<p>If you're looking for a meaningful career, you'll find it here at Webster. Founded in 1935, our focus has always been to put people first--doing whatever we can to help individuals, families, businesses and our colleagues achieve their financial goals. As a leading commercial bank, we remain passionate about serving our clients and supporting our communities. Integrity, Collaboration, Accountability, Agility, Respect, Excellence are Webster's values, these set us apart as a bank and as an employer.</p> <p>Come join our team where you can expand your career potential, benefit from our robust development opportunities, and enjoy meaningful work!</p> <p>We are seeking a seasoned Commercial Lending Technology Leader to oversee the management and modernization of 6-8 high impact, mission-critical lending applications. This role will be responsible for both transformation and ongoing production support of these system, ensuring stability, scalability and alignment with business goals.</p> <p>The ideal candidate will bring deep expertise in banking technology, particularly within the commercial lending domain, and demonstrate strong proficiency in agile methodologies. A proven track record of lending in highly controlled and regulated environments is essential. The role demands strategic vision, technical depth, and operational excellence to support both innovation and reliability.</p> <p>Key responsibilities for the role:</p> <ul> <li>Application Ownership: Managed end to end Lifecyle of these applications in commercial lending area, including both transformation and production support. </li><li>Technology strategy & Transformation: Define and drive modernization roadmaps to align with the business goals, regulatory requirements, and enterprise architecture standards. </li><li>Lead the current software implementations and propose and implement changes designed to improve business and IT efficiencies. </li><li>Lead the work with business users and vendors to analyze new software features and upgrades and provide an impact analysis on downstream processes and systems. </li><li>Stakeholder Management: Collaborate closely with business, operations, compliance, risk and other technology teams to ensure applications support key objectives and service level expectations. </li><li>Team Leadership: Provide direction and mentorship to cross-functional teams including developers, BAs and support team. </li><li>Budget and Oversight: Manage budgets, resource planning and vendor relationships to optimize cost efficiency and performance across teams </li></ul> <p>Key skills/experience qualifications for the role:</p> <ul> <li>High school diploma or GED required. </li><li>Experience with Commercial Lending application required. </li><li>15+ years of professional IT and business systems/analysis experience. </li><li>Strong understanding of commercial lending business processes. </li><li>Understanding of regulatory concepts, including but not limited to SOx. </li><li>Bachelor's Degree or equivalent experience in a directly related field. </li><li>Computer Science degree preferred. </li><li>Experience working in an Agile environment. </li><li>Excellent and proven interpersonal skills to include: verbal, written and technical communication. </li></ul> <p>The estimated salary range for this position is $170,000.00 to $190,000.00. Actual salary may vary up or down depending on job-related factors which may include knowledge, skills, experience, and location. In addition, this position is eligible for incentive compensation.</p> <p>#LI-Hybrid</p> <p>#LI-FO1</p> <p>All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.</p>