Discover your future at Citi Working at Citi is far more than just a job. A career with us means joining a team of approximately 219,000 dedicated people from around the globe. At Citi, you'll have the opportunity to grow your career, give back to your community and make a real impact. Job Overview The Role The Head of Product Engineering, HR Total Rewards is a senior product and engineering leader reporting directly to the Head of HR Technology , accountable for defining the product vision and building, scaling, and operating a high-performing organization of approximately 50 resources across multiple autonomous pods and enabling capability teams. This role spans custom-built product engineering, oversight of dozens of third-party SaaS applications, and the end-to-end transformation of how the workforce uses AI to improve productivity, quality, and decision-making. The leader must remain deeply grounded in hands-on product and engineering judgment - including the expectation to stay actively involved in coding, code review, prototyping, AI -assisted development , internal developer platforms, vendor platforms, and modern engineering practices - while expanding accountability to product vision, organizational design, talent enablement, stakeholder management, budget ownership, vendor governance, and delivery outcomes at scale. This is not a traditional "manage from a distance" role. You are expected to stay close enough to the work to write and review code when needed, build prototypes, validate AI-generated output, understand product tradeoffs, assess technical risk, influence architectural direction, and improve delivery flow - while leading through leaders, creating clarity across teams, and building the systems that allow autonomous pods to move faster, safer, and with greater accountability. You set the standard for how the organization works, not just what it ships. You model the durable skills - Observant, Curious, Determined - and institutionalize them through hiring, coaching, rituals, governance, and leadership expectations . Success requires a leader who can operate fluidly across altitude: from senior executive stakeholder conversations , SaaS portfolio tradeoffs, workforce transformation strategy, and budget prioritization to product discovery reviews, architectural debates, AI-assisted delivery practices, vendor platform decisions, and talent development conversations with emerging leaders. What You Will Do Lead the Pod Lead a ~ 50 -person product engineering organization across multiple autonomous pods, engineering leads, product engineers, and enabling capability teams - owning performance, delivery health, talent development, and organizational effectiveness Build the leadership system for the organization: clear goals, operating rhythms, delivery reviews, talent forums, retrospectives, and mechanisms that surface risks early without creating unnecessary process drag Create clarity across teams on priorities, decision rights, ways of working, engineering standards, and how AI-assisted delivery should be used responsibly to accelerate outcomes Represent the organization with senior business, product, technology, risk, finance, and HR stakeholders - translating strategy into delivery commitments and delivery realities back into executive decision-making Own workforce planning, hiring strategy, vendor/resource mix, succession planning, and budget tradeoffs in partnership with senior leadership and finance. Oversee a broad ecosystem of third-party SaaS applications, ensuring clear ownership, rationalized investment, strong vendor governance, secure integrations, operational resilience, and alignment to business outcomes Lead a holistic AI-enabled workforce transformation across the organization - moving AI from isolated tooling to a scaled operating capability embedded in how teams plan, build, test, support, learn, and make decisions Set Direction advanced degree or equivalent executive leadership experience is a plus. ------------------------------------------------------ Job Family Group: Technology ------------------------------------------------------ Job Family: Technology Product Management ------------------------------------------------------ Time Type: Full time ------------------------------------------------------ Most Relevant Skills Please see the requirements listed above.------------------------------------------------------ Other Relevant Skills For complementary skills, please see above and/or contact the recruiter.------------------------------------------------------ Citi is an equal opportunity employer, and qualified candidates will receive consideration without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other characteristic protected by law. 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Head of Product Engineering, HR Total Rewards - Director - Citi employer: Citi
Citi is an exceptional employer, offering a dynamic work environment that fosters innovation and collaboration within the Equities Technology team. Employees benefit from cutting-edge technology, opportunities for professional growth, and a culture that values diversity and inclusion. With a focus on high-performance analytics and real-time data solutions, Citi empowers its engineers to make impactful contributions while enjoying a supportive atmosphere in a globally recognized financial institution.
