AVP Architecture

07 Jun 2024

Vacancy expired!

Overview

At GM Financial, we are taking advantage of public cloud services and deployment automation to modernize our loan and lease originations platform. Join our team to help us define and deliver the platform of the future using modern cloud technologies and modern platform design principles!

Being part of our team will provide the opportunity to influence our business offerings and positively impact the entire enterprise by showing what can be accomplished through modern development practices and cloud services. Imagine the impact you can have within a leading Fortune 500 company!

To accomplish this, you need to be able to rally the organization around a shared technology vision and guide the development teams to innovate and fully leverage the cloud. As a technology leader, you will need to lead by doing and inspire others to adopt new solutions.

Responsibilities

JOB DUTIES

  • Evangelize your architectural vision and translate the vision to technical solutions balancing risk, investment needs and fit for purpose.
  • Establish lean governance to ensure teams are aligning their development to the intentional architecture. Leverage data and metrics to measure performance.
  • Analyze complex issues, apply financial analysis, and use sound judgment to make strategic decisions that balance long and short term business goals and objectives.
  • Foster open communication that welcomes information sharing, seeks input from others, and values diverse viewpoints.
  • Serve as subject matter expert for key technical challenges and architecture decisions.

Qualifications

Knowledge

  • Understanding of and investment in emotional intelligence components: self-awareness, self-regulation, motivation, empathy, and social skill
  • Working knowledge of and architectural decision-making experience with public cloud technologies, particularly PaaS offerings
  • Experience in software development and test automation relevant to the product team (eg mobile, web, or database development) with a drive for continual learning
  • Experience with automation toolsets and a mandate to automate everywhere for repeatability, scale, and efficiency
  • Experience working in and coaching Agile Scrum teams

Skills

  • Ability to scope and lead creation of "minimum viable product"; prioritizing critical tasks, and utilizing test and learn approaches to iteratively deliver technical and business solutions
  • Provide leadership through influence, inspiration, collaboration and teamwork
  • Identify opportunities, facilitate ideation, and champion initiatives that deliver measurable business value
  • Present team strategies and accomplishments to senior executives and peers
  • Establish strong working relationships and build trust with peers
  • Listen actively and communicate effectively with others both orally and in writing
  • Apply creative thinking and negotiations skills to develop solutions that are acceptable to different needs

Education

  • High School Diploma required
  • Bachelor's Degree or equivalent work experience required

Experience

  • 7-10 years of experience in information systems (experience should include extensive project related work, preferably application development projects and data warehouse projects) required
  • 2-4 years public cloud experience preferred

Working Conditions

  • Hybrid work environment, flexible to be based within 2 hours of any GMF US location
  • Subject to stressful situations
  • Fast-paced office environment
  • Strong focus on providing quality service to internal and external customers
  • Limited travel may be required to support business needs

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  • ID: #42534053
  • State: Texas Arlington 76014 Arlington USA
  • City: Arlington
  • Salary: USD TBD TBD
  • Job type: Permanent
  • Showed: 2022-06-07
  • Deadline: 2022-08-05
  • Category: Et cetera