EVP, Chief Information Officer

Department: IT Location: Remote Reports To: CEO Summary Job Description: The EVP CIO is a senior executive reporting directly to the CEO, responsible for managing technology vision, strategy, and innovation. This individual provides leadership, structure, and vision for the IT function, ensuring secure, efficient, and cost-effective use of technology to support PCBB’s current and future objectives. Duties and Responsibilities: Provide leadership for the planning, development, implementation, and maintenance of all information technology initiatives and systems across PCBB. Oversee internal IT infrastructure, operations, and security. Strives to maximize organizational efficiency by improving business processes with technology. Manages IT budgets, governance, and ensures technology investments support business goals. Focuses on supporting employees and business units to make internal operations more productive. Develop and execute the enterprise IT strategy, aligning technology planning with the company’s business goals, digital priorities, and regulatory obligations. Lead the modernization, integration, and ongoing management of internal IT infrastructure, operations, and enterprise systems to ensure reliability, scalability, and security. Guide digital transformation initiatives: streamline business processes, automate workflows, and drive adoption of innovative solutions to improve efficiency and enhance both employee and customer experiences. Oversee strategic IT investments, manage technology budgets, and ensure cost-effective deployment of resources to maximize return and support future innovation. Champion enterprise cybersecurity, data governance, and risk management by implementing industry-leading policies, controls, and incident response strategies. Lead the development and continuous improvement of business continuity and disaster recovery plans, ensuring operational resilience in the face of disruptions. Build strong partnerships across business units, supporting technology enablement, change management initiatives, and the adoption of organization-wide best practices. Establish and maintain effective vendor and service provider relationships to ensure service excellence and integration of leading technologies. Foster talent development in the IT department, cultivating a high-performing team capable of adapting to technological change and rising business demands. Ensure robust compliance with industry standards, data privacy requirements, and all regulatory mandates relevant to banking and financial services. Serve as a thought leader by keeping the organization informed about emerging technologies and digital trends, advising the executive team on innovation opportunities, potential market disruptions, and associated risks. Skills Required: Strategic vision with strong technical acumen and executive-level communication skills to align business and technology agendas and lead cross-functional teams effectively. Deep expertise in managing data centers, payments platforms, cybersecurity, and technology risk, with a track record of supporting secure, resilient banking operations. Demonstrated strength in partner and vendor management, including contract negotiation, service-level governance, and evaluation of fintech solutions for strategic fit. Proven ability to stay ahead of digital trends such as cloud banking, APIs, instant and real-time payments, blockchain, fintech ecosystems, and enterprise automation. High ethical standards with a strong commitment to data privacy, regulatory compliance, and responsible use of technology. Education/Experience Requirements: Minimum of 10 years of experience in banking, payments, or financial technology, with deep exposure to fintech platforms and regulatory regimes. At least 5 years in senior leadership, driving technology transformation or building financial services systems. Bachelor’s degree in Technology, Business Management, Computer Science, or Engineering preferred; a Master’s degree (MS/MBA) is a plus. Physical Demands/Work Environment: The physical demands/work environment described here is a representation of what must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand or sit; use hands/arms/fingers to handle, feel or reach, talk/hear, position self to move and have visual acuity to determine accuracy, neatness, and thoroughness of the work assigned. The employee may be required to lift and /or move up to 25 pounds. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate. PCBB is an equal opportunity employer and will consider qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, religious creed, disability (mental and physical), medical condition, genetic information, age, marital status, sexual orientation, military and veteran status, or any other characteristics protected by federal, state or local law. #J-18808-Ljbffr