Senior Technology Product Manager - SVP

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.

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This is a Senior Technology Product Manager position, within the Citi International Wealth Technology team, responsible for UK Cluster, based in London. This position will be responsible day to day management of the Wealth Technology UK Cluster business intake analysis, including verification of business requirements, prioritisation submission management & sponsorship validation, technology solution efficiencies and subsequent oversight of roadmap delivery within technology release lifecycles across Regional jurisdictions.

The candidate is expected manage multiple senior stakeholders across Technology & Business lines, as well as technology solution stakeholders across Global application teams to ensure effective & efficient management of innovative Wealth Technology roadmap consideration, whilst also driving strategic direction in line with Wealth Technology goals.

Key Tasks and Responsibilities:

• This role will reside within the Citi Wealth Technology organisation and will be reporting to the Citi Wealth Technology UK and MEA Cluster Head.

• Act as first point of contact for all Technology & Business intake submissions from initiative ideation through to mature requirements gathered state, inclusive of benefits analysis verifications

• Manage day to day initiative tracking, escalations and workflow across Cluster Business teams, Global Technology Application leads, Solution leads, Architects, Information Security and Control functions

• Responsible for initiative strategic lens across entire Wealth Technology UK Cluster intake to ensure that submissions are aligned with strategic roadmap and organisational direction, as well as responsibility for identifying efficiencies across separate lines of Technology & Business

• End to end operational focus working across project delivery, release management, operational costs, productivity, utilization of resources, drive continuous service improvements by working closely with respective leads, stakeholder management, negotiation, escalation at all levels to ensure technology service delivery

• Compliance to regulatory mandates and manage day to day compliance matters in Wealth Technology domain and build and maintain relationship with other technology functions in organization to achieve end to end view of compliance

• Support businesses in gap analysis with external partners, infrastructure teams, regulatory bodies for technology matters and drive Technology inputs during in-country conceptualization and track portfolio requests during demand and Global Prioritization

• Directly impacts the business through contribution to technical direction and strategic decisions. Influences and negotiates with senior leaders (across functions); may communicate with external parties

• Manage and collaborate effectively with in-Cluster technology analysts, local application support and vendor teams

• Appropriately assess risk when business decisions are made, demonstrating particular consideration for the firm's reputation and safeguarding Citigroup, its clients and assets, by driving compliance with applicable laws, rules and regulations, adhering to Policy, applying sound ethical judgment regarding personal behavior, conduct and business practices, and escalating, managing and reporting control issues with transparency.

Qualifications:

• Experience within a Technology function or Technology facing function within Banking / Financial Services.

• Progressive technology leadership experience within Wealth Financial landscape.

• Requires knowledge of current local market trends in Banking, Wealth Management and Digital Technologies.

• Strong experience in delivering large technology platforms in software development.

• Strong understanding of Private Banking priorities, drivers, expectations as well as awareness of technology trends to drive country business expectations and asks.

• Strong understanding of the local interfaces and regulatory landscape of UK.

• Demonstrated leadership skills.

• Strong negotiating and influencing skills, ability to work with multiple teams across various sectors in order to come up with technology solutions to draw business value.

• Excellent communication skills required in order to negotiate internally at a senior level.

• Experience leading large-scale transformation programs at multinational financial institutions, driving Governance and Delivery Excellence processes across multiple jurisdictions.

Education:

• Bachelor’s/University degree in computer science, information technology, software engineering or related field.

• Master’s degree desirable, but not essential

What we’ll provide you:

By joining Citi, you will not only be part of a business casual workplace with a hybrid working model (up to 2 days working at home per week), but also receive a competitive base salary (which is annually reviewed), and enjoy a whole host of additional benefits such as:

• 27 days annual leave (plus bank holidays)

• A discretional annual performance related bonus

• Private Medical Care & Life Insurance

• Employee Assistance Program

• Pension Plan

• Paid Parental Leave

• Special discounts for employees, family, and friends

• Access to an array of learning and development resources

Alongside these benefits Citi is committed to ensuring our workplace is where everyone feels comfortable coming to work as their whole self, every day. We want the best talent around the world to be energized to join us, motivated to stay and empowered to thrive.
 

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Job Family Group:

Technology

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Job Family:

Technology Management

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Time Type:

Full time

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