Technical director Jobs in West Covina, CA

Introduction

Since 1973, East West Bank has served as a pathway to success. With over 110 locations across the U.S. and Asia, we are the premier financial bridge between the East and West. Our teams of experienced, multi-cultural professionals help guide businesses and community members on both sides of the Pacific looking to explore new markets and create new opportunities, and our sustained growth and expertise in industries like real estate, entertainment and media, private equity and venture capital, and high-tech help build sustainable businesses and expand our associates’ potential for career advancement.

Headquartered in California, East West Bank (Nasdaq : EWBC) is a top-performing commercial bank with a strong foundation, an enterprising spirit and a commitment to absolute integrity. East West Bank gives people the confidence to reach further.

Responsibilities

• Owns their Delivery Teams’ priorities and backlog by collaborating with various executive stakeholders, product managers, project managers, business and systems analysts, delivery scrum masters, both data and software developers and technology engineering staff.
• Collaborates with IT delivery team to design, build, and maintain effective technical solutions following secure development best practices.
• Develops technology and product solutions by translating business needs into technical requirements by creating user stories with clear and concise acceptance criteria.
• Participates in internal backlog refinement sessions to prepare business epics and stories for technical breakdown and planning, ensuring all requirements are well understood by the product delivery team.
• Contribute, support, and implement best practices around software engineering and technical debt management.
• Assures consistent quality of production ready deliverables before promoting to business owners or end users by conducting or coordinating Quality Assurance Testing.
• Coordinates frequently (50% of the time) with multifaceted development team, including virtual work teams with members in different global geographic regions to ensure successful completion of competing priorities and deadlines.
• Influences and maintains a healthy rapport between Business Sponsors by regularly liaising with executive and key stakeholders within the designated domain.
• Engages with vendors to bridge potential knowledge gaps and provide ancillary support to the Business Owners and SMEs as needed.
• Responsible for Release Planning by working with Delivery Team Members to provide and refine estimations for projects.
• Provides Level 3 production support and resolution, especially when encountering defective software blocking daily operations; willingness to provide assistance during off-hours if required.
• Provide ongoing product training for the delivery team and add to the existing knowledge base to avoid single point of failure knowledge gaps.
• Carries all deliverables to “done” status and meet acceptance criteria by coordinating production deployment, post-implementation analysis / feedback, and ongoing support plan.
• Ensures adherence to the organization’s deployment, security, and infrastructure best practices by following internal policies and procedures.
• Works with technology management and business sponsors for considerations involving selecting vendors and provides information on best practices, innovations, and trends for products to ensure that organization’s products meet competitive market demands.
• Interviewing, facilitation, organizational, and analytical skills are necessary to deliver comprehensive, clear, and actionable technology and product solutions;
• Strong customer service focus.
• May perform other duties as assigned

Qualifications

Applicants must have legal authorization to work in the United States.  We do not offer visa sponsorship at this time.

Compensation

The base pay range for this position is USD $90,000.00 / Yr. - USD $150,000.00 / Yr. Exact offers will be determined based on job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and location.