Citi Group Director Engineering Excellence - Hybrid 

United States, Texas, Irving 

698173556

Major elements of the role include:

• Driving adoption of strategic technical products that enable engineers to be more productive, such as Github Copilot and Github Enterprise, as well as in-house built tools such as Lightspeed and Release on Demand.
• Driving adoption of best practice enablers such as version control, testing automation and CI/CD to improve industry standard DORA metrics used as benchmarks of high performing technical teams.
• Coaching teams to be agile and make small, incremental, continuous changes for improvement.
• Supporting the Engineering Excellence talent development framework including our flagship highly selective programmes for top talent engineers.
• Contributing to developing new technical career paths that help us retain our key engineering talent.

The Director of Engineering Excellence will have a background in engineering and a strong desire to drive change and support others. This role will report to the Head of Engineering Excellence based in London.

Key Responsibilities:

• Leads a small, high performing global team of engineers, project managers and coaches to drive adoption of tools and improvements in productivity.
• Leads on or participates in strategic technology developments, for example SDLC definition.
• Contributes to the continual improvement of Engineering Excellence as an active member of the EE Leadership Team.
• Contributes to the continual development of the DORA productivity metrics implementation.
• Establish key performance indicators (KPIs) and metrics to measure the effectiveness of productivity initiatives, regularly monitoring progress and making adjustments as needed.
• Build strong relationships with key stakeholders across the organization to ensure alignment and support for productivity initiatives.
• Leads on or participates in local Tech initiatives as directed by the Head of Tech, India.

Characteristics:

• A charismatic and engaging person who can drive behaviour change.
• An advocate of inclusion and diversity in everything they do.
• Engineering background, able to review technical challenges and propose solutions.
• Excellent communicator who gets on well with others, building strong professional relationships.
• Able to negotiate and influence at all levels.
• Keen to spend time with developers of all seniorities, always well connected to them.
• Collaborative by nature, builds partnerships across the firm.
• Creative and innovative, brings different angles to problems and provides new solutions.
• Risk and security focussed, putting diligent risk management and security at the core of everything they do.
• Always seeking to learn more about technology.

Experience:

• Intimate knowledge of the software development process, ideally from working in and/or running development teams in a banking environment.
• Proven track record of behavioural transformation, demonstrating the ability to influence at all levels.
• Demonstrated ability to drive change and navigate complex organization dynamics, with a track record of successfully leading large-scale initiatives.
• Analytical mindset, with the ability to analyze data, identify trends, and make data-driven decisions to improve productivity.

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