IT Manager

About Working at Commerce

Building a career here is more than just steps on a ladder. It’s about helping people find financial safety and success, helping businesses thrive, and making sure people and their money are taken care of. And our commitment doesn’t stop there. Our culture is about our people, the ones in our communities and the ones that work with us.

Here, you’ll find opportunities to grow and learn, to connect with others, and build relationships with the people around you. You’ll have the space and resources to grow into the best version of yourself. Because our number one investment is you.

Creating an award-winning culture doesn't come easy. And after 160 years, we know Commerce Bank is only at its best when our people are. If this sounds interesting to you, keep reading and let’s talk.

Annual Salary: $ - $ (Amount based on relevant experience, skills, and competencies.)

At Commerce Bank, innovation and creativity are the driving forces behind our IT team's success. We are catalysts of transformation who power applications, secure networks, and implement cutting-edge initiatives that propel our business units forward. The banking industry's rapid evolution provides us with an exciting opportunity to continuously learn, grow, and harness new technologies that elevate the experience for our customers.

What sets Commerce Bank apart is our company culture and leadership, areas in which we continually invest. This commitment fosters innovation, enhances customer and employee experiences, while reinforcing our belief that our diverse team is our greatest competitive advantage. We actively seek candidates who share our passion for technology and bring fresh perspectives to the table. A diversity of backgrounds, experiences, and viewpoints allows us to develop truly innovative solutions that meet the evolving needs of our banking community.

Join us in shaping the future of banking technology. At Commerce Bank IT, you'll find a culture of equity, belonging, and endless opportunities to make a lasting impact. Help us drive innovation that raises the bar for our industry.

The main purpose of this job is to lead practices to eliminate work through automation, proactive identification of impacting issues, including iterative improvement to both quality and stability as a part of the daily work.

Responsibilities include the leadership and management of the Wealth Management, Commerce Financial Advisors and Capital Markets Application Team. The manager will be responsible to create a culture that provides timely performance feedback, mentorship needed to learn and grow team members, collaboration, partnership with business owners and highly responsive/effective team. The manager will lead practices to eliminate work through automation, proactive identification of impacting issues, including iterative improvement to both quality and stability as a part of the daily work.

As the manager you must be comfortable with retrospective learning along with being a champion of change as needed.

The manager will engage in and improve the whole lifecycle of services—from inception, through deployment, operation, and refinement. They will support services through activities such as system design consulting, integrating software and frameworks, automation creation, testing, capacity planning and implementation reviews. They will maintain stability by measuring and monitoring availability, latency, and overall system health. The manager will scale systems sustainably through mechanisms like automation and evolve systems by pushing for changes that improve reliability and velocity.

They will strive to utilize technical skills to maintain optimal system efficiency, productivity, and reliability. The manager will practice sustainable incident response.

• Engage in and improve the whole lifecycle of services—from inception, through deployment, operation, and refinement.
• Support services through activities such as system design consulting, integrating software and frameworks, automation creation, testing, capacity planning and implementation reviews.
• Maintain stability by…