Our vision for the future is based on the idea that transforming financial lives starts by giving our people the freedom to transform their own. We have a flexible work environment, and fluid career paths. We not only encourage but celebrate internal mobility. We also recognize the importance of purpose, well-being, and work-life balance. Within Empower and our communities, we work hard to create a welcoming and inclusive environment, and our associates dedicate thousands of hours to volunteering for causes that matter most to them.

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***Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment visa at this time, including CPT/OPT.***

The Vice President, Enterprise Integration & APIs will lead the strategy, build, and operation of Empower’s enterprise Integration Hub, Streaming Data Platform, API Platform and Gateway, and Decisioning and Orchestration capabilities. This leader will modernize and scale real-time, event-driven data and API infrastructure that powers digital experiences, analytics, AI and ML deployment, and marketing activation, while maintaining high standards of resiliency, security, and regulatory compliance. The role owns enterprise platform direction across multiple engineering and architecture teams and is accountable for reliability, governance, cost transparency, and enterprise adoption.

What you will do:

• Define and execute the enterprise vision, strategy, and operating model for the Integration Hub, Streaming Data Platform, API Platform and Gateway, and Decisioning and Orchestration capabilities.
• Establish these platforms as enterprise products with defined SLAs, adoption targets, lifecycle management, and cost transparency.
• Lead multi-disciplinary teams across data engineering, software engineering, systems integration, architecture, and platform reliability engineering.
• Drive modern engineering practices including DevSecOps, CI/CD, infrastructure as code, observability, and automated testing.
• Design and oversee scalable, secure, cloud-native architectures aligned with enterprise technology standards.
• Enable production deployment and orchestration of AI and ML models within decisioning workflows, ensuring auditability, explainability, and model risk management compliance.
• Partner with Data Science, Risk, Marketing, and Technology stakeholders to operationalize AI and ML and advanced analytics use cases.
• Integrate Customer Data Platforms and marketing technologies with enterprise data and streaming layers to enable real-time segmentation and personalization.
• Embed privacy, consent management, and data governance controls into platform architecture and data flows.
• Maintain first-line risk ownership across platforms, ensuring alignment with model risk management standards, SOX controls, cybersecurity requirements, and third-party risk frameworks.
• Lead platform resiliency, disaster recovery, and business continuity planning.
• Oversee large, cross-functional programs with multi-million-dollar budgets, driving predictable execution through disciplined portfolio and program management.
• Establish and monitor KPIs including reliability, latency, throughput, adoption, cost efficiency, and control effectiveness.
• Lead managers and senior managers, building organizational depth, succession plans, and technical career pathways.
• Foster a high-performance, accountable, and inclusive engineering culture.

What you will bring:

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field.
• 10 to 12+ years of progressive experience in technology and or data organizations.
• 5 to 7+ years of experience leading people leaders and senior technical leaders.
• Experience leading enterprise-scale data, integration, or API platforms within a regulated industry.
• Strong expertise in data engineering, distributed systems, and cloud-native architecture.
• Experience with API architecture, gateway platforms, and developer enablement frameworks.
• Experience with event streaming technologies and modern systems integration patterns including microservices, service mesh, and hybrid integration.
• Experience operationalizing AI and ML models into production environments.
• Knowledge of model risk management frameworks and regulatory considerations related to model governance and data controls.
• Familiarity with Customer Data Platforms and marketing technology ecosystems.
• Experience delivering complex, cross-functional programs with budget accountability.
• Knowledge of financial services risk and control frameworks.
• Experience managing vendor relationships and enterprise platform contracts.
• Demonstrated ability to balance innovation with disciplined risk management.
• Executive presence with the ability to influence senior stakeholders.

What will set you apart:

• Advanced degree such as an MBA or MS.
• Experience leading enterprise-scale data, integration, or API platforms within financial services.

This job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications of the job. The employer has the right to revise this job description at any time. You will be evaluated in part based on your performance of the responsibilities and/or tasks listed in this job description. You may be required to perform other duties that are not included on this job description. The job description is not a contract for employment, and either you or the employer may terminate employment at any time, for any reason, as per terms and conditions of your employment contract.

What we offer you

We offer an array of diverse and inclusive benefits regardless of where you are in your career. We believe that providing our employees with the means to lead healthy balanced lives results in the best possible work performance.

• Medical, dental, vision and life insurance
• Retirement savings – 401(k) plan with generous company matching contributions (up to 6%), financial advisory services, potential company discretionary contribution, and a broad investment lineup
• Tuition reimbursement up to $5,250/year
• Business-casual environment that includes the option to wear jeans
• Generous paid time off upon hire – including a paid time off program plus ten paid company holidays and three floating holidays each calendar year
• Paid volunteer time — 16 hours per calendar year
• Leave of absence programs – including paid parental leave, paid short- and long-term disability, and Family and Medical Leave (FMLA)
• Business Resource Groups (BRGs) –  BRGs facilitate inclusion and collaboration across our business internally and throughout the communities where we live, work and play. BRGs are open to all.

Base Salary Range

The salary range above shows the typical minimum to maximum base salary range for this position in the location listed. Non-sales positions have the opportunity to participate in a bonus program. Sales positions are eligible for sales incentives, and in some instances a bonus plan, whereby total compensation may far exceed base salary depending on individual performance. Actual compensation offered may vary from posted hiring range based upon geographic location, work experience, education, licensure requirements and/or skill level and will be finalized at the time of offer.

Equal opportunity employer •  Drug-free workplace

We are an equal opportunity employer with a commitment to diversity.  All individuals, regardless of personal characteristics, are encouraged to apply.  All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age (40 and over), race, color, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, gender expression, marital status, pregnancy, religion, physical or mental disability, military or veteran status, genetic information, or any other status protected by applicable state or local law. 

***For remote and hybrid positions you will be required to provide reliable high-speed internet with a wired connection as well as a place in your home to work with limited disruption. You must have reliable connectivity from an internet service provider that is fiber, cable or DSL internet. Other necessary computer equipment, will be provided. You may be required to work in the office if you do not have an adequate home work environment and the required internet connection.***

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