
Senior Director, Chief Technology Officer
PayPal
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Salt Lake City • Utah • United States
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Salary
💰 $209,000 - $310,200 per year
Job Level
About the role
- Define and implement a long-term strategic vision for site operations
- Oversee comprehensive data sets to identify performance gaps and implement data-driven strategies to optimize site operations
- Establish clear, challenging objectives for the site and lead the team with motivation and effective delegation
- Lead efforts to recruit, attract, and retain top talent, fostering a diverse, inclusive, and skilled workforce
- Cultivate and strengthen relationships with internal teams, external partners, and stakeholders
- Serve as a role model by inspiring trust and followership among team members and stakeholders
- Navigate and manage organizational change and ambiguity effectively
- Take calculated risks, demonstrating integrity, foresight, and a thoughtful approach to decision-making
- Uphold and enforce the highest standards of performance and quality
Requirements
- 12+ years relevant experience and a Bachelor’s degree OR Any equivalent combination of education and experience
- 5 years of experience leading others
- 18+ years of progressive technology leadership in regulated financial services (banking preferred)
- Demonstrated success building or materially upgrading bank-grade technology environments
- Expertise across enterprise architecture, core/digital banking platforms, payments connectivity, data engineering, and IT operations/ITSM
- Strong working knowledge of FFIEC IT handbooks , GLBA safeguards, third-party risk expectations, and FDIC/UDFI supervisory practices
- Proven partnership with CISO and CRO to integrate cyber and technology risks into ERM; track record handling regulatory exams and remediations
- Deep experience leading cloud migrations/operations , modern SDLC/DevSecOps, and high‑availability architectures
- Hands‑on vendor oversight including Reg W considerations for affiliate services
- Relevant certifications (e.g., CGEIT , CISM , CISSP , ITIL , AWS/Azure/GCP ) or advanced degree in CS/Engineering/Information Systems.
Benefits
- medical
- dental
- vision
- life and disability insurance
- parental and family leave
- 401(k) savings plan
- paid time off
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
data-driven strategiesenterprise architecturecore banking platformsdigital banking platformspayments connectivitydata engineeringIT operationscloud migrationsmodern SDLCDevSecOps
Soft skills
leadershipmotivationeffective delegationrelationship buildingtrustdecision-makingorganizational change managementrisk managementteam buildingcommunication
Certifications
CGEITCISMCISSPITILAWSAzureGCP