Position Overview

Job Description

Title: Chief Technology Officer

Location: Richmond VA

Harris Williams is a leading investment bank specializing in M&A and Private Capital advisory. We seek an exceptional Chief Technology Officer (CTO) to design and accelerate our technology transformation. This leader will report to the CEO to drive innovation embed artificial intelligence throughout the firm and create a world-class experience for Harris Williams professionalsmost notably our bankers. This is a unique opportunity to become a pivotal force in shaping how technology directly enables growth client service and long-term value.

Why Harris Williams

This is a mandate to architect a technology platformand a technology culturethat will differentiate Harris Williams for years to come. We are looking for a CTO who sees the role as not merely responsible for keeping the trains running but as the principal engineer of the firms technology future: someone who will reinvent how the firm both achieves efficiency and drives revenue. This is an opportunity to make Harris Williams the destination for bankers technologists and clients alike.

Key Responsibilities

Technology Vision & Strategic Leadership

• Serve as a core member of the executive team influencing overall firm strategy and direction reporting to the CEO.
• Set and execute a bold future-facing technology strategyinnovation-forward and proactive change.
• Lead Technology and Engineering teams with an emphasis on:
  • Artificial intelligence: Drive the AI enablement of Harris Williams; champion automation analytics and data-driven insights.
  • Cloud transformation: Orchestrate the adoption and enablement of cloud-first infrastructure (with a strategic orientation towards Microsoft Azure and related technologies).
  • Product management: Evolve technology delivery to a product-driven mindsetconnecting business needs with solutions that anticipate where the industry and our bankers are headed.
  • Developer experience & engineering excellence: Foster agile high-velocity teams focusing on DevOps modern systems integration SaaS adoption and destination architecture.
• Business strategy orientation: Set and align strategic technology objectives that put the business bankers and clients at the centerbecoming a true thought partner to leadership and an enabler of business development.

Service Excellence & Internal Customer Focus

• Redefine technology as a premium white glove functionprioritizing the banker and client experience in every interaction.
• Instill a culture of service excellence resilience and anticipatory support for all internal customers.

Cybersecurity & Governance

• Uphold robust information security regulatory and privacy standards anticipating emerging cyber risks and fortifying the firms digital and physical assets.

Differentiators for the Role

• Be the architect and catalyst for technology-based differentiation at Harris Williamsa place to AI-enable a leading investment bank from the inside out and outpacing an entire industry in the process.
• Drive the cloud transformation journey unlocking the power of Microsoft Azure and related platforms as a strategic backbone.
• Lead and inspire the function to be a magnet and incubator for exceptional engineering and technology talent
• Champion a world-class developer and engineering culture that attracts the very best operationalizes agile and accelerates our ability to deliver for our internal (and external) customers.
• Blend product management agile delivery and systems design to deliver solutions that are as elegant as they are effective.

Unique Opportunity: The PNC Relationship

• Harris Williams operates independently under the PNC parent company structure
• A successful leader will:
  • Foster a productive relationship with partners at PNC
  • Understand and ensure compliance with PNCs technology oversight requirements
  • Engage PNC proactively when needed in support of the firms technology initiatives

Executive Team Expectations

As a core member of the firms executive leadership you are expected to:

• Operate as a highly collaborative C-suite leader shaping and influencing strategy across all functions.
• Demonstrate exceptional judgment and convictionfocus energy on the priorities that move Harris Williams forward.
• Be a builderof teams strategy and culture.
• Instill both excellence and humanity in every interaction maintaining a hands-on high-integrity presence throughout the firm.
• Represent the technology strategy internally and externally as an enabler of long-term business value.

Experience & Qualifications

Required Experience

• CTO/CIO or Divisional CTO/CIO experience within a Fortune 500 company or large company divisional responsibility equivalentdemonstrated ability to operate at executive committee level in complex high-performance environments.
• Track record of architecting executing and communicating transformative technology roadmaps.
• Leadership of digital AI and cloud transformation for a growth-oriented business.
• Proven ability to attract develop and retain elite engineering software and technology talentbuilding teams that innovate and deliver.
• Experience steering agile product-centric and DevOps frameworks in complex organizations.
• Demonstrated excellence in cyber security operational resilience and technology risk management.
• Extensive SaaS solution implementation and system integration expertise.
• Proven ability to design and execute technology roadmaps in alignment with larger business strategy.

Education

• Bachelors degree required (preferably in Computer Science Engineering Business or related field).
  MBA or other relevant advanced degree preferred.

Core Competencies

• Highly collaborative leaderbuilds trust brings one firm culture to life and exerts positive influence across a partnership model.
• Selective convictionknows what really matters advocates passionately and guides the firm through complexity with clarity and compassion.
• Relentless focus on internal customersdeep white-glove service mindset.
• Mastery of business strategy and ability to translate business needs into technology investment with measurable impact.
• Excellent communicator; trusted advisor to executive leadership.

Additional Information

• Work Authorization: Must be able to work in the U.S. without sponsorship.
• Harris Williams will not accept unsolicited resumes from contingency recruiters. Any such resumes received will not be considered as legitimate submissions and Harris Williams will not pay for the placement of a candidate resulting from the receipt of an unsolicited resume. Furthermore Harris Williams strictly forbids any contingency recruiter from representing the firm in the market without prior consent.

Disclaimer: Harris Williams will not accept unsolicited resumes from contingency recruiters. Any such resumes received will not be considered as legitimate submissions andHarris Williams will not pay for the placement of a candidate resulting from the receipt of an unsolicited resume. Furthermore Harris Williams strictly forbids any contingency recruiter from representing the firm in the market without prior consent.

Qualifications

Successful candidates must demonstrate appropriate knowledge skills and abilities for a role. Listed below are skills competencies work experience education and required certifications/licensures needed to be successful in this position.

Preferred Skills

Application Development Business Management Customer Solutions Design Group Problem Solving Process Improvements Release Management Software Solutions User Experience (UX) Design

Competencies

Application Development (Client/Server) Application Development (Object-Oriented) Application Localization and Internationalization Application Maintenance Application Testing Budgeting IT Industry: Trends & Directions Software Process Improvement (SPI) System Testing

Work Experience

Roles at this level typically require a university / college degree and higher level education such as a Masters degree PhD or certifications. Industry -relevant experience is typically 8 years. At least 5 years of prior management experience is typically required. Proven leadership experience with a large scope of responsibility is lieu of a degree a comparable combination of education job specific certification(s) and experience (including military service) may be considered.

Education

Bachelors

Certifications

No Required Certification(s)

Licenses

No Required License(s)

Benefits

PNC offers a comprehensive range of benefits to help meet your needs now and in the future. Depending on your eligibility options for full-time employees include: medical/prescription drug coverage (with a Health Savings Account feature) dental and vision options; employee and spouse/child life insurance; short and long-term disability protection; 401(k) with PNC match pension and stock purchase plans; dependent care reimbursement account; back-up child/elder care; adoption surrogacy and doula reimbursement; educational assistance including select programs fully paid; a robust wellness program with financial incentives.

In addition PNC generally provides the following paid time off depending on your eligibility: maternity and/or parental leave; up to 11 paid holidays each year; 8 occasional absence days each year unless otherwise required by law; between 15 to 25 vacation days each year depending on career level; and years of service.

To learn more about these and other programs including benefits for full time and part-time employees visitYour PNC Total Rewards.

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Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO)

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