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
• Partner with business stakeholders to gather requirements, define solution designs, and translate business needs into actionable technology deliverables while driving strategic initiatives across online banking, client portals, onboarding solutions, banker desktop platforms, and customer relationship management applications
• Manage application integrations, API-enabled solutions, testing activities, release cycles, production deployments, and environment management processes to ensure application stability, resilience, security, and performance
• Analyze production issues, perform root cause analysis, and coordinate resolution efforts while maintaining a strong focus on operational excellence, risk management, regulatory compliance, and audit readiness
• Support modernization initiatives by collaborating with technology teams on cloud adoption, digital transformation, and platform evolution efforts
• Partner with internal and external technology vendors to support application enhancements, integrations, and platform lifecycle management

How You’ll Lead

• Partner with business stakeholders to gather requirements, define solution designs, and translate business needs into actionable technology deliverables
• Lead the delivery, support, and continuous enhancement of digital banking applications supporting clients, relationship managers, lending teams, and operations partners
• Manage application integrations, testing activities, release cycles, and production deployments to ensure application stability and performance

Skills You’ll Need

• Proven experience supporting digital banking, wealth management, private 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, and platform performance optimization
• 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 professional experience
• Proven ability to leverage AI tools to enhance productivity, optimize workflows to solve business problems, while applying critical judgment to ensure 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