Citi · 15 hours ago
Application Development Sr Group Manager, Director
Jersey City, NJ
Full-time
Onsite
Director/Executive
$170K/yr - $300K/yr
15+ years expCiti, the leading global bank, is seeking an Applications Development Senior Group Manager to drive technology strategy and architecture for wealth-lending platforms. This role involves managing a team to implement application systems and ensuring alignment with business objectives while fostering a culture of engineering excellence.
FinanceBankingFinancial Services
Responsibilities
Own the end-to-end technology strategy, architecture, and delivery for wealth-lending platforms, including securities-based lending, margin lending, structured credit, mortgages, and bespoke lending solutions
Lead the design and evolution of lending portfolio management tools, enabling real-time visibility into exposures, collateral coverage, utilization, concentration, and risk across client and portfolio reviews
Drive the development of margin lending value calculators and analytics, supporting pricing, profitability, risk-adjusted returns, capital efficiency, and client decisioning
Remain hands-on with critical architecture, complex analytics design, code reviews, and high-impact delivery decisions, setting a high technical and analytical bar
Apply exceptional analytical thinking and fluid intelligence to solve ambiguous, multi-dimensional problems spanning lending economics, risk, capital, and regulatory constraints
Translate complex wealth-lending, margin, collateral, and regulatory requirements into resilient, extensible platforms and data models
Partner closely with senior business, risk, finance, and operations stakeholders to align portfolio analytics, margin economics, and platform capabilities with commercial and risk objectives
Lead and scale a large, globally distributed engineering organization, driving accountability, strong execution discipline, and a culture of engineering excellence
Balance near-term delivery commitments with long-term platform sustainability, ensuring scalability, resiliency, and technical de are actively managed
Establish and govern engineering standards across security, performance, data quality, model transparency, and regulatory compliance in a highly controlled environment
Leverage deep wealth-lending domain expertise to identify opportunities for straight-through processing, automation, margin optimization, and improved portfolio outcomes
Use telemetry, metrics, and data-driven insights to measure platform health, portfolio performance, margin utilization, delivery predictability, and operational risk
Drive multi-year modernization initiatives, including cloud adoption, API-first and event-driven architectures, and analytics platform integration
Build, mentor, and retain senior engineering leaders, creating a strong leadership bench and succession pipeline
Own delivery outcomes across multiple concurrent programs, ensuring predictable execution, transparent communication, and high-quality results
Influence firm-wide technology and analytics strategy by articulating trade-offs, investment priorities, and long-term value creation
Appropriately assess risk when business decisions are made, demonstrating particular consideration for the firm's reputation and safeguarding Citigroup, its clients and assets, by driving compliance with applicable laws, rules and regulations, adhering to Policy, applying sound ethical judgment regarding personal behavior, conduct and business practices, and escalating, managing and reporting control issues with transparency, as well as effectively supervise the activity of others and create accountability with those who fail to maintain these standards
Qualification
Required
15+ years of relevant experience
PMP Certification, MBA, Specific to business Licenses and other
Experience with financial products
Working knowledge of the industry and competitors' products and services
Advanced knowledge of strategic direction of the function within relevant part of the business
Proficient computer skills with a focus on Microsoft Office applications
Demonstrated leadership, management, and development skills
Bachelor's degree/University degree or equivalent experience
Experience delivering platforms using microservices, API-first architectures, event-driven frameworks (Kafka/Pulsar), and real‑time analytics tools
Strong experience with cloud or hybrid-cloud environments (AWS, GCP, or Azure), including containerization (Kubernetes, Docker, OpenShift) and cloud‑native design patterns
Preferred
8-10+ years of managerial experience preferred
Master's 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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