Global Head of Technology - CitiDirect Online Platform

Would you like to drive the technical evolution of client platform relied on by many of the world’s largest companies? Do you enjoy transforming critical high-volume systems into cloud-native architectures? Would you relish the opportunity of influencing the technology strategy of one of the top financial institutions in the world? If you are excited by implementing high-profile projects to the highest quality standard, then this is the ideal role for you. Services processes trillions of dollars in B2B payments every day for our largest corporate customers, in 135+ currencies across 90+ countries. The Platform group owns all customer facing channels – web, mobile and the API platform. We have a three-pronged strategy – agile transformation, domain driven design lead microservices and move to cloud. As Applications Development Function Group Manager, you will drive the architecture vision and roadmap for CitiDirect Online and Mobile platforms. The Services Platform team creates client facing technology to facilitate our clients’ interactions with us via a wide variety of channels – API, File, Mobile and Web. We are currently investing heavily in driving forward our digital transformation which involves significant improvements in the platform – focusing on simpler client experience, increased agility, and adoption of cloud-native technology for development and deployment. Critical in this is transforming key aspects of our processing pipeline using cloud-native solutions to achieve step-changes in scalability, availability, and agility. The role manages multiple teams through other managers. A good understanding of the industry, direct competitors’ products, and services is also necessary to contribute to the commercial objectives of the business. Requires thorough understanding of strategic direction within the business, combined with a solid conceptual/practical grounding in both the functional domain and the technical aspects of the platform. Excellent communication skills required to negotiate internally, often at a senior level. Some external communication/negotiation may be necessary.