Applications Development Group Manager, Senior Vice President

Overview of 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. As a financial institution that touches every region of the world and every sector that shapes your daily life, our Enterprise 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. We reimagine client and partner experiences to deliver excellence through secure, reliable, and efficient services.

Our commitment to diversity includes a workforce that represents the clients we serve from all walks of life, backgrounds, and origins. We foster an environment where the best people want to work. We value and demand respect for others, promote individuals based on merit, and ensure opportunities for personal development are widely available to all. Ideal candidates are innovators with well-rounded backgrounds who bring their authentic selves to work and complement our culture of delivering results with pride. If you are a problem solver who seeks passion in your work, come join us. We’ll enable growth and progress together.

Overview of the Role:

We are seeking a highly motivated and experienced Operational Data & Analytics Data Lead to join our Wealth Management Technology team. This senior role is critical to driving the evolution of our data strategy, across operational data and analytical data capabilities. The ideal candidate will be a seasoned expert with a deep understanding of the wealth management domain, coupled with extensive hands-on experience in designing and implementing modern, cloud-based data ecosystems.

You will be responsible for architecting the data landscape that connects our operational systems with our analytical platforms, enabling actionable insights for the business. This role requires a unique blend of technical expertise, financial industry knowledge, and a proactive, results-driven mindset.
 

Key Responsibilities:

• Data Architecture & Modeling: Design, develop, and maintain expert-level conceptual, logical, and physical data models for the wealth management domain, covering areas such as client holdings, transactions, performance, and risk.
• Data Ecosystem Evolution: Lead the strategy and execution for modernizing our analytical data and data warehouse technologies, including the migration and integration of cloud-based providers (e.g., AWS, Snowflake, Google Cloud Platform).
• Framework Development: Create and implement robust, scalable, and secure frameworks for data ingestion (batch and real-time), data curation, quality control, and data distribution to downstream consumers.
• System Integration: Architect and oversee the integration between core operational systems (e.g., trading, portfolio management) and our analytical systems to ensure seamless data flow and a single source of truth.
• Tooling & Technology Leadership: Champion and demonstrate the use of AI to solve data problems.
• Execution & Delivery: Act with a strong sense of urgency to drive projects from conception to completion. Troubleshoot complex data-related issues and ensure the timely delivery of high-quality data solutions.
• Stakeholder Collaboration: Partner closely with business leaders, portfolio managers, financial advisors, and technology teams to understand their data needs and translate them into technical requirements and solutions.
   

Qualifications:

• Experience: 10+ years of experience in technology roles within major financial services firms, with a significant portion dedicated to wealth management.
• Data Warehousing & Cloud: Proven track record of working with analytical data platforms and data warehouses through their technological evolution, from on-premise traditional systems (e.g., Teradata, Oracle) to modern cloud-based solutions.
• Data Modeling Expertise: Demonstrated expertise in creating and managing comp