About Citi:
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.
As a bank with a brain and a soul, Citi creates economic value that is systemically responsible and in our clients' best interests. Our Operations & Technology teams are charged with a mission that rivals any large tech company. Our technology solutions are the foundations of everything we do from keeping the bank safe, managing global resources, and providing the technical tools our workers need to be successful to designing our digital architecture and ensuring our platforms provide a first-class customer experience.
Citi's Functions Technology is responsible for delivering Technology solutions to Citi's Functions organizations. Functions Technology's mission is to optimize Citi's Technology environment by delivering world-class applications, driving standardization of the production environment, reducing complexity, and introducing innovative technologies that provide new business capabilities.
In this role as the IDEAS Portfolio Strategy & Operations Group Manager, you will work closely with the Portfolio Lead and all the IDEAS leads to drive the organizational objectives. You will need a comprehensive understanding of multiple areas within a function and how they interact in order to achieve the objectives of the function. You have a curious mindset, thrive in collaborative teams, and are passionate about new technology.
Responsibilities:
- Partner with Lead of the IDEAS organization and the Portfolio Lead to ensure critical topics are presented to the leadership team for awareness and decision making.
- Assist the Portfolio Lead and Manager with connecting the dots across all happenings, drive transparency, and foster open dialogue regarding business performance and strategic planning.
- Prepare various executive management presentations and reports to support product/service delivery.
- Develop compelling presentation materials to communicate organizational results to senior leadership.
- Assist in partnering with communications team on strategy and leadership messages.
- Design and implement processes that move the organization forward and keep deliverables on time.
- Ensure relevant members of the leadership team are prepared for meetings with stakeholders.
- Take on responsibility of high priority special projects.
- Provide vision and expertise to senior leadership for implementing innovative business solutions.
- Establish cadence of routines to ensure oversight and coordination of large-scale meetings/events.
- Drive and support other key initiatives as they arise and provide business insight to maximize efficiency.
- Help determine release goals for a large enterprise portfolio of platform products.
- Create a comprehensive user experience for an entire customer domain using design thinking techniques.
- Communicate issues to Sr. Management; assess alternatives to resolve issues.
- Assess risk when business decisions are made, demonstrating consideration for the firm's reputation.
Qualifications:
- 10+ years in Technology, Business Management or Management Consulting experience in financial services.
- Ability to articulate complex concepts into salient facts creating c-suite quality visualizations.
- Strong analytical, communication, leadership, and quantitative skills.
- Proficient in PowerPoint, Excel, and Visio with excellent presentation skills.
- A track record of driving outcomes in environments that require consensus building.
- Experience with solid general management skills and exposure to varying tools with a strategy background.
- Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence and inspire stakeholders.
- Experience in planning and leading strategic initiatives with strong program management skills.
- Keenly analytical and structured in problem-solving.
- Entrepreneurial mindset, balancing the scrappiness of a startup with process orientation.
- Extreme comfort with ambiguity and driving change in a large organization.
- Ability to think ahead and see what's coming by connecting the dots.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to build strong relationships with key stakeholders.
- Ability to multi-task in a fast-paced environment.
- Strong judgment and ability to handle confidential information.
- Trustworthy, reliable, and diligent about deliverable completion.
Education:
- Bachelors/University degree, Masters degree preferred.
Job Family Group: Technology
Job Family: Technology Product Management
Time Type: Full time
Primary Location: Irving Texas United States
Primary Location Full Time Salary Range: $169,600.00 - $254,400.00
In addition to salary, Citi's offerings may also include discretionary and formulaic incentive and retention awards, competitive employee benefits, and paid time off packages.
Anticipated Posting Close Date: Oct 24, 2024
Citi is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.
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