Senior Vice President building Coastal Community Credit Union’s digital growth and innovation business.
Leading digital banking, AI, open banking, payments, marketing, and fintech initiatives to grow member relationships.
Responsibilities
Partner with the CIDO to set the digital vision and strategy and lead its execution through the new digital line of business
Align with the SVP, Technology & IT Operations to ensure robust technical delivery, operations, and security
Lead and build the new digital line of business, translating the strategic plan into measurable digital growth, membership, and engagement outcomes
Develop short- and long-term plans, business cases, and budgets for the digital portfolio
Monitor performance against targets and reallocate investment to high-return opportunities
Set the vision and multi-year roadmap for online, mobile, conversational, and emerging digital banking channels
Drive personalization and self-service capabilities to deepen member relationships and increase digital adoption
Build digital marketing and member-growth capabilities spanning acquisition, activation, engagement, retention, and cross-sell
Partner with retail, small business, commercial, wealth management, and insurance leaders to embed digital capabilities
Build and operate an innovation function from horizon scanning and ideation through validated pilots and scaled deployment
Lead responsible adoption of AI and machine learning, including generative AI
Develop and execute open banking and open data strategy in relation to Canada’s Consumer-Driven Banking framework
Lead, supervise, coach, and develop the team and its leaders
Requirements
Bachelor’s degree in business, finance, or related field required
Minimum of twelve (12) years of progressive experience in the financial services industry or digital/technological product, including significant digital growth experience
Minimum of ten (10) years of senior leadership experience with accountability for a significant product portfolio, business line, or comparable commercial mandate
Success leading complex business environments, developing high-performing teams, and driving strategic growth
Specialized expertise in the functional area of responsibility
Success launching and scaling digital banking, payments, data/AI, or fintech-enabled products and partnerships
Strong understanding of digital marketing and member-growth levers, including digital acquisition, personalization, lifecycle marketing, and performance analytics
Proven knowledge of banking, wealth, and insurance operations, products, and applicable financial-institution regulations
Strong understanding of open banking/consumer-driven banking, payments modernization, AI governance, and data privacy and protection requirements
Benefits
Permanent position
Remote work from anywhere in British Columbia
Comprehensive total rewards package
Work/life balance
Substantial extended benefits package
11.75% employer-paid RRSP contribution
Investments in education and training
Banking perks
Diversity, equality, inclusion, and belonging initiatives
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