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Company Summary
Join a team that puts its People First! As a member of the First American family of companies, First American Trust is a federal savings bank that has provided banking, wealth management, and trust solutions on a national, full-service basis for more than five decades. Since 1889, First American (NYSE: FAF) has held an unwavering belief in its people. They are passionate about what they do, and we are equally passionate about fostering an environment where all feel welcome, supported, and empowered to be innovative and reach their full potential. Our inclusive, people-first culture has earned our company numerous accolades, including being named to the Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For list for six consecutive years. We have also earned awards as a best place to work for women, diversity and LGBTQ+ employees, and have been included on more than 50 regional best places to work lists. First American will always strive to be a great place to work, for all. For more information, please visit www.careers.firstam.com.Job SummaryDirector, IT ApplicationsSummaryManages a department multiple groups comprised of product owners, scrum masters and managers from varied disciplines. Has significant responsibility for developing the capabilities of senior level staff and managers.Job DescriptionEssential Functions- Develops standards and practices for cross-functional teams; advocate for Agile and product-oriented IT teams
- Identifies, tracks and analyzes relevant product performance metrics
- Authorizes projects, approves project designs and cost estimates. Reports projects' status and critical issues to IT senior management.
- Sets objectives and priorities and ensures the effective allocation and use of department resources.
- Develops and administers department budget with input from work group managers.
- Develops long-range plan for the department and is a key participant in strategic planning for the IT Products function. Translates strategic goals and priorities into technical strategies and objectives for his/her department.
- Introduces best practices and ensures the timeliness and quality of his/her department's delivery of products and services.
- Coordinates activities and efforts among different internal organizational groups, customers and vendors.
- Prepares and maintains job descriptions for positions that report to him/her.
- Writes and conducts performance reviews, provides ongoing performance feedback. Establishes salary budget and approves salary increases. Makes hiring decisions.
- Frequently interfaces with executives inside and outside the company to make operational and project-related decisions, to resolve critical issues, to gather industry and competitive information and to foster a productive professional network.
- Required to perform duties outside of normal work hours based on business needs.
- Works on a diverse range of critical and complex problems of significant scope, where analysis of situations or data requires evaluation of a variety of factors, an in-depth understanding of current business and technological trends, organizational objectives and political dynamics.
- Exercises judgment as a seasoned professional and manager with a full understanding of industry best practices and established policies and procedures. Makes decisions that require integrating knowledge of best practices, competitors, product lines, business cycle, product development and financial information.
- Authorizes changes in departmental processes and procedures.
- Works under minimal direction from functional executive.
- Establishes and communicates departmental objectives, ensuring alignment with function and company strategic direction.
- Provides operational and project direction to department managers and monitors performance against agreed upon objectives.
- Utilizes a broad internal and external network of professional contacts and resources to explore new approaches for solving problems and enhancing the department's capabilities.
- Reviews Managers' objectives and results to evaluate success of operation, quality, schedules and budgets.
- Results and progress toward goals is periodically reviewed by functional executive.
- Responsible for developing and accountable for executing department strategic plan and budget. Key contributor to IT Products strategic plan.
- Approves department policies, procedures, metrics and standards.
- Makes decisions that have moderate to significant impact on the overall success of the function, one or more business units and/ or company operations.
- Oversees projects that have broad business impact.
- Makes hiring and other employment decisions for senior level staff and managers; provides input to hiring decisions in other departments.
- Participates in the development, modification and execution of policies that affect one or more business units or the company.
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