Director of TWCS Origination Technology Architecture-C15

This is a key leadership position within the Trade and Working Capital Solutions (TWCS) technology team. Join an industry leader in the Trade Finance space, supporting global commerce for our customers as we invest aggressively to modernize our technology and innovate aggressively to ensure continued leadership as the global trade ecosystem as it rapidly evolves toward digitization.The Director of TWCS Origination Technology Architecture is responsible for driving end-to-end technical solutions for Working Capital Solutions origination, product capabilities, and client integration. It focuses on delivering solutions for growing the business through simplifying and streamlining the user experience for clients and counterparties across the full suite of Trade Finance and Working Capital products. This includes providing seamless client experience and consistent capabilities across products and regions.The role must work closely with business leaders across TWCS business to build reusable capabilities with API driven microservice architecture. This solution should consider both capabilities that can be built internally, as well as partnering with innovative external platforms to create a best-in-class solution. This role must also work closely with key partners across Citi Technology to integrate the Origination process with Booking/Servicing, Credit Risk and Risk Distribution processes.**Key Responsibilities:**The role will include, but not limited to the following:+ Partner closely with TWCS senior management to execute the current vision for WCS Origination, while continuing to expand the vision in ways that support business growth, better client experience and quicker revenue recognition.+ Evaluate the current limitations of origination capabilities and other control functions to determine if there are ways to simply and automate program setup control processes, simply processing workflow and unify client experience.+ Define and manage delivery scope, including all dependencies. Negotiate benefits, timelines, and costs with key stakeholders. Manage stakeholder communication and engagement.+ Lead team level architects and technical leads to deliver new and enhanced capabilities in the origination space.+ Work across Trade Finance capabilities to streamline the end-to-end client experience for all origination channels across products for the bank.+ Develop solutions to support client processing needs through scalable capabilities and unifying data with Realtime streaming+ Accountable for the modernization strategy, architecture and roadmap for replacing the legacy components with API driven capabilities and micro-frontends.+ Embrace Agile techniques and scale to driver efficiency and flexibility for technical delivery.+ Driving a hands-on engineering culture for the Origination team, adopting modern tools, practices, and technology.+ Ensure scalable and robust architecture for all new solutions.+ Constantly innovate and identify new opportunities to use technology to solve the needs of the bank, our customers, and our partners.This job description provides a high-level review of the types of work performed. Other job-related duties may be assigned as required.**Qualifications:**+ 15+ years in hands-on technology leadership roles.+ 10+ years experience leading architecture for global, cross-functional, agile technology teams of 50 100 people.+ 8+ experience in large technology development with exposure to High volume processing, Channels, and Client-facing technologies.+ 5+ years experience with agile delivery, modern development practices (Dev/Ops, Dora, Microservices, and APIs), and Cloud Technology+ 5+ years experience and understanding of enterprise architecture both functional and technical and experience in facilitating discussions around this in large organizations.+ Hands-on Technology leader capable of strategic solutioning, hands-on development, and assessment of code quality.+ Experience and aptitude in Agile and DevOps approach e.g., continuous integration, test automation, frequent releases, containerization.+ History of delivering large complex systems in a distributed environment using modern delivery techniques.+ Strong communication and presentation skills.+ Ability to influence and negotiate with senior stakeholders.+ Broad scope of understanding of complex systems and how to modernize them.+ Exceptional leadership and people management skills to build a cohesive team capable of succession to more senior roles.+ Be an engineering culture carrier, with strong talent focus with the ability to successfully recruit and develop experts from leading organizations across the globe+ Experience in financial services, fintech, and/or trade and logistics is a plus.**Education:**Bachelors Degree or equivalent work experience (Masters Degree is a plus )This job description provides a high-level review of the types of work performed. Other job-related duties may be assigned as required.------------------------------------------------------**Job Family Group:**Technology------------------------------------------------------**Job Family:**Applications Development------------------------------------------------------**Time Type:**Full time------------------------------------------------------**Primary Location:**Jersey City New Jersey United States------------------------------------------------------**Primary Location Full Time Salary Range:**$170,000.00 - $300,000.00In addition to salary, Citis 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. 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