דרושים Vice President Global Technology Innovation Communications ב-Citi Group ב-United States, New York

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead all phases of the software development lifecycle (SDLC), from feasibility studies and cost estimation to deployment, maintenance, and user support. This includes analysis, design, coding, testing, and implementation.
• Provide technical expertise and guidance to business users, stakeholders, and other technology teams.
• Analyze complex business and system processes, evaluate industry best practices, and recommend innovative programming solutions.
• Design and implement robust security measures throughout the SDLC, ensuring system integrity and data protection.
• Build and manage CI/CD pipelines, coordinating deployments, releases, and associated documentation.
• Collaborate with users, clients, and other technical groups to address issues, propose solutions, and implement systems.
• Define and maintain operating standards and procedures, ensuring adherence to best practices.
• Mentor and coach junior team members, fostering their professional development.
• Operate with a high degree of autonomy and sound judgment, making informed decisions that consider business risks and align with company policies and regulations.
• Act as a subject matter expert (SME) for stakeholders and team members.
• Prioritize the firm's reputation and safeguard its assets by adhering to applicable laws, regulations, and ethical guidelines.
• Participate actively in building and maintaining a strong engineering culture.

Required Skills/Experience:

• 7+ years of hands-on professional software development experience.
• Proficiency in Java, Python, JavaScript, or React.
• Experience building RESTful APIs using frameworks like Spring.
• Experience working with event-driven systems, microservices, and micro-frontend UIs.
• Proven ability to follow TDD and clean code principles.
• Strong understanding of data structures, algorithms, and SQL.
• Ability to work independently in a fast-paced and rapidly changing environment.

Preferred Skills/Experience:

• Familiarity with cloud services like AWS and distributed systems such as Kafka, Kubernetes, S3, DynamoDB, MongoDB, or other NoSQL databases.
• Experience working in the investment banking or financial services industry.
• Experience with Java/J2EE, Spring Boot, Hibernate, and RESTful web services (XML, JSON).
• Extensive experience with Core Java, including multi-threading and collections framework.
• Deep understanding of persistent storage technologies (RDBMS like Oracle, SQL Server).
• Experience in the payments domain.
• Experience working in Agile (Scrum/Kanban) and distributed teams.

Education:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field involving software programming or systems engineering.

Other Relevant Skills

As part of our group of innovative thinkers, you’ll be at the forefront of disrupting and revolutionizing the industry, tackling complex challenges to meet the needs of our front office users and clients. In this role, you will manage different technology teams tasked with the buildout of a global federated customer master and related automation of customer processes.

This role requires a strategic thinker with expertise in analytics, data management, and wealth management. The individual will work closely with front-office users (bankers, service members, etc.) and our technology teams to draft requirements, process flows, and design future state solutions. This individual will be responsible for day-to-day management of multiple technology squads helping to prioritize decisions and requirements. Key Competencies required for the role include Strategic Thinking, Decision Making and Problem Solving, Project Management and Execution, Innovation and Continuous Improvement, and Adaptability and Resilience. A background in data management and data modeling will be an added benefit.

Responsibilities:

• Use your strong analytical skills to identify, collect, organize, analyze, clean and disseminate significant amounts of information with attention to detail and accuracy.

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define data requirements, identify data sources, and collect and preprocess data

• Lead working sessions with front-office users to understand pain points, draft requirements, and design future processes

• Define and document processes to improve and optimize future opportunities

• Own the product roadmap for the GFCM squads and customer processes

• Collaborate with engineering, data and analytics teams to design, build, and enhance tools for rollout against the product roadmap

Qualifications:

• A minimum of 6 years of relevant business data analysis experience.

• Bachelor's Degree in Computer Science/Business Management/Engineering, advanced degree is a plus

• Strong data analysis skill (e.g. SQL) along with an understanding of technical patterns used to consume and process data at scale

• Experience with leading digital initiatives as a Product Owner in Agile development process.

• Extensive experience working with engineers and developers to understand what is technically possible, how to translate customer’s needs into technical requirements that delivers scalable, reliable, and standardized data solutions.

• Strategic, results-driven and passionate about designing best-in-class digital experiences and staying at the forefront of cutting-edge technology in the servicing space.

• Ability to communicate effectively with both technical and non-technical audiences.

• Strong leadership and teamwork skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively across various teams and organizations to get the job done.

• A proven track record of problem-solving, adaptability, and creativity in addressing complex challenges.

• Familiarity with Wealth Management business processes and front office users is extremely desirable.

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Lead and Oversee:

Work with Finance colleagues to ensure that balance sheet substantiation is complete and that controls are designed effectively

Oversee and co-ordinate all account owner activity across Markets Operations. Includes but not limited to:

Understand and maintain Operations chart of accounts

Set a framework to ensure consistent roles and responsibilities for all Markets Ops staff as it pertains to how we control our account population and reconciliations requirements

Work with Markets Ops global functional managers to understand reasons for exceptions and breaks, ensuring issues are escalated timely, fixed at the root cause and look across for similar themes

Ensure well defined and documented processes are in place for reserve calculations across Markets Operations. Identify opportunities to reduce aged exceptions to reduce reserves

Review account ownership to ensure that the proofing processes are standard in their application and where relevant centralize these processes to drive efficiencies

Partnership with other functions to support a strong end to end control environment:

Work with Finance and Operations Risk & Control to ensure Markets Operations are compliant with relevant policies and standards

Partner with Balance Sheet Control and risk reporting to support accurate and timely exceptions reporting

Work with Front office to ensure upstream data and processes are understood and robust so as to prevent downstream issues from occurring

Drive progress on areas of improvement:

Work with Technology and internal partners to build a standard mechanism to accrue for and then pay/receive interest between internal desks/accounts across all products in Markets

Implement best practices to ensure reconciliations are correctly designed and compliant with relevant standards and controls

Promote development and retention of account and reconciliation SME’s across the group

Strengthen issue management processes, ensure emerging risks are correctly escalated with the appropriate level of urgency

Lead and oversee Markets Operations’ involvement in firm-wide programs related to accounting and book and records matters (e.g. Strategic Ledger). Represent Markets Operations at firmwide governance forums such as the Enterprise Design Authority.

10+ years relevant experience

Industry expertise in financial accounting and the operational aspects of books and records management and account management

Experience as finance professional / background / degree and working experience in Technology creating products set up, UAT working with Finance / Market Ops people and understanding of products will be valuable.

Articulates clearly how risk technology supports unit's business, as well as the issues due to gaps between the current technology and known business requirements.

Well-versed in reviewing the dimensions of franchise risk.

Strong Leadership skills-Operates as a leader.

Serves as a point of escalation for key issues or time sensitive decisions.

Acts decisively in high risk scenarios, assessing a situation based on available data, experience, intuition, and judgment.

Demonstrated ability to make sound judgment calls on issues that can be both quantitative and qualitative in nature.

Able to manage issues associated with operational risk capital, in partnership with the business, Finance and the Risk organization.

Acts as a role model for managing people, coaching, and serving as a mentor.

Excellent Communications skills verbal & written. Active listening skills.

Qualifications:

Bachelor’s/University degree, Master’s degree preferred

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Responsibilities:

• Develop and drive both broad and targeted communications efforts in partnership with the ESPA and Technology & Business Enablement teams

• Work directly with Technology & Business Enablement leadership on communications for this respective businesses and teams

• Support Technology leaders with their external profiles, including speaking engagements, social media and media relations

• Manage media relations, town halls, colleague engagement meetings, conferences and written and video messages

• Work with both the content management system (intranet) and the team’s email distribution tool to upload/manage/distribute content

• Make strategic risk assessment decisions, particularly considering the firm’s reputation and safeguarding Citi, its clients and assets. This includes driving compliance with applicable laws, rules and regulations, adhering to Policy, applying sound ethical judgement.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in business management, communications, marketing or another related field

• Knowledge of communications or marketing and at least 10 years of increased responsibility for business management, preferably with a large and complex organization

• The ability to think creatively and deliver engaging solutions to communications needs, ones that cut through the noise and describe complex issues in simple language

• Experience in a tech firm, financial services firm or in-house technology group, working directly with tech teams to promote their work across a broader organization

• Strong communications (written, verbal and interpersonal) skills, including tact, diplomacy, and ability to influence senior executives

• Integrity, maturity, dependability, a positive professional attitude

• A team player who will implement initiatives effectively and motivate others to carry out their work

• Excellent organizational and project management skills

• Experience or demonstrated ability to work effectively in a team based environment within a heavily matrixed organization

• Track record of success in delivering high quality work in a fast paced and dynamic environment

Critical Competencies:

• Oral Communication

• Written Communication

• Project Management

• Relationship Building

• Stakeholder Management

• Results Orientation

• Strategic Orientation

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Citi Equities Technology organization is looking for a senior, hands-on technology lead for its algorithmic trading applications in the North America region.

The senior technologist in this role will be responsible for day-to day delivery of algorithmic trading products ensuring architectural and design consistency across regions, adherence to latency targets, maintaining high standards on code quality and continuous improvement of delivery processes like automated testing, dev ops & SRE. This role will provide hands-on coding and design leadership to the engineering team and work with other Electronic Trading leads on setting design direction for our global low-latency trading frameworks. The role requires specialized skills in low-latency trading, zero garbage techniques and performance tuning of OS & network interactions.

Responsibilities:

• End to End design, development and support of high-performance algorithmic trading systems.

• Partner with business users, quant researchers and clients on product development
• Manage and support a team of senior developers & QA specialists.
• Continuous improvements of SDLC processes including Agile delivery, automated testing, CI/CD pipelines & support processes.
• Envision, design and implement test cases for trading functions.

Qualifications:

• Minimum 15+ years of relevant experience with strong technical knowledge either Java or C++
• Demonstrable expertise in low-latency trading, zero garbage techniques and performance tuning of OS & network interactions.
• Previous experience in developing E-Trading & algorithmic trading platforms.
• Strong understanding of market microstructure & regulatory regimes for the US markets.
• Strong understanding of modern SDLC practices including Agile methodologies, automated testing techniques, continuous integration processes & devops.
• Prior experience in working with global technology teams.
• Ability to prioritize multiple tasks, set goals and meet deadlines.
• Strong communication skills with a demonstrable ability to present & grasp complex concepts in a multicultural environment.

Education:

• Bachelor's/University degree, Master's degree preferred

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Responsibilities:

• Aggregate and process large amounts of publicly available data for relevant markets to direct risk management decisions and client solutions
• Perform data analyses and research to evaluate performance, determine new strategies and products, and provide product feedback internally
• Assist in the developing performance evaluation methodologies and attribution models for different execution products
• Coordinate with quants, technology, compliance and other partners to drive product development
• Engage clients by providing thematic content, market and bespoke analysis, and discuss margin effectiveness and optimization
• Define metrics with partners to be distributed to senior management and other stakeholders
• Assist with developing the risk and margin methodology and product platform and establish risk framework guidelines
• Negotiate margin and credit protection clauses with client, and participate in Best Execution and performance committees
• Contribute to client analysis and reporting, ensuring that priority accounts have an appropriate level of focus
• Leading strong governance and controls:
• Work in close partnership with control functions such as Legal, Compliance, Market and Credit Risk, Audit, Finance in order to ensure appropriate governance and control infrastructure
• Build a culture of responsible finance, good governance and supervision, expense discipline and ethics
• Appropriately assess risk/reward of transactions when making business decisions; and ensure that all team members understand the need to do the same, demonstrating proper consideration for the firm’s reputation.
• Be familiar with and adhere to Citi’s Code of Conduct and the Plan of Supervision for Global Markets and Securities Services; and ensure that all team members understand the need to do the same
• Adhere to all policies and procedures as defined by your role which will be communicated to you
• Obtain and maintain all registrations/licenses which are required for your role, within the appropriate timeframe
• 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:

• 5-8 years of experience in a related role
• Advance statistics and data analysis background, with modelling capabilities, and spreadsheet oversight greatly preferred
• Proven success with a programing background in one or more programming languages, including: Q/KDB, Python, R
• Demonstrated ability to conduct own research, evaluate proof of concepts / prototypes, articulate ideas and deliver presentations
• Consistently demonstrates clear and concise written and verbal communication
• Attention to Detail and Accuracy
• Proven ability to manage to deadlines

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree/University degree or equivalent experience

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Responsibilities:

• Technology Strategy & Execution : Define and execute the technology roadmap for Citi’s global investment platforms, including portfolio management, trading, advisory, and digital wealth experiences.
• Engineering Leadership : Lead a global engineering team, fostering a culture of innovation, technical excellence, and high performance.
• Platform Modernization : Drive the modernization and simplification of legacy systems, ensuring scalable, resilient, and cloud-native architectures.
• Digital & AI Innovation : Integrate emerging technologies, including AI, analytics, and automation, to enhance Citi’s wealth and investment capabilities.
• Client & Advisor Experience : Partner with product and business teams to deliver seamless, personalized, and integrated experiences across channels.
• Risk & Compliance : Ensure robust technology controls, security, and regulatory compliance in Citi’s investment platforms.
• Collaboration & Influence : Engage with senior business leaders and technology partners to align technology priorities with Citi’s Wealth strategy.
• Develop roles, responsibilities, and structure team to ensure greatest impact, efficient use of resource, and alignment to business structures.
• Manage regulatory agenda in line with broader business goals and work with other key Information Technology (IT) and business stakeholders to ensure consistent delivery and prioritization of initiatives.
• Deliver cost savings and greater efficiency through innovation, process improvement, simplification of the technology stack and strategic outsourcing, and vendor partnerships.
• 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, as well as effectively supervise the activity of others and create accountability with those who fail to maintain these standards.

Qualifications:

• 15+ years of leadership experience in financial services technology, with deep expertise in wealth management, investment platforms, or trading technology
• Knowledge of UMA, SMA, platforms, custody, alternative products (private equity, real estate, hedge funds), cash and derivative products
• 10+ years of managerial experience
• Experience in a senior technology leadership role
• Experience with global, multi-region 24/7 operating platforms
• Experience working with senior business partners and stakeholders
• Advanced knowledge of industry practices, standards, rules, and regulations
• Working knowledge of risk and control
• Understanding of global regulatory environment
• Demonstrated knowledge of software development processes and practices
• Demonstrated knowledge of architecture, complex systems, and key technology areas within funds administration
• Ability to build and maintain peer and business relationships
  

Education:

• Bachelor’s degree/University degree or equivalent experience
• Master’s degree preferred

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