Director of TeamWALT - Little Rock, AR

Southern Bancorp is a different kind of bank. As a Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI), a special certificate on designated for institutions that serve predominantly underserved communities, Southern Bancorp combines traditional banking and lending services with financial development tools and public policy advocacy to help families and communities grow stronger. Inspired by the principle that building net worth drives economic opportunity, our mission is to be wealth builders for everyone in the communities we serve, with a focus on low-wealth and un(der)banked populations, as well as an emphasis on Black and Brown individuals.

Job Summary

This role will develop departmental direction and strategy consistent with Southern Bancorp's own mission, vision and values and will work closely with Operational, Development, and Marketing staff/service in the department to develop and execute on quarterly goals. This role is responsible for communicating the goals and the progress on them to the COO and other senior leadership team members, so effective distilling of lots of data and information will be required. The leader will take ownership of the organization's mission and values while encouraging others to adopt them as well and balance deliberate decision making based on information and data with action-oriented decisiveness.

Responsibilities

• Help define short and long-term goals for TeamWALT and the interim milestones to accomplish those goals.
• Partner with the team to allocate resources for maximum growth and impact over time.
• Develop systems and data output to track and monitor user experience data.
• Use data to analyze progress and develop new or change products.
• Hire and manage an engineering team that can deliver on a budget and scope.
• Evaluate growth opportunities and partnerships both within and outside the organization.
• Build, manage, and develop high performing teams and individuals.
• Deploy a product marketing team to direct user-acquisition for all product(s).

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Math, Statistics, Engineering, Management or Finance, advanced degree preferred.
• 10-15 years of experience managing technical teams, business, or line of business.
• Experience in Fintech industry
• Experience building successful relationships, both internally and externally
• Proven experience working with business owners and executives to explore new opportunities and solutions.
• Demonstrated ability to lead effectively through change and hire and develop talented people who can optimize organizational performance.
• Experience evaluating opportunities with regard to impact on strategy, brand, finance and operations.
• Experience driving high impact projects forward with minimal guidance.
• Excellent communications skills and the ability to work collaboratively on cross-functional projects between several different teams.
• Resourceful and diligent in research, with an ability to identify what needs to be done and how to make it happen.

Physical Demand & Work Environment: Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

What we offer our employees:

A positive impact on Your Future:

• 401(k)/Roth plan with immediate eligibility and employer match up to 6%
• Employee stock ownership plan
• Discounted rate on primary home mortgage
• Credit and housing counseling as well as free financial education tools available to customers and employees

Benefits to improve your health:

• No deductible medical insurance plan
• Dental and vision insurance
• Employer paid life and long-term disability insurance
• Flexible Spending Accounts

The opportunity to nurture your well-being:

• Paid holidays and paid time off
• Bonus plan
• Opportunity for merit raises
• Employee reward and recognition programs
• Community service opportunities

Southern Bancorp is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, status as a protected veteran, among other things, or status as a qualified individual with disability. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

As a Community Development Financial Institution, Southern Bancorp desires its workforce to reflect the diversity of the customers and communities that we serve. Racial and ethnic minorities, people from working class backgrounds, women and LGBTQ people are often underrepresented in many financial service industry professions. Therefore, we strongly encourage applications from people with these identities or who are members of other marginalized communities.