Job Description
Location: 231 Hill Road, Rome, NY (Hybrid)
Position Type: Full-Time | Exempt
The Opportunity: Vice President, Technology Services
What You'll Do: Vice President, Technology Services
- Strategic Alignment: Partner closely with the Senior and Chief Leadership Teams to design and execute short- and long-term technology strategies that support the credit union’s mission.
- Annual Planning: Formulate and deploy an annual IT roadmap aligned with evolving business goals, industry benchmarks, and technical best practices.
- Business Integration: Coordinate directly with diverse business units to identify operational bottlenecks and deploy effective IT solutions that streamline workflows.
- Innovation & Growth: Evaluate emerging technologies, vendors, and service providers to continuously enhance the credit union’s technical capabilities and market competitiveness.
- Multi-Department Management: Oversee the daily operations and strategic direction for Infrastructure, Business Applications, the Support Desk, Enterprise Solutions & Analysis, and Core Processing.
- Talent Development: Supervise, mentor, and empower the IT leadership team to foster a high-performance culture rooted in innovation and continuous improvement. [1]
- Product Ownership: Drive the overall growth, implementation, and ultimate success of assigned member-facing digital products and financial services.
- Data Security: Protect the integrity, availability, and reliability of all information and communication networks, ensuring total security of acquired and stored member data.
- Regulatory Compliance: Maintain strict alignment with all applicable state and federal laws, data privacy regulations, and cybersecurity frameworks.
- Risk Monitoring: Monitor system performance continuously, generate risk reports, and ensure immediate incident resolution for any technical or security disruptions.
- Fiscal Accountability: Manage the overarching IT budget and staff resources to maximize cost-effectiveness and optimize asset utilization.
- Project Proposals: Facilitate comprehensive project plans, outlining clear technical specifications, resource needs, and staffing requirements for new systems.
- Stakeholder Relations: Build and maintain trusted communication lines with internal and external parties, including the Board of Directors, auditors, regulators, and key tech vendors.
Who Are We?
AmeriCU is a not-for-profit credit union based in Rome, NY with assets in excess of $3 Billion and serving a membership base of over 180,000 members across Central New York, the United States, and beyond. For 75 years we have been committed to our members, our employees, and our communities. In 2026, we were once again recognized as one of the Best Companies to Work for in New York State and recognized by American Banker as one of the best credit unions in the United States to work for, ranking 38th nationwide!
Pay Range: $152,565.75 - $190,707.19 per year
