Senior Director, Forward Deployed Engineer
AI summary of the role
The Head of Development is the executive engineering leader for Truist's centralized AI delivery organization (Forge), owning all development functions including application engineering, data engineering, full-stack delivery, and platform integration.
What you’ll do
- Own development function — providing executive leadership, organizational design, delivery standards, and operational discipline across all engineering teams and workstreams.
- Set the technical direction, architecture standards, engineering quality bar, and release readiness expectations for application, data, full-stack, and platform engineering at the Forge.
- Drive delivery execution across engineering — managing sprint cadences, resolving delivery blockers, enforcing accountability, and ensuring the organization ships production-ready AI capabilities on committed timelines.
- Build and develop a high-performing engineering organization through hiring, onboarding, coaching, performance management, career development, and team culture investment.
What you’ll bring
- Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Information Security, Engineering or a related discipline.
- 20+ years of experience in financial services, government, large consulting firms, or equivalent, with a focus on information security risk management.
- 15+ years prior management experience with a track record of team development and process improvements.
- 15+ years of experience in leading issue management and resolution of financial regulatory and internal risk partner findings.
Technologies
Azure AI · Copilot · Microsoft Fabric · CI/CD · NIST · ISO 27001 · PCI DSS · SOX · GLBA · IAM
About Truist Bank
Runs consumer, small-business, commercial, investment-banking, wealth, payments, mortgage, and specialized-lending services across high-growth U.S. markets.
Public · 5000+ people
Source and classification
Internal deployment & tooling · Evidence for this classification:
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The position is described below. If you want to apply, click the Apply Now button at the top or bottom of this page. After you click Apply Now and complete your application, you'll be invited to create a profile, which will let you see your application status and any communications. If you already have a profile with us, you can log in to check status. Need Help? If you have a disability and need assistance with the application, you can request a reasonable accommodation. Send an email to Accessibility (accommodation requests only; other inquiries won't receive a response). Regular or Temporary: Regular Language Fluency: English (Required) Work Shift: 1st shift (United States of America) Please review the following job description: The Head of Development is the executive engineering leader responsible for all development functions within our centralized AI capability delivery organization — spanning application engineering, data engineering, full-stack delivery, platform integration, and the engineering quality bar that governs how production AI-enabled capabilities are built, tested, and released. This role owns the engineering organization, delivery culture, technical standards, hiring and team development, cross-functional delivery execution, and the operational discipline required to ship AI capabilities at enterprise scale and startup speed. The Head of Development [... source excerpt omitted ...] ing engineering roadmap execution, partnering with product and security leadership, driving hiring and capability development, and ensuring the Forge development function delivers production-ready AI capabilities that meet the highest standards of quality, security, and operational reliability. ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES Following is a summary of the essential functions for this job. Other duties may be performed, both major and minor, which are not mentioned below. Specific activities may change from time to time. Own development function — providing executive leadership, organizational design, delivery standards, and operational discipline across all engineering tea [... source excerpt omitted ...] g at the Forge. Drive delivery execution across engineering — managing sprint cadences, resolving delivery blockers, enforcing accountability, and ensuring the organization ships production-ready AI capabilities on committed timelines. Build and develop a high-performing engineering organization through hiring, onboarding, coaching, performance management, career development, and team culture investment. Partner with the Head of Technology, Head of Agentic Design, Head of Product, and AI Security Lead to ensure engineering delivery is aligned to strategic priorities, security standards, and business outcomes. Own the engineering operating model — including team structure, deliv
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