Software Engineer Manager
About this role
Thank you for your interest in a career at Regions. At Regions, we believe associates deserve more than just a job. We believe in offering performance-driven individuals a place where they can build a career --- a place to expect more opportunities. If you are focused on results, dedicated to quality, strength and integrity, and possess the drive to succeed, then we are your employer of choice.
At Regions, the Software Engineer Manager oversees application development for a large or complex department within the company. This role manages strategy development to ensure the application portfolio meets current business requirements and is operational, stable, reliable, and technically mature.
Primary Responsibilities
- Manages all aspects of system design, development, deployment, acquisition, and ongoing maintenance for all application systems within areas of responsibility
- Serves as the primary technology contact for senior management from all areas of the organization in developing technology solutions that increase the efficiency of internal business functions, resolves business problems, and supports the pursuit of business opportunities for areas of responsibility
- Creates and refines operational processes and systems to ensure effective regulatory and audit compliance
- Applies an interdisciplinary, collaborative approach to plan, design, develop, and verify basic lifecycle balanced system of systems and system solutions
- Evaluates customer and operational needs to define system performance requirements, integrates technical parameters, and ensures compatibility of all interfaces
- Supports the planning, organization, implementation, and monitoring of requirements through management processes
- Partners across Technology, Operations, Digital, and Data (TODD) to ensure controls are designed, implemented, and monitored to strengthen risk management, compliance, and cyber security, effectively mitigating risk to levels within the company’s risk appetite
- Ensures disciplined change management by evaluating risk and control impacts when designing or implementing changes to processes, systems, products, and/or services
This position is exempt from timekeeping requirements under the Fair Labor Standards Act and is not eligible for overtime pay.
This position is incentive eligible.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in a related field
- Eight (8) years of relevant experience, of which two (2) years must be in a supervisory/managerial capacity
Preferences
- Experience in a Technology role in banking or a financial services industry
Skills and Competencies
- Ability to manage multiple projects
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Strong analytical, problem solving, and conceptual skills
- Strong organizational skills
- Understanding of and ability to interpret applicable rules, regulations, and industry guidance
Additional Job Requirements
Proven experience leading software engineering teams within large, complex enterprise IT organizations; experience in banking, payments, financial services, or other highly regulated industries preferred.
Strong people leadership experience, including coaching, mentoring, performance management, succession planning, and career development.
Experience leading engineers supporting modern technology platforms and driving application modernization initiatives.
Strong understanding of cloud technologies, DevOps practices, CI/CD pipelines, containerization, and modern software engineering principles.
Experience managing application security, vulnerability remediation, patching, technology currency, and end-of-life lifecycle initiatives.
Experience operating within large-scale Agile organizations, including planning cycles, prioritization, capacity management, and cross-functional collaboration.
This position is intended to be onsite, now or in the near future. Associates will have regular work hours, including full days in the office three or more days a week. The manager will set the work schedule for this position, including in-office expectations. Regions will not provide relocation assistance for this position, and relocation would be at your expense. This position must be within a reasonable driving distance to Birmingham, AL, Charlotte, NC or Atlanta, GA.
Regions will not sponsor applicants for work visas for this position at this time. Applicants for this position must currently be authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis.
Compensation Details
Pay ranges are job specific and are provided as a point-of-market reference for compensation decisions. Other factors which directly impact pay for individual associates include: experience, skills, knowledge, contribution, job location and, most importantly, performance in the job role. As these factors vary by individuals, pay will also vary among individual associates within the same job.
The target information listed below is based on the Metropolitan Statistical Area Market Range for where the position is located and level of the position.
Job Range Target:
Minimum:
$155,041.70 USD50th Percentile:
$216,060.00 USDIncentive Pay Plans:
This role is eligible to participate in the annual discretionary incentive plan. Employees are eligible to receive a discretionary award based on individual, business, and/or company performance.Opportunity to participate in the Long Term Incentive Plan.Location:
Hoover, AlabamaEqual Opportunity Employer/including Disabled/Veterans
Job applications at Regions are accepted electronically through our career site for a minimum of five business days from the date of posting. Job postings for higher-volume positions may remain active for longer than the minimum period due to business need and may be closed at any time thereafter at the discretion of the company.
Company at a glance
Regions Financial Corporation is a member of the S&P 500 Index and is one of the nation’s largest full-service providers of consumer and commercial banking, wealth management, and mortgage products and services. Regions serves customers across the South, Midwest and Texas, and through its subsidiary, Regions Bank, operates more than 1,250 banking offices and more than 2,000 ATMs. Additional information about Regions and its full line of products and services can be found at www.regions.com.
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Top Benefits
- Incentive pay
- Long term incentive plan
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