendance and active participation in required meetings, unless prior approval is granted.
Be willing to perform other duties, beyond Primary Duties listed above, as assigned.

Responsibilities

Work with application development team members to review/roll out new code changes to production environments that have an impact on both staff and members.
Oversee coding changes for the frontend and backend development teams, including changes to the Power On language for Symitar, the credit union’s website, custom digital banking pages, and company intranet.
Knowledge of web security and the ability to implement necessary changes within member facing web content.
Knowledge and ability to perform the necessary Admin Role within the GitLab platform, to configure group projects, and push out code to different environments for each as needed.
Ability to utilize work management software, such as Monday.dev [//Monday.dev], to document epics, issues, and bugs for the development teams. Utilizes the tool to manage staffing resources and timelines for projects, and communicate problems with the SVP Digital Banking and Development, to ensure deadlines are met. Assists in settings priorities for the Department at the direction of the SVP Digital Banking and Development.
Knowledge and familiarity of the following technologies to understand how they work and should be implemented: PHP, MYSQL, HTML, CSS, JavaScript, JQuery, AJAX, Web Services (SOAP, REST), and Source Control.
Maintains the Software Development Lifecycle Policy and ensures department procedure are kept up to date and followed by the Application Development team. May assist with collecting documents for Information Technology Audits.
Maintains database of development projects, including a description of the functionality of the development, interactions with third parties, servers and databases where code is stored and security protocols used.
Advanced ability to diagnose programming problems and determine, recommend, and implement solutions. Apply technical, analytical and problem-solving skills to help identify and resolve employee issues by developing effective programming code. Ensures team members are actively engaged in problem-solving.
Engage in career coaching and the professional development of Application Development employees to meet and exceed performance expectations.
Coordinate the hiring, training, coaching, supervision and performance evaluations of all Application Development employees in accordance with credit union policies and procedures.
Communicate collaboratively with Human Resources regarding human resource issues including disciplinary processes, up to and including terminations.
Lead staff meetings and conduct group and individual training sessions for Application Development employees as needed.
Maintain a deep knowledge and current understanding of laws, regulations, and regulatory guidance related to compliance and the operations of the credit union.
Represents the Credit Union with honesty, integrity and trust at all times.
Adheres to established internal policies and procedures for compliance.
Completes required compliance training in a timely manner and complies with all regulations within scope of the position.
Adheres to the requirements of the Bank Secrecy Act, OFAC, USA PATRIOT Act and anti-money laundering regulations.