SVP Strategy and Performance

Elevations Credit Union · Greater Denver Area

Company

Elevations Credit Union

Location

Greater Denver Area

Type

Full Time

Job Description

When joining Elevations, you can expect to work for a company with:

  • A leadership team that strives to make this the best place you’ve ever worked!
  • A focus on supporting our employees’ mental, physical, and financial well-being
  • A commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion recognized by the Denver Business Journal and Colorado Association of Realtors
  • A highly engaged workforce devoted to innovation, continuous improvement, and collaboration
  • A reputation for excellence, as evidenced by being a two-time recipient of the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award
  • A passion for consistently providing amazing experiences and creating raving fans

If you join our team, here are some of the perks you can expect:

  • A competitive total rewards package with 4 weeks paid time off for full-time employees, work anniversary paid time off, paid volunteer time off, and 12 paid holidays
  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans with employer contributions to supercharge your Health Savings Account
  • Up to a 4% match on 401(k) contributions
  • Six weeks of fully paid parental leave
  • An extensive Employee Assistance Program that provides personalized care options for your whole household
  • Ample opportunity to learn, develop and grow with access to LinkedIn Learning, career and leadership development programs, job shadowing, a mentor program, and tuition reimbursement up to $5,250/year
Location:

Broomfield, CO - Elevations Basecamp

Employees who are able to perform the essential functions of their jobs away from an Elevations location may do so with the expectation that they are onsite at least fifty percent of the time over a two-week pay period.

Summary/Objective:

The SVP Strategy & Performance is responsible for driving the collective development and successful execution of our strategic plan and business plan. This role leads the organization’s Enterprise Project Management Office, Continuous Improvement, and Business Intelligence functions.

The SVP Strategy & Performance leads and partners with cross-functional teams to align people, processes, and technologies to successfully deliver Elevations’ strategic objectives and growth initiatives. Through effective planning, this leader ensures delivery and prioritization of the project portfolio. The SVP Strategy & Performance is the champion for driving continuous improvement across the organization by leveraging the Baldrige framework.

Essential Functions include:
  • Ensure effective execution of strategic initiatives and projects by owning, developing, and implementing robust execution frameworks.
  • Monitor progress, resolve issues, and allocate resources appropriately to ensure successful outcomes.
  • Furthers executive team effort to foster a culture of ownership, accountability, and continuous improvement.
  • Lead and actively participate in defined meeting forums to ensure:

    • Resources are deployed in a manner that optimizes the value created for our membership, and
    • Strengthens operational execution, collaboration, alignment, and drives crisp delivery in a complex multi-team/multi-disciplinary environment.
  • Lead the continued development, deployment, and integration of enterprise business intelligence to deepen member relationships, improve business performance, support strategic planning and execution, and enable predictive analytics.
  • Directs organization’s pursuit of performance excellence by curating a living Baldrige application, coordinating the examination and feedback process, serving as an internal subject matter expert, educating the workforce on the Baldrige principles, and integrating the criteria in how we continuously learn and improve as an organization.  Serve as primary representative to the Baldrige community for the credit union.
  • Leads organization’s scenario planning process, monitoring external trends to ensure organization’s competitive position in the market.
  • Serve as primary designer of the credit union’s operational rhythm to leverage our core competencies and achieve strategic goals.
Reports to: 

CFO

Manages:

Director EPMO, Director Business Intelligence, Manager of Continuous Improvement

Required Skills, Education and Experience:
  • Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Finance, Economics or a related field.
  • 10+ years' experience in business strategy, product strategy, project management, project portfolio management, or business analysis
  • 7+ years leadership experience in increasingly complex roles
  • Proficient in business planning and strategy development.
  • Subject matter expert with advanced depth/breadth of knowledge in business analysis including business case development, business process management and process improvement, requirements elicitation and capture, and performance management.
  • Skilled in the use of project management disciplines and tools (such as Agile, Waterfall, DevOps, SDLC) and in the processes of portfolio management and resource management across multiple projects and delivery teams
  • Experience in leveraging a continuous improvement framework such as the Baldrige Performance Excellence program
  • Comprehensive understanding of business process transformation and organizational change management based on best practices.
  • Demonstrated ability to inspire and motivate a team to achieve goals and drive continuous improvement.
  • Proven ability to define end-to-end product strategy and go-to-market of new and innovative products and services.
Preferred Skills, Education and Experience:
  • Master's degree
  • CBAP certification
  • Lean Six Sigma certification
  • PMP Certification
  • Experience in management consulting or banking and financial services
  • Working knowledge of technology, particularly how systems and applications integrate with business processes and operations.
Work Environment:

Elevations uses multi-factor authentication to keep our data safe. As such, a personal smartphone is a requirement for employment with us. This job operates in an office setting and routinely uses standard office equipment.

Physical Requirements:

Sitting frequently, walking occasionally, use of hands frequently, hearing constantly, talking frequently, exerting up to 10 lbs of force occasionally to lift, carry, push, pull, or move objects

Position Type/Expected Hours of Work:

Full time / 40 hours per week

Classification:

Exempt

Compensation Information: 

The person hired into this position will likely earn between $175,640 and $263,460, plus annual bonus.

Actual compensation offered may vary from the posted hiring range based on factors such as relevant experience, time in role, base salary of internal peers, prior performance, business sector, licensure requirements and/or skill level, and will be finalized at the time of offer.

Other Duties:

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice. 

About Us: Elevations Credit Union is a member-owned not-for-profit financial institution serving Colorado’s Front Range. Founded in 1952, we’ve grown from 12 members and less than $100 in assets to an institution with 15 branches and more than 170,000 members that manages over $3 billion in assets and is the No. 1 credit union mortgage lender in Colorado. At Elevations, we’ve made a commitment to move away from a product-centered business model and focus instead on creating consumer solutions. Our objective is to provide our members, as well as the entire community, with unbiased consumer information.


EEO Statement: Elevations Credit Union is an equal opportunity employer.  We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, marital status, age, national origin, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical​​​ condition, pregnancy, genetic information, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or ​expression, veteran status, or any other status protected under federal, state, or local law.  All aspects of employment including the decision to hire, promote, discipline, or discharge, will be based on merit, competence, performance, and business needs.


Candidates for certain positions may be required to submit to a credit history report in determining qualification for employment with Elevations Credit Union. If the position you are applying for requires a credit history report, any information received in such a report will not be the sole factor in making an employment decision. A history of personal financial irresponsibility may be reason for disqualification insofar as it relates to your potential job duties. Elevations Credit Union is aware that occasionally there are extenuating circumstances that may affect an individual's credit history. We comply with the Fair Credit Reporting Act and the Colorado Employment Opportunity Act.


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Your privacy is important to us. When you use this Careers site to apply for a job at Elevations Credit Union (“we” and “us”), we collect your personal information.  Examples of personal information collected on the Careers site include your name, contact details, and information you provide for purposes of job applications.  We do not sell your personal information to a third party.  We may share your information with a third party who is performing a service for us related to job applicants. If you have any questions about this privacy statement, please contact us.


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09/27/2023

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