Chief Innovation Officer

About the role

The Chief Innovation Officer (CINO) is a newly created executive position at a growing credit union in the Western United States. The role is responsible for guiding the organization’s next phase of growth, innovation, and organizational evolution.

Responsibilities

• Identify emerging opportunities and evaluate strategic risks
• Lead initiatives that strengthen member engagement, organizational agility, and long-term growth
• Provide leadership across Marketing, Enterprise Risk Management, and Data Analytics
• Serve as a strategic thought partner to the CEO, Board of Directors, and executive leadership team

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Finance, Marketing, Technology, Data Analytics, or a related field required; Master's degree or advanced education preferred
• 10 or more years of progressive leadership experience, including executive responsibility for strategic planning, innovation, organizational performance, or enterprise transformation
• Experience within financial services, credit unions, banking, or fintech is required
• Demonstrated success leading enterprise initiatives that drive growth, organizational effectiveness, member experience, or digital transformation
• Strong understanding of strategy development, innovation, data analytics, performance measurement, and organizational change
• Familiarity with emerging technologies, artificial intelligence, consumer trends, and evolving financial services delivery models
• Proven ability to influence across an organization, build alignment among stakeholders, and lead through complexity and change
• Experience presenting strategic recommendations, business insights, and organizational priorities to executive leadership and governing boards

Qualifications

• Intellectually curious and future-focused
• Energized by helping organizations anticipate change rather than simply respond to it
• Combination of strategic thinking, enterprise leadership, innovation, and execution
• Ability to transform ideas into measurable organizational outcomes

Skills

• Strategic thinking
• Innovation
• Data analytics
• Organizational change
• Emerging technologies
• Consumer trends
• Evolving financial services delivery models
• Leadership across Marketing, Enterprise Risk Management, and Data Analytics

Benefits

• Opportunity to shape the organization’s strategic direction
• Challenging work in a rapidly changing environment
• Position to influence strategy and guide enterprise priorities
• Opportunity to help an organization translate innovation into meaningful results

Pay

TBD

Schedule

TBD

Contact

Please contact DDJ Myers, an ALM First Company, for more information. Learn more at www.ddjmyers.com.