Director, Digital Platforms

Ally Financial

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Hybrid

Quick summary

Work type
Hybrid
Location
Charlotte, NC
Salary
$125,000–$190,000 / yr
Employment
Full-time
Posted
13 days ago
Freshness
Confirmed live today

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Below market

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This role pays less than 95% of similar roles. Most pay $208,790–$271,106 — the blue band above. At the midpoint, this role pays about $158k versus about $240k for comparable roles.

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About Ally Financial

Ally Financial is a US-based digital financial services company offering online banking, auto financing, mortgage, and investment products. It is one of the largest all-digital banks in the United States.

Ally Financial currently has 23 open roles on FindRole.

Listed pay typically runs $110,000–$180,000 across 23 roles with salary data.

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TL;DR · Director, Digital Platforms

JOB TITLE: Director - Digital Platforms The Director of Digital Platforms serves as the business product leader responsible for the strategy, performance, and evolution of shared platforms powering mobile and online banking experiences. This role leads a small team of product owners to manage platform health, release governance, app store management, and shared digital capabilities. Key responsibilities include defining platform priorities, managing investments, and overseeing application stability, resiliency, and observability. The position requires gathering business requirements, managing vendor relationships, and driving roadmap execution. Essential skills include experience with APIs, SDKs, design systems, authentication services, and application health monitoring. The role operates within a highly regulated financial services environment, focusing on technical debt reduction, platform modernization, and improving operational excellence to ensure high-quality, scalable customer experiences across all digital channels.

What you'll do

  • Define the strategy, performance, and evolution of shared platforms powering mobile and online banking experiences.
  • Own platform health, release governance, app store management, and shared digital capabilities.
  • Gather and document business requirements, system specifications, and analytics requirements for digital projects.
  • Lead a team of product owners to improve processes and deliver high-quality capabilities to customers.
  • Manage planning, budgeting, and cost controls for the product space.
  • Monitor and report on application stability, availability, resiliency, and overall platform performance.
  • Oversee shared capabilities including design systems, SDK lifecycle management, and reusable platform services.
  • Manage vendor relationships, including negotiations and third-party supplier management policies.

What we're looking for

  • Minimum of 9 years of relevant experience or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
  • High school Diploma or GED equivalent.
  • 7+ years of relevant experience as a Product Owner.
  • 7+ years of experience defining competitive market requirements and providing ongoing support for existing products (preferred).
  • Experience developing and executing plans, initiatives, and communications related to specific products.
  • Experience supporting large-scale mobile and web platforms serving millions of digital interactions.
  • Experience with application health monitoring, observability, incident management, service reliability, and operational performance reporting.
  • Bachelor degree in business, marketing, information systems, or a related field (preferred).

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