Functional / Technical Lead (Digital Banking Applications) - Vice President

Job Description:

Job Title: Functional / Technical Lead (Digital Applications, Online Banking & Banker Desktop)

Corporate Title: Vice President

Location: New York, NY

Overview

As a Functional / Technical Lead within Private Bank Technology, you will play a critical role in shaping and supporting the digital platforms that power the client and banker experience. You will partner closely with business stakeholders, product teams, and technology professionals to deliver innovative solutions across online banking, client onboarding, lending, investment, and relationship management platforms. In this role, you will help drive the evolution of digital banking capabilities while ensuring applications remain stable, secure, and aligned with business and regulatory requirements. Deutsche Bank is investing in the modernization of its digital ecosystem, and you will have the opportunity to influence strategic technology initiatives that enhance how our clients and employees interact with the bank.

What We Offer You

• A diverse and inclusive environment that embraces change, innovation, and collaboration
• A hybrid working model, allowing for in-office / work from home flexibility, generous vacation, personal and volunteer days
• Employee Resource Groups support an inclusive workplace for everyone and promote community engagement
• Competitive compensation packages including health and wellbeing benefits, retirement savings plans, parental leave, and family building benefits

• Educational resources, matching gift and volunteer programs

What You’ll Do

• Lead the delivery, support, and continuous enhancement of digital banking applications supporting clients, relationship managers, lending teams, and operations partners
• Drive strategic digital banking enhancements across online banking, client portals, onboarding solutions, banker desktop platforms, customer relationship management applications, and other client and banker-facing channels
• Support client onboarding, account servicing, deposits, lending, investment, advisory, and relationship management workflows, including leading requirement workshops and solution design sessions
• Prioritize the application backlog, manage change demand, and manage application integrations, testing activities, release cycles, production deployments, and environment management to ensure application stability and performance
• Analyze production issues, perform root cause analysis, and coordinate resolution efforts while maintaining a strong focus on operational excellence

How You’ll Lead

• Collaborate with internal and external technology vendors to support application enhancements, integrations, and platform lifecycle management
• Partner with Wealth Management, Private Banking, Operations, Compliance, Product, and technology stakeholders to define requirements and translate business needs into functional specifications, user stories, acceptance criteria, solution designs, and actionable technology deliverables
• Ensure regulatory, audit, and risk requirements are incorporated into solutions

Skills You’ll Need

• Private Banking / Wealth Management domain knowledge with proven experience supporting digital banking, or other client-facing financial services technology platforms, with expertise in application architecture, system integration, API-based solutions, and end-to-end application delivery
• Hands-on experience with Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC), testing, release management, production support, incident management, platform performance optimization, Cloud, and modern digital architecture concepts
• Proficiency in SQL, data analysis, and translating business requirements into scalable technology solutions, with an understanding of application resilience, security principles, and operational controls
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, Business Information Systems, or a related field (or equivalent experience), with deep knowledge of Financial Services Technology and industry best practices
• Proven ability to leverage AI tools to enhance productivity and optimize workflows to solve business problems, while applying critical judgment to ensure the responsible and ethical use of data and AI outputs

Skills That Will Help You Excel

• Experience supporting online banking platforms, client portals, NetX360, Salesforce/DBForce Banker Desktop solutions, or related digital banking applications
• Knowledge of client onboarding, KYC, deposits, lending, investment, advisory, and relationship management business processes
• Experience working with third-party/vendor banking platforms and integrations with core banking systems
• Strong stakeholder management and executive communication skills
• Experience working within Agile delivery environments

Expectations

It is the Bank’s expectation that employees hired into this role will work in the New York office in accordance with the Bank’s hybrid working model. 

Deutsche Bank provides reasonable accommodations to candidates and employees with a substantiated need based on disability and/or religion.

The salary range for this position in New York City is $125,000 to $222,500. Actual salaries may be based on a number of factors including, but not limited to, a candidate’s skill set, experience, education, work location and other qualifications.  Posted salary ranges do not include incentive compensation or any other type of remuneration.

Deutsche Bank Benefits

At Deutsche Bank, we recognize that our benefit programs have a profound impact on our colleagues. That’s why we are focused on providing benefits and perks that enable our colleagues to live authenti­cally and be their whole selves, at every stage of life. We provide access to physical, emotional, and financial wellness benefits that allow our colleagues to stay financially secure and strike balance between work and home. Click here to learn more!

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We strive for a culture in which we are empowered to excel together every day. This includes acting responsibly, thinking commercially, taking initiative and working collaboratively.

Together we share and celebrate the successes of our people. Together we are Deutsche Bank Group.

We welcome applications from all people and promote a positive, fair and inclusive work environment.

Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law. Click these links to view Deutsche Bank’s Equal Opportunity Policy Statement and the following notices: EEOC Know Your Rights; Employee Rights and Responsibilities under the Family and Medical Leave Act; and Employee Polygraph Protection Act.