Lead Product Owner, Citi

Citi

Location:
United States, Jersey City

Category:
IT - Software Development

Contract Type:
Not provided

Salary:

163600.00 - 245400.00 USD / Year

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Job Description:

The Lead Product Owner is a senior-level position responsible for liaising between business users and technologists to exchange information in a concise, logical and understandable way in coordination with the Technology team. The overall objective of this role is to help create a vision and translate this vision to a roadmap and ensure delivery against this roadmap and be accountable for management of complex/critical/large professional disciplinary areas.

Job Responsibility:

Work closely with business and operations stakeholders to build strategy, and vision for the technology products owned
Collaborate with prospective and operational and business users to understand and anticipate their needs and translate them into technology product requirements
Define a vision for the team’s product and maintain a cohesive vision throughout the SDLC process
Managing the product backlog and prioritizing the tasks based on challenging and often competing requirements
Active participation in stages of the technology product creation
Manage multiple teams of business analysts supporting multiple systems or over a business analysis functional area
Provide technical leadership and expertise to ensure the efficient design, development and implementation and to ensure essential procedures are followed
Develop strategy and guidelines for appropriate staffing requirements, exercising control over resources, budget management and planning and contributing to defining standards
Resolve issues that have impact beyond own area and apply in-depth understanding of business analysis concepts and procedures and basic knowledge of other areas
Work as a team to achieve objectives and influence and negotiate with senior leaders across functions, communicating with external parties as needed
Provide evaluative judgment based on analysis of information in complicated, unique and dynamic situations, drawing on diverse range of internal and external sources
Appropriately assess risk when business decisions are made, demonstrating particular consideration for the firm's reputation and safeguarding Citigroup, its clients and assets
Monitoring and evaluating product progress at each stage of the process
Consult with business clients to determine system functional specifications and partner with multiple management teams and other units to meet organizational objectives
Evaluate new IT developments and evolving business requirements and recommend appropriate systems alternatives and/or enhancements to current systems by analyzing business processes, systems and industry standards
Provide in-depth and sophisticated analyses with interpretive thinking to define problems, develop innovative solutions and influence strategic functional decisions
Supervise day-to-day staff management issues, including resource management, work allocation, mentoring/coaching and other duties and functions as assigned
Working with the wider product team and end users to deliver updates and status reports and active participation in all scrum activities and product sprints

Requirements:

Significant number of years of experience as product owner/manager
Experience delivering strategic change programs spanning multiple years in a fast paced, financial product company
Adept in agile practices and strong ability to develop, manage and continuously prioritize backlog
Product knowledge of Margin & collateral, OTC Derivatives or payments flows or related domain is a plus
Energetic, flexible, collaborative, and proactive
a leader who can positively and productively add product impact to both strategic and tactical technology
Strong, influential communicator who is articulate and concise
Strong risk management and control mindset
Self-reliant, good problem solver, results oriented
Ability to establish and build trust with professionals throughout the business as advisor, and business partner to the organization with a clear client orientation
Strong awareness of both external and internal best practice perspectives
Proficiency in MS Office (Word, Excel, Visio, PowerPoint) with extensive experience using Excel for data analysis
Experience with all phases of Software Development Life Cycle and agile practices for software development and delivery
Comprehensive knowledge of the principles of business analysis
Bachelor's degree/University degree or equivalent experience
Master's degree preferred

Nice to have:

Product knowledge of Margin & collateral, OTC Derivatives or payments flows or related domain
Master's degree

What we offer:

medical, dental & vision coverage
401(k)
life, accident, and disability insurance
wellness programs
paid time off packages, including planned time off (vacation), unplanned time off (sick leave), and paid holidays

Additional Information:

Job Posted:
June 20, 2025

Expiration:
August 01, 2025

Employment Type:

Fulltime

Work Type:

Hybrid work

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