VP, Strategic Initiatives - Remote

Velera is the nation’s premier payments credit union service organization (CUSO) and an integrated fintech solutions provider. The company serves more than 4,000 financial institutions throughout North America, operating with velocity to help our clients keep pace with the rapid momentum of change and fuel growth in the new era of financial services. Our purpose: We accelerate partners’ success through innovative financial technology solutions and inspired service.

The VP, Contact Center Strategic Initiatives leads enterprise transformation and modernization efforts across Contact Center Services & Solutions, with direct responsibility for innovation, systems strategy, automation, and the overall member and client experience framework. This role defines and governs strategic roadmaps that align people, process, and technology, ensuring the Contact Center continues to evolve as a scalable, data-driven, and human-centered organization. The VP oversees our Strategic Initiatives, driving collaboration, innovation, and measurable business outcomes.

• Lead the design, execution, and governance of Contact Center Strategic Initiatives, ensuring alignment to enterprise goals and transformation priorities.

• Oversee the Experience and Strategic Initiatives teams to define and enhance customer, client, and employee journeys through process, data, and technology innovation.

• Build and manage an integrated roadmap that combines modernization initiatives (IVA, automation, UAD, analytics) with human experience design and measurable performance outcomes.

• Partner with Technology, Operations, and Vendor Management to ensure seamless delivery of new platforms, tools, and processes across all business lines.

• Direct the analysis, evaluation, and selection of new technologies and workflows that optimize productivity, scalability, and user experience.

• Govern the initiatives, ensuring projects are prioritized, resourced, and executed within budget and timeline.

• Establish metrics and dashboards to measure initiative effectiveness, experience impact, and business ROI.

• Provide executive-level insights and presentations that translate technical progress into business outcomes for leadership audiences.

• Lead and mentor a diverse team of managers, analysts, and leads, fostering innovation, accountability, and a culture of collaboration.

• Partner with the VP, Contact Center Excellence, to ensure new strategies, systems, and processes are successfully operationalized and sustained post-implementation.

• Ensure all initiatives meet regulatory, compliance, and security standards.

• Perform other duties as assigned.

• Provide strategic direction and leadership to staff; guide, coach, mentor and develop staff ensuring compliance with processes and procedures

• Handle interviewing, hiring, promotions, transfers, performance appraisals, compensation, counseling and termination of staff

• Develop and maintain staff by applying the necessary training and leadership that will allow internal growth and advancement

• Direct staff, to ensure that all duties are performed according to department performance standards

About Velera

At Velera, inclusion isn’t an initiative – it’s how we work. Guided by a people‑helping‑people philosophy, we cultivate a culture where every employee feels valued, respected and empowered to do their best work. We’re committed to building a diverse workforce and fostering meaningful connection across our teams. Through a remote‑first, flexible environment, we prioritize psychological safety, wellbeing and belonging so individuals and teams can collaborate to thrive. Together, we’re shaping a new era of secure, innovative solutions for the clients and communities we serve. Learn more about what it’s like to work at Velera.

Pay Equity

Actual Pay will be adjusted based on experience and other job-related factors permitted by law.

Great Work/Life Benefits!

• Competitive wages

• Medical with telemedicine

• Dental and Vision

• Basic and Optional Life Insurance

• Paid Time Off (PTO)

• Maternity, Parental, Family Care

• Community Volunteer Time Off

• 12 Paid Holidays

• Company Paid Disability Insurance

• 401k (with employer match)

• Health Savings Accounts (HSA) with company provided contributions

• Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)

• Supplemental Insurance

• Mental Health and Well-being: Employee Assistance Program (EAP)

• Tuition Reimbursement

• Wellness program

• Benefits are subject to generally applicable eligibility, waiting period, contribution, and other requirements and conditions

Velera is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We consider applicants without regard to race, color, religion, age, national origin, ancestry, ethnicity, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, marital status, veteran status, disability, genetic information, citizenship status, or membership in any other group protected by federal, state or local law.

Velera is an Equal Opportunity Employer that complies with the laws and regulations set forth in the following "EEO is the Law" Poster. Velera will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the legal duty to furnish information.

Velera is an E-Verify Employer. Review the E-Verify Poster here.  For information regarding your Right To Work, please click here.

This role is currently not eligible for sponsorship.

As an ongoing commitment to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities please contact a recruiter at [email protected] for assistance.