Overview:    

The successful candidate will lead the agile cross-functional technology team in Wilmington Trust’s Institutional Clients Services line of business.  This position will report to the Commercial Bank and Wilmington Trust CIO. A highly visible role, this position will require the leader to build/expand on the current IT team supporting the ICS group.  ICS is the fastest growing and most profitable business at M&T, on a margin basis.  The business is constantly entering new markets from both a geographic and product perspective.  Technology is a major component of ICS’s ability to go to market and win.  The technology team has a sizable software engineering capability and pragmatically leverages vendor platforms when appropriate.

ICS technology will continue to grow to keep pace with high rates of business expansion and profitability. M&T is looking for strong candidates who have the talent, the leadership experience, and the expertise to lead ICS Technology through this journey.  Familiarity with structured / unstructured credit systems, private credit, payments (SWIFT/Wire) and other institutional-oriented platforms is preferred.  Knowledge of agile software development is preferred.

Education and Experience Required:

A combined minimum of 15 years’ higher education and/or work experience, including a minimum of 4 years’ engineering and/or architecture experience and 11 years' large technology management / program leadership experience including people management

Excellent verbal and written communication skills

Capable of working on multiple projects of a complex nature

Experience on large system enhancements, conversions, and production problem resolution

Confidence in leading 100+ people on multiple teams often in different geographic locations and time zones

Education and Experience Preferred:

Business knowledge:

• Credit products (CLO, Syndicated Loans, Corporate bonds) or Fixed Income knowledge(Structured products, Rates etc)
• Experience of building tech for Sales, Trading, Issuance, Trustee in Fixed Income
• Experience of facing off with businesses
• Knowledge of LoanIQ, Solvas, ABS Suite, Intex, ClearPar Bloomberg

Tech expertise:

• Experience managing engineering team(s)
• Preferably very technical coming from dev background
• Knowledge of .Net is preferred/Java stack is transferrable
• Knowledge of relational databases
• Strong managerial skills are mandatory
• Strong problem solving, analytical, decision-making skills
• Strong system architecture/design skills

We support our team members with generous benefits.

• Competitive compensation
• Health, welfare, and retirement benefits
• 401(k) match at 5%
• Work-life balance and flexible work arrangements
• Banking Officers start with 25 days PTO plus 12 paid holidays
• 40 hours paid volunteer hours per year
• Much more. For details, see: Employee Benefits | M&T Bank (mtb.com)

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M&T Bank is committed to fair, competitive, and market-informed pay for our employees. The pay range for this position is $201,089.24 - $335,148.73 Annual (USD). The successful candidate’s particular combination of knowledge, skills, and experience will inform their specific compensation.

Location

Wilmington, Delaware, United States of America