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Citi · 2 weeks ago

COO Enterprise Systems Architect, GenAI Director

New York New York United States

Full-time

Hybrid

Director/Executive

$170K/yr - $300K/yr

15+ years exp

Citi is a world-leading global bank seeking a COO Enterprise Systems Architect to lead the technology organization in designing and developing the overall architecture vision and strategy for cross-business COO functions. The role involves driving modernization of enterprise applications, managing complex systems, and promoting the adoption of Generative AI solutions across the organization.

BankingFinanceFinancial Services

H1B Sponsor Likely

Responsibilities

Define and maintain cohesive front-to-back system architecture across COO to reduce fragmentation, support shared services, automate controls, and reduce manual touch points

Engage with business and technology partners to define and execute GenAI adoption roadmap aligned with commercial, cost, and control priorities

Lead the design of scalable, resilient, and secure systems that reduce complexity and drive process efficiencies across business units

Develop systems architecture blueprints covering current and target state system flows, control definitions, STP vs. manual processing, and data contracts

Partner with business and technology stakeholders to define and enforce architecture principles, standards, and roadmaps

Drive simplification initiatives across application and infrastructure landscape, eliminating redundancies and technical debt

Decompose functionality across legacy, monolithic applications to be reengineered into shared services

Ensure architectural consistency across projects, platforms, and technologies by promoting reuse of shared components and standardized frameworks

Define and promote best practices for systems design, API strategies, data integration, and lifecycle management

Identify optimal technical and data solutions for adoption of GenAI solutions at scale

Evaluate low-code / no-code tools to support workflow automation, process mining, reporting and analytics

Lead architecture governance process including architecture review boards, technology assessments, and conformance to key design principles

Produce high-quality documentation and design artefacts

Efficiently build strong working relationship with Tech and business partners and become a thought leader in executing the target state architecture

Recruit and build a team of solution engineers and GenAI developers

Qualification

Enterprise architectureGenerative AI solutionsFinancial services experienceCloud-native designsMicroservicesAPIsData integrationProblem-solvingTeam managementDocumentation skills

Required

15+ years experience in financial services with 7+ years supporting cross product / functional transformation

5+ years experience in leading large scale enterprise architecture initiatives within banking, financial services industry

Strong understanding of banking systems, financial services platforms, core banking, data platforms, market infrastructure providers, and regulatory frameworks

Understanding of language models, transformers, agentic frameworks

Rich understanding of vector stores and search algorithms

Experience with modern architecture frameworks including cloud-native designs, microservices, APIs, event-based architecture, and DevOps practices

Demonstrable success in leading architecture simplification and modernization initiatives with proven business value generation

Strategic thinker with creative problem-solving capabilities

Bachelor's degree in IT, Computer Science, or engineering

Motivated self-starter with ability to pick up and learn new skills and knowledge quickly and navigate the organization

Ability to build and manage strong teams

Preferred

Experience with financial services standards such as ISDA FpML, FIX, ISO20022, internal product / process taxonomies

Experience with financial services regulations such as mandatory execution, BCBS-239, reg. reporting, etc

Masters degree preferred

Benefits

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

Company

Citi

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Citi's mission is to serve as a trusted partner to our clients by responsibly providing financial services that enable growth and economic progress.

Founded in 1812

San Antonio, Texas, USA

10001+ employees

https://www.citi.com

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