Vice President - Corporate Applications & Database Technology

Join Voya, a company with a strong purpose and a winning culture, as the Vice President of Corporate Applications & Database Technology. Lead the strategy, development, and support of corporate applications and team of database administrators and developers. Partner with business stakeholders to align technology initiatives with business needs.

Requirements

• Lead the strategy, development, and support of corporate applications (e.g., Workday, SAP, Oracle, Coupa, ServiceNow) & team of database administrators and developers.
• Partner with business stakeholders to align technology initiatives with business needs.
• Manage cross-functional teams including developers, analysts, and third-party vendors.
• Ensure IT product and engineering teams effectively execute multi-phase initiatives from conception to final delivery and maintenance.
• Leverage product-led agile delivery approaches and integrate the engineering team with each business function to: Adopt an iterative approach to enhance technology capabilities.
• Empower functional professionals to adapt to the evolving regulatory landscape and Business strategy
• Ensure application reliability, performance, security, and compliance with internal and regulatory standards.
• Drive system integration initiatives and process automation.
• Oversee project budgets, timelines, and resource allocation.
• Develop and monitor KPIs and SLAs for application performance and support.
• Project Planning and Execution: Plays a key role in planning, scheduling, and executing projects to meet organizational objectives efficiently.
• Problem-Solving and Decision-Making: This role involves identifying and resolving data-related issues, making decisions on systems architecture, and implementing solutions to enhance data integrity.
• Be a visionary leader with a strong background in, capable of delivering impactful results through complex challenges: Actuarial science / Financial risk technology, Finance technology Legal and compliance technology HR technology (preferably workday) Application & Infrastructure Database platforms
• Collaboration with Cross-Functional Teams: collaborates with different departments to understand their data needs, provide support in data analysis, and ensure data consistency across the organization.
• Stay current with emerging technologies and best practices in enterprise applications.
• Support M&A activities through integration of corporate systems & database platforms
• Oversee Database Systems: Ensure the performance, security, and reliability of database systems.
• Lead and Mentor: Manage and mentor a team of database administrators and developers.
• Database Maintenance: Develop and implement maintenance plans, monitor performance, and handle backup and recovery
• Collaboration: Work with IT teams to design and deploy new database systems and collaborate on database-related projects.

Benefits

• Health, dental, vision and life insurance plans
• 401(k) Savings plan – with generous company matching contributions (up to 6%)
• Voya Retirement Plan – employer paid cash balance retirement plan (4%)
• Tuition reimbursement up to $5,250/year
• Paid time off – including 20 days paid time off, nine paid company holidays and a flexible Diversity Celebration Day.
• Paid volunteer time — 40 hours per calendar year