The Head of Engineering & Architecture - USPB will report into the Global Head, USPB Technology to execute the full set of responsibilities within the NAM region.
You will work locally to ensure that E&A objectives and priorities are aligned with regional priorities and fully met, while working globally to foster teamwork/collaboration, the development of world-class strategic, technical/engineering and operational capability and a culture of innovation, commercial savvy, dependability, pragmatism and excellence.
This role would be great for someone who can lead engineering and architecture activities supporting governance and regulatory requirements. Therefore a background in Engineering or Architecture would be great. You'll have a team of 8-10 direct reports with a wider team of approximately 60 people.
Responsibilities:
- Assists in the development a forward-looking regional technology strategy that advances the business needs for agility, cost and stability.
- Collaborates with key stakeholders, including the regional CIO and regional CEO to create pragmatic, commercially-executable strategies for improving the technology environment.
- Develops roadmaps for the evolution, modernization and stabilization of the regional application estate, including its migration to modern technology architectures (e.g., cloud, microservices).
- Maintains a comprehensive view of current and forecast technology economics, and the impact from targeted investments defined in the roadmap.
- Demonstrates technology thought leadership with respect to the key technologies and practices adopted, challenging status quo to position Citi to compete in an era of increased competition and digital disruption.
- Maintains and applies a broad and current industry perspective on technology trends/opportunities, leading practices and our position/capability/performance relative to direct competitors and parallel industries/organizations.
- Fosters productive business relationships and builds strong sponsorship of the technology architecture and roadmap.
- Establishes and maintains governance, consistent with global standards, for reviewing and approving execution of the regional technology strategy.
- Ensures technology investment is balanced and aligned to business and technology strategies during planning and budgeting cycle.
- Implements and governs key architecture processes and telemetry to provide a measured view of quality, accountability, and reusability while aligning with Citi-specific global and external industry standards.
- Manages timely architecture engagement (e.g., Design Charter Governance), data standards governance, public cloud architecture governance as well as application portfolio management, technology products governance and risk management, including audit and regulatory engagements.
- Provides leadership within global and regional architecture forums, ensuring the reference architecture and roadmap are informed by practical requirements.
- Manages and dispositions requests for new applications and/or technology components relative to Citi’s technology portfolio system (CSI/CTC).
- Oversees (and directly manages) Solution Architects creating reference architectures that advance the technology and business strategies in specific architectural domain(s).
- Advances the application and infrastructure design for specific business requirements aligned to GCB’s architecture, roadmap and technology standards, balancing strategic alignment with the need for pragmatic and commercial solutions that enable business objectives to be met; ensuring efficient and effective governance of all solution design activity within their respective region.
- Fosters strong, regionally aligned solution architecture/design community with intimate knowledge of our reference architecture and roadmap.
- Maintains comprehensive technology roadmaps, encompassing application and related infrastructure services, in an online, searchable repository, as defined by global standards.
- Reviews the definition, development, evolution and consumption of services/APIs produced by Solution Architects, consistent with GCB’s classification model and service governance framework.
- Ensures, potentially through delegation, architecturally significant solutions are reviewed and approved.
- Acts as an advocate for driving improvement in regional development efficiency and effectiveness.
- Partners with the Head of Development and Core Services, Engineering & Architecture to offer practical solutions to AppDev teams to improve speed and quality in development through adoption of best practices, engineered tools and processes.
Job Family Group: Technology
Job Family: Technology Management
Time Type: Full time
Primary Location: Dallas Texas United States
Primary Location Full Time Salary Range: $250,000.00 - $500,000.00
In addition to salary, Citi’s 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. For additional information regarding Citi employee benefits, please visit citibenefits.com. Available offerings may vary by jurisdiction, job level, and date of hire.
Anticipated Posting Close Date: Sept 30, 2024
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