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Director of Community Banking Product & Strategy - Red Bank, NJ

OceanFirst Bank
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United States, New Jersey, Red Bank
May 02, 2025
Job Description At OceanFirst Bank, each one of our employees plays an important role in delivering value to our customers and executing daily tasks in accordance with our core values. We recognize that our employees are essential to our success, making OceanFirst a great place to work and do business. Great benefits include: on-site fitness facility at Red Bank and Toms River headquarter offices, hybrid schedule after initial onboarding has been completed, employee perks & discount programs, tuition assistance, incentive compensation program, professional development opportunities, and more! Apply today to #BecomeOceanFirst and make an impact in the local community! About Your Role Responsible for developing a strategic, value-driven roadmap that ensures continuous improvement in Consumer and Business Banking products and solutions to deliver optimal services for our to external and internal customers. Facilitates collaboration across the organization, crafting an enterprise strategy that optimizes customer experiences and drives value for the business across onboarding, servicing, engagement and loyalty. Develops strategies designed to maximize customer usage of the Bank's products and capabilities across channels, and executes on priority initiatives to ensure platforms and applications are competitive and fully utilized. What You Will Do 1. Lead strategic assessments and gap analysis of products and services to identify areas of opportunity, risk, and failure to serve based upon behavior, performance and usage data, customer insight, industry trends and best practices to produce actionable insight. 2. Perform ongoing customer and employee research, user feedback and channel analytics that translates insights into customer journeys, requirements, and execution roadmaps that will improve the Bank's offerings. 3. Ensures banking products and delivery channels are competitive and staff have the expertise, knowledge resources and training required to communicate confidently and consistently with customers. 4. Lead the Strategy Team in identifying, prioritizing, and building business cases that balance the vision with the technical and budgetary reality and establish KPI's to monitor and assess execution quality and outcomes. 5. Recommend and drive the implementation of new products and services and take ownership of their financial and operational performance outcomes, including overseeing budgetary responsibilities to ensure alignment with the strategic goals of the organization. 6. Collaborate with Chief Community Banking Officer and direct reports to develop and update strategic plans and staffing models to align with the strategic direction of the Bank to ensure customer service excellence, optimal productivity, and compliance with all policies, procedures, and regulations. 7. Collaborate with business and functional leaders and teams to innovate, optimize, and personalize experiences to drive growth, engagement and loyalty, striving for best-in-class solutions that meet emerging regulatory, legal, risk management and operational requirements. 8. Oversee the management of all aspects of a successful business plan, including resource management, operational excellence, managing partnerships, associate development and proficiency, quality control, building and retaining customer relationships and operations. 9. Enhance partnerships with IT, Operations, Customer Care Center, Marketing, Lending and Sales teams to enhance strategic planning and communications. 10. Design and analyzes detailed management reports related to Key Performance Indicators including customer usage, customer adoption rates and performance measurement. 11. Provide guidance, leadership and expertise to staff. Create development opportunities and ensure necessary training and tools are provided. Ensure timely and meaningful performance management is administered to all team members. 12. Delegate and oversee responsibilities that go along with Bank acquisitions/branch sales, system conversions, and preparations for new branch openings. 13. Manage vendor relationships, including the on-boarding and off-boarding of products and services. This includes negotiating contracts, ensuring compliance with service level agreements, and fostering strong partnerships to drive success. 14. Ensure compliance with all regulations governing the banking industry, as well as employment and labor laws, agency guidelines and organization policies. Requirements What We Expect of You Ability to manage staff and vendor relationships. Strong analytical and technical skills including working knowledge of relevant processing systems including personal computer software. Ability to research, plan, and implement using logical thought processes, organization and project management skills. Demonstrated leadership experience developing and motivating staff required; ability to effectively and efficiently manage a high-level management staff, regarding projects, strategic planning, budgets, and maintaining continuous control over performance standards and maintain continuous control over operations. Proficient in MS Office Suite. Excellent writing, verbal communication, listening, and interpersonal skills. Demonstrated leadership, organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills. Strong ability to apply judgment, implements solutions, and resolve conflicts. Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously with capability of prioritizing tasks and adapting to individual situations while maintaining a high level of responsiveness, client focus and attention to detail. Demonstrated leadership strengths in customer service skills and behaviors and coaching and developing staff. Demonstrated leadership experience coaching and developing staff. Working knowledge and understanding of bank products and services. Excellent communication and problem-solving skills. YOUR QUALIFICATIONS Bachelor's degree or equivalent required. Minimum of 10 years of marketing, technology and product management experience. Minimum 3-5 years developing and streamlining customer experience roadmaps. INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL CONTACTS * Frequent and continual divisional and interdivisional contacts at all levels. * Extensive external contacts with regarding the Bank's systems and services partners. * Internal customer contact in response to inquiries or service issues. WORKING CONDITIONS/PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS Office environment. Ability to operate a computer. Ability to communicate in order to exchange simple to complex information with individuals and groups. Ability to travel throughout Bank footprint. SEARCH FIRMS OceanFirst Bank, N.A., ("the Bank") is not accepting unsolicited assistance from search firms for this employment opportunity. Please, no phone calls or emails. All resumes submitted by search firms to any associate at the Bank via email, the Internet or in any form and/or method without a valid written search agreement in place and formal Talent Acquisition approval for this position will be deemed the sole property of the Bank. No fee will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by the Bank as a result of the referral or through other means.