Citi Group FI Data Platform Lead 

Canada, Ontario 

230355517

• Support all products within functional area, from design to implementation and ongoing performance according to business need
• Identify, establish and maintain strategic partnerships with executives from technology vendors within assigned area and coordinate to influence vendor product roadmaps to be in line with Citi strategic goals
• Ensure that Citi makes appropriate strategic choices in the onboarding, management and exiting of vendors from the product portfolio
• Ensure there is adequate capital budget to develop and implement the assigned strategic technology roadmap
• Provide technical leadership in the design of highly complex systems
• Develop and advocate for new solutions to undefined system needs, where no solution is available within the technical community
• Impact the engineering function by contributing to technical direction and strategic decisions
• Ensure products are ready and adhere to global operational standards for ongoing operation and support
• Mentor junior team members and allocate work
• Exhibit knowledge of how own specialty area contributes to the business and apply knowledge of competitors, products and services
• 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.

• 10+ of relevant experience in an Engineering role
• Experience working in Financial Services or a large complex and/or global environment
• Project Management experience
• Consistently demonstrates clear and concise written and verbal communication
• Comprehensive knowledge of design metrics, analytics tools, benchmarking activities and related reporting to identify best practices
• Demonstrated analytic/diagnostic skills
• Ability to work in a matrix environment and partner with virtual teams
• Ability to work independently, multi-task, and take ownership of various parts of a project or initiative
• Ability to work under pressure and manage to tight deadlines or unexpected changes in expectations or requirements
• Proven track record of operational process change and improvement

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

For the FI Data platform lead we are looking a senior engineering leader with a proven track record of

• driving product design and aligning platform services with stakeholder needs
• developing and leveraging observability to understand adoption and ROI of platform services
• working across organizational boundaries to achieve cost efficiencies through reuse and economies of scale
• pushing forward automation of platform provisioning and support to create a great user experience as well as safeguard engineering capacity for the platform team
• 5+ years of experience in Java & Python, Kubernetes
• 5+ years of experience working with diverse big data technologies such as Hadoop, Spark, Flink, Snowflake, Trino, Kafka and owning major components in this space
• experience working with external data technology vendors on evaluation of options and strategic partnerships

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