VP, Data and Application Development - HarborOne Bank

Who We Are:

For over a century, HarborOne’s mission has not wavered, total commitment to our customers, our communities, and our colleagues. Founded in 1917 to serve the growing financial needs of our local communities, HarborOne continues to honor and embrace its commitment to strengthen and empower the communities where our customers and employees live and work.

Today, HarborOne has 30 branches in southeastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island and 2 commercial lending offices in Boston and Providence. Our corporate values of accountability, integrity, respect, trust and teamwork are core to how we manage our business and our relationships with our customers. Working at HarborOne will give you a great career with opportunities to learn, grow and make an impact, along with the power to make a difference.

Job Description:

HarborOne Bank is hiring a VP, Data and Application Development.  This role reports to the FVP, Technology Operations and is accountable for management of our data platform and all internal application development activities at HarborOne Bank.  This role is responsible for overseeing the entire software development lifecycle, from concept to delivery, while also actively contributing to coding and development tasks. This leader manages a team of BI analysts and developers.

This role is key to shaping and executing HarborOne Bank’s technology road map with a focus on leading edge digital and data capabilities that optimize the customer experience.  While leading this team and function for HarborOne Bank this leader will roll-up their sleeves and drive outcomes on critical initiatives.  This important role is highly visible and will interact with Business Heads and others on the HarborOne senior leadership team.

Responsibilities:

Leadership

• Develop, implement, and manage technology and data solutions across HarborOne Bank.
• Serve as senior technical expert on all in-house development tools to provide architectural and technical inputs and oversight for projects.
• Stay up to date with emerging technologies and industry trends, incorporating them into the development process as appropriate.
• Define and adhere to development policies, procedures, and standards.
• Generate and manage quality control reports, management reports, status reports and system assessment reports.

Technical Delivery

• Effectively understand, design, develop, and support technical solutions to complex business needs.
• Hands-on development of software solutions, including coding, debugging, code reviews, and troubleshooting.
• Coordinate with partners to define scope, gather requirements, and serve as the accountable delivery leader for technology execution through build, test, and implementation.
• Collaborate with the Infrastructure team, Desktop Computing team and Information Security Officer to ensure all aspects of compliance, supportability, and maintainability and information security are incorporated in solutions.

Team Management

• Lead a team of BI analysts and developers in designing, implementing, and maintaining software applications.
• Provide technical guidance and mentorship to team members, fostering a culture of learning and innovation.

Required Skills:

• Bachelor’s degree, in Computer Science or related field. Master’s degree a plus.
• The qualified candidate will have a minimum of 15 years of software development, with a focus on data architecture, database design, scripting, third party integration and API development.
• Operates with a risk management mindset with a deep understanding of data security, privacy, and building auditable controls.
• Experienced in Data warehousing, involving complex data transformation, pivot tables, complex calculators, SQL queries, and stored procs /functions.
• Experience using Snowflake tools (e.g. Snowpipe, Snowpark, etc.) and advanced concepts such as resource monitoring, virtual warehousing, performance tuning etc.
• Experienced in Python programming language and invoking python functions from Snowflake.
• Perform ELT/ETL development optimized for efficient storage and low-cost data retrieval needs.
• Experience with AWS, Github, DBT, Snowflake, PowerBI and Rivery preferred.
• Proficiency in one or more popular low-code/no-code platforms (e.g. Creatio)
• Exposure to Starfish ETL, Workday EIB, Creatio, and AI (Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing, etc.) a plus.
• The ideal candidate will also have recent relevant experience in Banking/Financial Services defining, understanding, and improving banking processes/technology and a proven successful track record of effective management of staff members and initiatives.
• Certifications in Snowflake, AWS, Microsoft Azure, API a differentiator

Compensation:

Offers will be determined based on job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and location.

Benefits:

Our benefit package* may include:

• Paid vacation and sick time
• Medical and dental insurance
• Pre-tax premium program
• Health Reimbursement Account/Health Savings Account
• Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)
• 401K plan
• Life Insurance
• Tuition reimbursement and tuition assistance programs
• Short term and Long term disability insurance