VP, Technology Strategy & Digital Transformation

Description

Reporting to the CIO, the VP will lead a tiger team of strategists, architects, and portfolio leaders in a truly transformational change for the organization in shaping new digital innovation & technology — building the long-term technology strategy, leading major transformation initiatives, establishing enterprise-wide metrics and value realization, and maturing emerging capabilities such as enterprise architecture, planning, and digital enablement.

• Build strong internal partnerships across technology, business functions, and enterprise strategy.
• Develop talent pipelines and future-state team structures needed to support the transformation journey.
• Lead, mentor, and inspire a cross-disciplinary team, fostering a culture grounded in curiosity, trust, courage, expertise, resilience, and fun—attributes defined in the IT organization’s vision.
• Adjust sequencing, priorities, and roadmap structure as the organization learns and evolves.
• Build our client's KPI and measurement framework to ensure transparency, performance tracking, and value realization across technology investments.
• Act as an incubator for new capabilities not yet mature enough to stand alone within IT.
• Lead annual planning, compliance, and audit-readiness activities.
• Manage performance standards, coaching, compensation, and organizational health.
• Partner with organizational change management to drive adoption and readiness across the enterprise.
• Represent the organization at industry events, conferences, and client engagements.
• Create and maintain the multi-year transformation roadmap, including capability development and operating-model evolution.
• Lead the development and maintenance of our client's strategy with the goal of maximizing the value of information and technology across the enterprise.
• Translate organizational goals into measurable technology outcomes.
• Provide program leadership across major initiatives including cloud migration, operational excellence, digital enablement, and modernization of core systems.
• Create executive dashboards and communication mechanisms to articulate technology’s impact on business outcomes.
• Partner closely with our client's Strategy Team to ensure alignment with enterprise strategy.
• Oversee the collection, interpretation, and reporting of technology performance data.

Requirements

*** Our client maintains a hybrid schedule, so the candidate will need to reside in the Twin Cities area, or the surrounding states with regular travel to Minneapolis. They are not providing visa sponsorship at this time. ***

This is a rare opportunity for a future CIO-type executive who thrives in complexity, brings clarity to ambiguity, and has a demonstrated record of delivering meaningful transformation.

• Advanced communication, executive presence, and stakeholder-engagement skills.
• Bachelor’s degree in business, computer science, or related field; MBA or advanced degree preferred.
• Exceptional people-leadership skills, including talent development, culture shaping, and values-based leadership.
• Experience leading one or more significant and successful transformation initiatives.
• Strong program leadership capability with the ability to manage complex, multi-stream initiatives.
• 15+ years of IT experience, ideally within financial institutions or financial services.
• High learning agility, strong problem solving, and strategic thinking.
• Demonstrated experience developing technology and digital strategy.

Benefits

Our clients offers a robust package overall, including a strong base + bonus, along with a strong benefits package.

• Salary: $250,000

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance