CRITICAL COMPETENCIES FOR SUCCESS

• Leadership Acumen and Team Orientation: The Vice President – Data and Analytics will be charged with elevating the overall talent of the operations organization. Financial services organizations require a leader with vision who can embrace the fast-paced opportunities of the digital enterprise and overcome traditional reluctance to change in an industry where risks associated with chasing trends is high. Critical to this aim is effectively attracting, retaining and developing leaders. Through the continual improvement of coaching and performance management processes, staff training and development, and hiring, this individual will foster a culture of accountability and results. With this in mind, the company requires a hands-on, team- oriented executive who has broad-based credibility, and is capable of consistently motivating people to take action and perform beyond the expected. This individual will be a strong leader who possesses a comfortable coaching style and uses it strategically to improve team performance.

• Conceptual Thinking: This leader must be capable of conceiving and selecting innovative strategies and ideas. The Vice President will model abundance thinking, opening his/her team to the world of possibilities, to limitless new ideas and opportunities for TDECU. This individual should seek answers to complex problems by modeling how to leverage the collective intelligence of the organization. They must balance horizon one thinking – opportunities right in clear view – AND horizon two thinking – seeing what’s around the corner to build emerging businesses in the medium term.

• Results-Oriented: With expectations for significant organizational growth over the next decade, the new Vice President must be performance-driven and able to provide measurable results. The successful candidate will focus on high leveraged goals and harnessing the energy of leaders at all levels to achieve objectives. They will be a doer, not a thinker, and be comfortable working in a lean organization and rolling up his/her sleeves to build and develop the structure and systems to enable the execution of the growth strategy.

• Communication: This individual should possess very strong communication and influencing skills, truly partnering with the leadership team. They should be comfortable, articulate, and dynamic in front of both internal and external audiences including employees, senior leadership, Board of Directors and Members. They will be direct, candid, and authentic.

• Influencer: The Vice President must possess the ability to motivate and influence others, obtaining cooperation and agreement on important outcomes via frequent, often complex, dialogues with individuals throughout the organization. This leader must be perceptive, capable of relating to employees and members at all levels, and able to convince others to pursue a course of action.

• Change Agent: Effective change management skills are also critical in an entrepreneurial, aggressively growing business environment where the organization must empower the many to attack important issues and opportunities by giving teams freedom to create extraordinary change. This leader must demonstrate tenacity and willingness to go the distance to achieve goals and drive necessary change.

• Emotional and Social Intelligence: This individual should understand and master emotions (and those of others) in a way that instills confidence – a balance between perception and emotional maturity. They will connect with individuals and teams at all levels inside and outside the organization. The Vice President will empower the many to attach important issues and opportunities by giving teams freedom to create extraordinary results.