• Lead, coach, and develop a team of Systems Analysts responsible for ensuring enterprise applications are designed, built, and adapted to meet business needs. • Serve as a technical project leader for large-scale modernization, integration, and core readiness initiatives. • Define and maintain a systems roadmap aligned with enterprise modernization priorities and Connexus strategy, including core transformation, cloud migration, and digital enablement. • Partner with IT leadership, the EPMO, and business stakeholders to scope, resource, and execute application and systems projects. • Evaluate emerging technologies and propose system modernization opportunities that improve scalability, interoperability, and resiliency. • Oversee vendor and partner relationships to ensure projects are delivered on time, within scope, and aligned with enterprise architecture standards. • Lead the team responsible for designing, configuring, integrating, and testing enterprise systems across core, lending, payments, digital, and member service platforms. • Guide the development of system specifications, data mappings, and interface designs to support modernization and integration initiatives. • Ensure compatibility and interoperability among vendor solutions and in-house applications; identify and mitigate integration risks. • Oversee system upgrades, conversions, and migrations, coordinating closely with business partners and IT operations to minimize disruption. • Drive automation and process optimization through thoughtful use of APIs, middleware, and data transformation. • Lead and mentor a team of Systems Analysts focused on supporting project delivery, technical design, and post-implementation stabilization. • Manage team workload, project assignments, and timelines to align with enterprise priorities and modernization goals. • Foster collaboration with Business Analysts, QA, Developers, and Infrastructure teams to ensure seamless handoffs between functional and technical streams. • Play a key role in Core Readiness, ensuring that existing applications, data structures, and integrations are documented, stable, and optimized ahead of core conversion. • Conduct gap assessments and lead remediation plans for legacy systems and interfaces. • Establish governance standards for systems documentation, testing, and change control. • Use metrics and KPIs to monitor system performance, issue trends, and delivery quality; report regularly to leadership. • Champion continuous improvement across systems and delivery processes. • Communicate project status, risks, and dependencies clearly to IT leadership and business stakeholders. • Participate in technology steering committees, project reviews, and cross-departmental planning sessions. • Comply with all Federal Regulations as they pertain to the job duties, including BSA.