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Job Summary

Essential Job Functions

• Define and execute the enterprise platform engineering strategy roadmaps standards and governance frameworks aligned to organizational objectives. Lead enterprise modernization cloud transformation engineering enablement and platform adoption initiatives that improve scalability reliability security and developer productivity. - (20%)
• Provide executive oversight for platform engineering organizations responsible for cloud infrastructure DevSecOps infrastructure as code platform services automation frameworks and engineering tooling. Ensure delivery excellence operational effectiveness and alignment with enterprise technology priorities. - (15%)
• Establish enterprise standards and operating principles for cloud platforms resilience observability availability recovery and performance engineering. Drive continuous improvement programs that enhance reliability efficiency and customer experience while reducing operational risk. - (15%)
• Ensure platform services meet enterprise security regulatory compliance audit and risk management objectives. Sponsor security-by-design practices cloud governance frameworks and proactive risk mitigation strategies across the platform ecosystem. (10%)
• Partner with executive stakeholders across technology and business organizations to prioritize investments evaluate emerging technologies and align platform capabilities with growth innovation and operational objectives. Serve as a trusted advisor on platform engineering strategy and technology direction. - (10%)
• Oversee platform investment planning workforce strategy vendor management and technology financial management practices. Optimize operational expenditures cloud consumption and platform investments while balancing business priorities risk and long-term strategic objectives. - (10%)
• Champion adoption of emerging technologies automation capabilities AI-enabled engineering solutions and modern platform practices that improve engineering velocity scalability and business value delivery across the enterprise. - (10%)
• Lead and develop a diverse organization of senior leaders and engineering professionals. Build leadership capability succession pipelines organizational effectiveness and a culture of accountability inclusion innovation and continuous learning. - (10%)

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelors Degree in Computer Science Engineering Information Technology or a related field or equivalent experience.
• 17-19 years of experience in platform engineering cloud engineering infrastructure engineering DevOps site reliability engineering or related technology disciplines.
• 12 years leadership experience.
• Demonstrated success leading enterprise-scale platform transformation and modernization initiatives.
• Experience overseeing large complex technology organizations and multi-million-dollar platform portfolios.

Preferred Qualifications

• Masters Degree in Computer Science Information Technology Engineering Business Administration or related field.
• Advanced certifications in AWS Azure Google Cloud Kubernetes Security or enterprise architecture disciplines.
• Experience leading enterprise cloud transformation platform product models FinOps SRE DevSecOps and AI-enabled engineering initiatives.
• Experience within highly regulated industries including financial services.

Skills

• Cloud Services Management
• Platform Engineering
• DevSecOps
• Site Reliability Engineering
• Infrastructure As Code (IaC)
• Technology Strategies
• Technology Governance
• Enterprise Architecture (EA)
• IT Capacity Planning
• Financial Management
• Organizational Leadership
• Strategic Change

Reports To: SVP and above

Direct Reports: 2 - 5

Work Environment

• Normal office environment. As a senior leader must work at a Bread Financial office a minimum of 6 days per month. Ability to travel 6 days a month if not located near a Bread Financial office.

Travel

• Ability to travel up to 10% annually

Physical and Mental Requirements

To perform this job successfully an individual must be able to perform each essential job function satisfactorily and meet the physical mental and work environment requirements. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform essential job functions absent undue hardship.

• Communicate/Hearing
• Communicate/Talking
• Stationary Position/Seated
• Typing/Writing
• Maintain focus in high pressure or fast-paced work environment

Other Duties

This job description is illustrative of the types of duties typically performed by this job. It is not intended to be an exhaustive listing of each and every essential function of the job. Because job content may change from time to time the Company reserves the right to add and/or delete essential functions from this job at any time.

Salary Range (unless otherwise noted below):

Full Salary Range for position:

The actual base pay within this range may be dependent upon many factors which may include but are not limited to work location education experience and skills.

You must be work authorized in the United States on a full time basis without the need for any sponsorship now or in the future from any employer or organization. The Company cannot offer employment to F-1 (student) visa holders.

Bread Financial offers medical prescription drug dental vision and other voluntary benefits (including basic and optional life insurance supplemental medical plans and short and long-term disability) to eligible associates (regular full-time associates scheduled to work 30 hours per week or more) and their spouses/domestic partners and child(ren) under the age of 26. New associate elected coverage begins on date of hire (with the exception of disability coverage which has a 6-month waiting period). Six weeks of 100% paid parental leave for eligible parents is available after a 180-day waiting period. Hired associates can immediately enroll in Bread Financials 401(k) plan.

All associates receive 11 paid holidays. Associates have discretion in managing their time away from work through the Flexible Time Off (FTO) program and may need to notify and receive approval from their manager prior to taking the time off. Associates (except those located in Illinois) receive 80 hours of Paid Sick and Safe Time (PSST) upon hire and at the beginning of each subsequent calendar year. Illinois associates receive 40 hours of Illinois PSST upon hire and at the beginning of each subsequent calendar year and 40 hours of Illinois Paid Leave upon hire and at the beginning of each subsequent calendar year. Illinois Paid Leave must be used before associates in Illinois will be approved to take FTO.

Hired associates will be able to elect the purchase company stock during offering periods in June and December. You will be eligible for an annual incentive bonus based on individual and company performance.

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About Bread Financial

At Bread Financial youll have the opportunity to grow your career give back to your community and be part of our award-winning culture. Weve been consistently recognized as a best place to work nationally and in many markets and were proud to promote an environment where you feel appreciated accepted valued and fulfilledboth personally and professionally. Bread Financial supports the overall wellness of our associates with a diverse suite of benefits and offers boundless opportunities for career development and non-traditional career progression.

Bread Financial(NYSE: BFH) is a tech-forward financial services company that provides simple personalized payment lending and saving solutions to millions of U.S. payment solutions deliver growth for some of the most recognized brands in travel & entertainment health & beauty technology electronics jewelry home and specialty apparel through ourco-brand and private label credit cards and pay-over-time products providing choice and value to our shared we offer Bread Financial general purpose credit cards and saving products that empower our customers and their passions for a better life.

Bread Financial proudly marks 30 years of success in 2026. To learn more about our global associates our performance and our sustainability progressvisit follow us on Instagram and LinkedIn.

• Bread Financial offers competitive pay a comprehensive selection of benefit options including 401(k).

• The Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

• Any applicant offered employment will be required to establish that they are legally authorized to work in the United States for the Company.

• The Company participates in E-Verify.

• The Company will consider for employment all qualified applicants including those with a criminal history in a manner consistent with the requirements of all applicable federal state and local laws including the Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance and the New York City Fair Chance Act. Applicants with criminal histories are encouraged to apply.

• The Company complies with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) as amended and all applicable state/local laws. The Company will provide accommodations to applicants needing accommodations to complete the application process. Applicants with disabilities may contact the Company to request and arrange for accommodations. If you need assistance to accommodate a disability you may request an accommodation at any time. Please contact the Recruiting Team at .

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