FedNow AVP & Head of Agility

Company

Federal Reserve Bank of Boston

Federal Reserve Financial Services (FRFS) delivers a suite of payments services to financial institutions via FedLine® Solutions, FedNowSM, Fedwire®, National Settlement Service (NSS), FedCash®, FedACH® (Automated Clearing House), and Check Services.

We are currently leading a strategic effort to transform FRFS to a national, enterprise-focused organization.

Through our evolved structure, we will meet the needs of the marketplace for new products and services more quickly, seek to provide a more robust and unified customer experience across our financial service offerings, and create new career growth opportunities for FRFS staff.

We are seeking leaders to set the vision, strategy, values, and priorities that enable FRFS to achieve its mission.

Our leaders must demonstrate a strategic, action-oriented mindset focused on intellectual curiosity, agility, accountability, and the ability to drive innovation through experimentation.

To achieve our vision for a people-focused organization with a strong collaborative and innovative culture, we expect our leaders to champion an inclusive environment and demonstrate our values in how we work and interact with each other and our broader community.

The Federal Reserve has developed a new interbank 24x7x365 real-time gross settlement (RTGS) service with integrated clearing functionality, called the FedNow Service.

This service enables financial institutions to provide their customers with the ability to send and receive payments any time, any day, and have full access to those funds within seconds.

This position is a unique opportunity to be part of this mission-critical Federal Reserve initiative that is transforming the payments landscape in the United States.

Candidates that live near one of our Reserve Bank locations will be provided some work from home flexibility.

Rules for hybrid work arrangements differs from Bank to Bank and should be discussed during the interview process.

The AVP and Head of Agility is key to the success of the engineering organization.

You’ll report to the FedNow CIO, and work closely with the Technology Leadership Team, especially the Head of Product Engineering.

You’ll direct key strategic initiatives within the Technology organization, especially cross-functionally across the technology functions: Architecture, Engineering, Security, Technical Operations, and Quality.

You’ll partner with and advise the entire leadership team, support key initiatives, and influence and drive all areas.

In particular, you’ll own maturing and evolving our agile practices.

  You’ll be comfortable navigating within a highly technical organization and establishing credibility with technologists and other stakeholders.

What will be expected of you in this role-


* Lead strategic and tactical initiatives across the Technology organization.


* Be an integral part of the Technology leadership team to drive initiatives, and help set...