Application Development - Director

About Citi:Citi, the leading global bank, has approximately 200 million customer accounts and does business in more than 160 countries and jurisdictions. Citi provides consumers, corporations, governments, and institutions with a broad range of financial products and services, including consumer banking and credit, corporate and investment banking, securities brokerage, transaction services, and wealth management.As a bank with a brain and a soul, Citi creates economic value that is systemically responsible and in our clients’ best interests. As a financial institution that touches every region of the world and every sector that shapes your daily life, our Operations & Technology teams are charged with a mission that rivals any large tech company. Our technology solutions are the foundations of everything we do from keeping the bank safe, managing global resources, and providing the technical tools our workers need to be successful to designing our digital architecture and ensuring our platforms provide a first-class customer experience. We reimagine client and partner experiences to deliver excellence through secure, reliable, and efficient servicesCiti’s Functions Technology is responsible for delivering Technology solutions to Citi's Functions organizations.  Functions Technology mission is to optimize Citi's Technology environment by delivering world class applications, driving standardization of the production environment, reducing complexity, optimizing management of systems supporting global functions such as Compliance, Controls, Internal Audit and Risk, and introducing innovative technologies that provide new business capabilities, reduce the technology total cost of ownership, and create a competitive advantage for Citi.Job Description:The position Retail Risk Apps Development Director within Retail Risk Technology (RRT) is a Director level role who will provide strategic technology direction for RRT in pursuit of its technology target state, enterprise platforms and aligning with corporate initiatives related to all Retail Risk Technology. The role offers a significant opportunity to support transformation and migration to innovative platforms and be a key leader of talented technologists and support on a global scale during a time of change and innovation while balancing business as usual.We are looking for a person who promotes challenge the status quo, but considers all options and drives consensus with multiple stakeholders and to lead adoption of new technologies.  The successful candidate will be comfortable thinking strategically at a high level and diving deep in pursuit of solving Retail Risk business and technology problems to move the bank forward; and provide support to team members in development of technical, leadership and other professional skills.Responsibilities:Lead Retail Risk Technology engineering technical strategy, architecture and application design; envisioning business purpose, managing risks, process efficiency and user-interface design; Develops deep technical understanding of key systems, processes and interdependencies.Design and leverage enterprise tools, processes and functionality to execute key Retail Risk processes and applications in a consistent enterprise framework ensuring effective business controls are established and maintained.Accountable for completion of all project deliverables within book of work and ensures completion and communication of Risk mitigation plans, critical path and dependencies, project recovery and business continuity plansDirects, manages, implements and executes on business solutions, overseeing and optimizing projects, project teams and project performanceDrives delivery and continuous improvement by utilizing feedback and metrics to identify areas of opportunity leverage industry proven frameworks and drive the appropriate methodology to focus on predicable, quality delivery and driving continuous improvement of the organizationMonitors key milestones and outcomes of projects in the program(s) throughout the project lifecycle to ensure adherence to established quality standardsOversees and contributes to the development of project definition and scope at the project levelSkills & Abilities:Excellent interpersonal, communication and leadership skillsDemonstrated ability to build strong trusted relationships and foster collaboration and teamwork in a variety of settingsStrong resource management, set scope, time scales and deliverables, recognizing changing requirements and addressing program/project impacts, influencing without authority when needed. Ability to provide constructive criticism, feedback and solutions, scope out and develop work plan and resource requirements and estimate costs and risks associated with activitiesMastery of complex facilitation of dependency management techniquesCompetencies:Fully accountable for timelines, completeness, quality of projects, processes, products and servicesBroad scope of understanding of complex systems and how to modernize them.Helps partners to understand how proposed changes will affect them and the organization.Brings out the best in each team member by consistently motivating and acknowledging peer contributions.Understands and leverages team dynamics.Remains calm and focused on goals while facing pressure, obstacles or short-term setbacksIdentifies and eliminates redundancy of effortEnsures tools, systems and processes are in place to allow team members to work quickly and effectivelyImproves relationships between key individuals to achieve seamless cross-team workflow and positively impact resultsTakes proactive action to maintain relationships that are impacted by changeQualifications:15+ years of senior technology leadership experience10+ years of experience with financial products10+ years of software delivery management experienceGood experience in software engineering and building financial platformsWorking experience of partnering with Program Management Office and Business stakeholdersWorking experience of managing large delivery teamsWorking knowledge of the industry and competitors’ products and servicesAdvanced knowledge of strategic direction of the function within relevant part of the businessDemonstrated leadership, management, and development skillsEducation:Bachelor’s degree/University degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent experienceAdditional information may be found at | Twitter: @Citi | YouTube: | Blog: | Facebook: | LinkedIn: .------------------------------------------------------Job Family Group: Technology------------------------------------------------------Job Family:Applications Development------------------------------------------------------Time Type:Full time------------------------------------------------------Primary Location:New York New York United States------------------------------------------------------Primary Location Full Time Salary Range:$170,000.00 - $300,000.00In addition to salary, Citi’s offerings may also include, for eligible employees, discretionary and formulaic incentive and retention awards. Citi offers competitive employee benefits, including: medical, dental & vision coverage; 401(k); life, accident, and disability insurance; and wellness programs. Citi also offers paid time off packages, including planned time off (vacation), unplanned time off (sick leave), and paid holidays. For additional information regarding Citi employee benefits, please visit citibenefits.com. Available offerings may vary by jurisdiction, job level, and date of hire.------------------------------------------------------Anticipated Posting Close Date:Oct 02, 2024------------------------------------------------------Citi is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer.Qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.Citigroup Inc. and its subsidiaries ("Citi”) invite all qualified interested applicants to apply for career opportunities. 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