Zions Bancorporation has an opportunity for a Senior Engineering Manager, with emphasis on software development and high-quality delivery experience, to join the Digital Strategy team that works on projects to expand our digital presence through cutting edge technologies. You can be on the front line of our entrepreneurial projects based in Salt Lake City, Utah.  

 

Zions Bancorporation is building the bank of the future and changing what it means to work for a financial institution. We operate in a fast-paced, information-driven environment, which means we need people who bring diverse experiences, perspectives, and expertise to meet the ever-changing demands of our technology-infused customers’ lives. Your ability to adapt, learn, and innovate helps increase revenue, reduce operational costs, mitigate risk, and, most importantly, lead to the superior experience and success of our clients. 

 

As a Senior Software Engineering Development Manager, you will be responsible for the cloud-native, innovative, safe, and sound applications for our in-house developed digital solutions. 
 
 

The successful candidate will have the skills and experience to effectively lead cross-functional teams in collaborative design, development, and quality assurance activities dealing with complex applications and challenges. You will be business outcome driven and have a passion for the field of agile application development, cloud, and delivery services and possess empathy with a drive to create outstanding experiences and improved solutions for our users. 
 


This individual will: 

Lead a business-aligned engineering team in support of critical banking functions to meet digital strategy initiative objectives. Lead a team on their journey toward software delivery best-practices to achieve innovative, safe, and sound solutions and achieve time-sensitive business outcomes. Cultivate strong relationships with all stakeholders including business, product, technology, risk, suppliers, and operations while participating and influencing in areas of strategic thinking, roadmap building, successful delivery, dependency mapping, and risk management in a highly regulated financial industry. Ensure the uptime and availability of mission critical applications through proactive management of SSDLC/DevSecOps, software development, quality assurance, and other industry leading engineering practices. Ensure the team has the needed technical skills, competencies, business domain expertise, process knowledge, industry sector knowledge, and capacity to achieve organizational goals and objectives. Participate in reviews, approvals, and recommendations during development and deployment activities. Manage vendor relationships, as needed, ensuring the vendors’ performance and contributions align with objectives and strategy. Manage the total cost of ownership, annual budgeting and forecasting of the team including software, FTE/contractors, and professional services. Serve as a Technology Foundation Product Owner/Project Manager (POPM) through Agile/Kanban-style value delivery system. Other duties as assigned (including escalated support for on-call activities and change management responsibilities outside of normal business hours and software level documentation practices). 

 

Qualifications: 

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science/Engineering, Information Systems or other related degree.  Professional Certifications (ex. SAFe, CSM, CKA, CI/CD, Java, etc.) are highly desired. 10+ years’ experience leading, mentoring, assisting and cultivating a high-performing team of full-stack and mobile software engineers. 5+ years’ experience producing strategic roadmaps in partnership with Business Product stakeholders which include dependency mapping and responsibility as a technology product owner. 5+ years’ experience leading and/or influencing cloud ready and cloud-native application software delivery. Experience with assessment of technology risk and mapping technology controls. Excellent analytical, interpersonal and communication skills, both verbal and written. Must be able to communicate effectively with senior business and technical management, vendors, and team members. Proven ability to interact with others to identify, analyze and solve complex incidents and problems through close attention to detail.Experience in delivering toward SOC 2 Type II or other technology compliance certifications in Fintech or Banking industries is highly desired. Excellent leadership, management, and organizational skills. Experience as a Senior or Principal level developer is highly desired. 

Experience with successful complex project delivery is highly desired. 

 

 

 

Location:

This position requires regular face-to-face interaction with teams, business stakeholders, and executives in Salt Lake City, Utah. We will consider candidates in the area, able to relocate to the area, or working remotely but willing to travel regularly to Salt Lake City.


 

Benefits:  

Medical, Dental and Vision Insurance - START DAY ONE!  Life and Disability Insurance, Paid Parental Leave and Adoption AssistanceHealth Savings (HSA), Flexible Spending (FSA) and dependent care accountsPaid Training, Paid Time Off (PTO) and 11 Paid Federal Holidays401(k) plan with company match, Profit Sharing, competitive compensation in line with work experienceMental health benefits including coaching and therapy sessionsTuition Reimbursement for qualifying employeesEmployee Ambassador preferred banking products