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Job Description:

Discover’s Executive Vice President, Chief Information Officer (EVP, CIO) will be responsible for leading the company’s technology function on an end-to-end basis, a team of over 2,500 colleagues and an additional 4,700 third-party contractors. This leader will partner with peers on Discover’s leadership team to help shape the company’s business strategy, contributing a vision for how modern technology and digital capabilities can help Discover cement and build upon its position as a leader in digital banking and payments services. This individual will shape a technology and digital strategy for the company and deliver against this strategic roadmap to delight Discover’s customers, drive efficiency, and ultimately create lasting business value for the organization. This expanded position for Discover brings together its technology and digital platforms functions under one leader to closely align and tightly integrate digital product roadmaps with engineering delivery.

The EVP, CIO will play a critical role in the execution of Discover’s strategy where technology excellence and digital prowess are central to the company’s customer and associate experience, growth agenda, and security and risk management. They will lead the seamless integration of new technologies with existing capabilities, while reshaping the enterprise's physical infrastructure and vendor relationships. This leader will be the spearhead of an innovative, agile, customer-centric, practical, and technically strong team and will be a critical appointment for Discover, expected to drive innovation and transformation throughout the company’s business lines.

In addition, a key aspect of this position will be succession planning and understanding what future technology skillsets are required for Discover to stay competitive. The EVP, CIO will develop a talent pipeline of world-class leaders and engineers through strong recruitment, training, mentorship, and actively rewarding and recognizing individual staff.

Responsibilities:

Proactively engage the Executive Committee on a full range of company leadership topics, technology issues, industry innovation, and the impact to overall business strategy.
Collaborate and engage with business leadership at all levels to ensure that they incorporate forward-looking technology solutions into their business, products, and strategies.
Lead the modernization of Discover’s core systems to support technology evolution and business demands.
Accelerate the development and maturity of the company’s technology delivery model while maintaining tight alignment with business needs.
Manage and re-evaluate key vendors, suppliers, and customer partnerships in a manner that represents Discover’s interests but also recognizes the complexity inherent in these relationships.
Drive operational excellence within the technology function and across the enterprise through effective organizational design and performance measurement.
Adopt a player coach mindset and partake in technical discussions with the teams.
Lead the technology organization to a greater focus on innovation and decreased time to market for new products and services. Pragmatically embrace new technologies and approaches while maintaining appropriate focus on risk management.
Closely collaborate with the chief data and analytics officer as both domains are intertwined.
Further install a truly agile, product centric delivery model across the enterprise working closely with product owners across all lines of business.
Lead Discover in successfully meeting all regulatory deliverables relating to technology. Build a well-functioning working relationship with regulators.
Ensure proper management and maintenance of data and information systems; ensure security standards are in place to safeguard all information assets.
Execute the vision—translate the vision into an executable road map with focus on driving operational excellence in execution.
Keep abreast of industry trends and emerging technologies to foster the internal innovation required to ensure that Discover’s technology and digital products not only stay current, but also modernize with a constantly evolving market.
Commit to and mature the Discover Management System (DMS), Discover’s continuous improvement methodology, within banking technology and in partnership with the businesses and other functions.
Maintain responsibility for upholding the organizational culture and inculcating Discover values across staff. As a member of the enterprise leadership team, the EVP, CIO will set an appropriate tone and professional example for the organization.
Serve as principal talent magnet and leader for the technology organization by maintaining a pipeline of highly skilled leaders capable of executing the company’s long-term strategies.

Minimum Qualifications

At a minimum, here’s what we need from you:

Bachelor’s degree in STEM field
15+ years of experience in executive-level technology and digital leadership
Partners with business stakeholders to deliver business value through new technologies
Track record of visualizing change and achieving it on a technical dimension
Outstanding communicator; frames complex business and technical issues in accessible terms
Experience making large, long-term, commercially minded technology decisions
Team leadership experience of organizations of more than 3,000 employees

Preferred Qualifications

If we had our say, we’d also look for:

Master’s degree in STEM field

Compensation:

The base pay for this position generally ranges between to . Additional incentives may be provided as part of a market competitive total compensation package. Factors, such as but not limited to, geographical location, relevant experience, education, and skill level may impact the pay for this position.

Benefits:

We also offer a range of benefits and programs based on eligibility. These benefits include:

Paid Parental Leave
Paid Time Off
401(k) Plan
Medical, Dental, Vision, & Health Savings Account
STD, Life, LTD and AD&D
Recognition Program
Education Assistance
Commuter Benefits
Family Support Programs
Employee Stock Purchase Plan

Learn more at MyDiscoverBenefits.com.

What are you waiting for? Apply today!

All Discover employees place our customers at the very center of our work. To deliver on our promises to our customers, each of us contribute every day to a culture that values compliance and risk management.

Discover is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. Discover is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, or other legally protected status. (Know Your Rights)

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