Production Engineer - Vice President

Engineer the future of global finance. At Citi, our Tech team doesn’t just support finance – we are helping to redefine it. Every day, $5 trillion crosses through our network. We do business in 180+ countries operating at a scale few can match. From deploying advanced AI to helping shape global markets, we build systems that matter. Look to join a team where your work helps influence economies, your ideas can drive innovation and outcomes, and your growth is backed by mentorship, continuous learning and flexibility with potential hybrid work opportunities. Help solve real-world challenges that touch millions and get the opportunity to build the future of finance with Citi Tech.

As an Engineering Manager you will improve the productivity of engineers, create effective reporting mechanisms, and ensure timely and budget-conscious completion of work within the Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) team. You will play a crucial role in driving operational excellence, fostering collaboration, and enabling efficient project management. This position requires a combination of technical expertise, leadership abilities, and exceptional organisational skills.

Skills:

• Technical Proficiency: Possess a strong understanding of SRE principles, DevOps practices, and relevant technologies to effectively guide and support engineering teams.
• Project Management: Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously, set priorities, allocate resources, and ensure timely completion within budget constraints.
• Analytical Thinking: Demonstrate a data-driven approach to problem-solving and decision-making, utilising metrics, and performance indicators to assess team efficiency and identify improvement opportunities.
• Leadership: Exhibit strong leadership qualities, fostering a positive and collaborative work environment, providing guidance and mentorship to team members, and promoting a culture of continuous learning.
• Communication: Excellent verbal and written communication skills, enabling effective collaboration with cross-functional teams, stakeholders, and management.
• Stakeholder Management: Ability to understand and address the needs of various stakeholders, including engineers, product managers, and business partners.
• Process Improvement: Proven experience in streamlining workflows, identifying bottlenecks, and implementing process enhancements to optimise efficiency and productivity.
• Budget Management: Familiarity with budgeting and cost control practices, ensuring projects are delivered within financial constraints while maintaining quality standards.
• Quality Assurance: Knowledge of quality assurance principles and best practices to ensure deliverables meet defined standards and specifications.
• Adaptability: Ability to thrive in a dynamic and fast-paced environment, quickly adapting to changing priorities and business needs.

Responsibilities:

• Be both highly technical and an effective people manager.
• Lead multiple teams that deliver on multiple projects of increasing dependencies in an ambiguous and high-impact area.
• Collaborate with various functions, drive engineering initiatives, and have an impact at an organisational level.
• Measure the impact of your team and set clear expectations and goals.
• Partner with leadership to influence and drive org design, contribution, and prioritisation.
• Lead a team of engineers and product managers in the ideation and technical development of innovative projects to streamline and automate critical business challenges.
• Provide strategic and operational oversight for software initiatives in Production Management.
• Work closely with business aligned SRE leads to develop short and long-term strategies.
• Manage stakeholder expectations, resolve conflicts, and keep everyone involved aligned.
• Develop and drive execution on 6 month and 1 year road maps.
• Drive innovation, establish new approaches in improving productivity.
• Establish a metrics-based organization, develop key operational metrics and push for continuous improvement.
• Ensure system security, data integrity and compliance for regulatory requirements.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree (computer science or related fields) or equivalent experience in building scalable solutions to improve the service reliability and/or increase productivity and efficiency.
• Experience with object-oriented or scripting programming languages such as Java or Python to build DevOps/SRE solutions.
• Experience with agile systems development methodologies.
• Relevant experience managing engineering teams.
• Organisational and analytical skills.

What we’ll provide you:

By joining Citi, you will not only be part of a business casual workplace with a hybrid working model (up to 2 days working at home per week), but also receive a competitive base salary (which is annually reviewed), and enjoy a whole host of additional benefits such as:

• 27 days annual leave (plus bank holidays).
• A discretional annual performance related bonus.
• Private Medical Care & Life Insurance.
• Employee Assistance Program.
• Pension Plan.
• Paid Parental Leave.
• Special discounts for employees, family, and friends.
• Access to an array of learning and development resources.

Alongside these benefits Citi is committed to ensuring our workplace is where everyone feels comfortable coming to work as their whole self, every day. We want the best talent around the world to be energized to join us, motivated to stay and empowered to thrive.