Product Developer - Senior Vice President

The Product Developer is a strategic professional who closely follows the latest trends in their field and adapts them for application within their job and the business. Excellent communication skills are required in order to negotiate internally, often at a senior level. Developed communication and diplomacy skills are necessary to guide, influence and convince others, particularly colleagues in other areas and occasional external customers. This role is accountable for significant direct business results or authoritative advice regarding the operations of the business and necessitates a degree of responsibility over technical strategy.

Responsibilities include:

• Managing all activities related to the development of new products and/or features and functionality of products.
• Developing business cases, requirements definition (BRDs), product enhancements, innovation, feature and functionality definition based on market and industry research and trends and client needs.
• Managing the end-to-end product development lifecycle and scoping product releases, agreeing to and tracking business priorities, incorporating regulatory and compliance requirements and investment tracking.
• Creating a product vision aligned to business priorities and corresponding road-map to delivery.
• Following market, industry and client trends to adapt them for application to Citi’s products and solutions platforms.
• Conceptualising, planning, prioritising, coordinating design and delivery of products or features to product release, and serving as product ambassador within the user community.
• Working in close coordination with Sales, Technology, Business Managers and senior stakeholders to fulfil delivery objectives.
• Managing and implementing a wide variety of products and solutions to meet client needs.
• Delivering significant direct business results and authoritative advice regarding product development.
• Partnering with senior business leaders and a widely distributed global user community to define and implement solutions.
• Creating clear and specific project plans, business and technical requirements documents for product execution.
• Interacting directly with business managers, technology, and sales to understand their long-term vision, discuss industry trends, and incorporate them into the product and solutions strategy.
• Focusing on controls and governance, including performing Need-to-Know based security and access reviews, Access Approvals, controls testing and documentation.
• Assessing risk when business decisions are made, demonstrating particular consideration for the firm’s reputation and safeguarding Citigroup, its clients and assets.

Qualifications:

• Significant relevant experience.
• Proven track record of successfully managing in a large and complex business.
• Intellectual curiosity, analytical and conceptual thinker.
• Proactively seeks and develops new opportunities.
• Thorough financial acumen and P&L management experience.
• Excellent analytical, interpretive and problem-solving skills.
• Proven track record of bringing diverse groups and perspectives to work against a common goal.
• Ability to maintain momentum and minimise client and employee attrition.
• Ability to establish and maintain senior client relationships and to work across multiple facets of Citi businesses.
• Process Management knowledge with a propensity for detail and comprehensiveness of content.
• Ability to collaborate and clearly communicate with senior members of an organisation.
• Project Management skills with experience leading large cross-functional initiatives.
• Proven track record as a change agent, with the ability to encourage and embrace innovative ideas and solutions.
• Self-aware with the ability to adapt to various situations, rapidly assimilate and report on complex information while creating a future vision.

Education:

• Bachelor’s/University degree, Master’s degree preferred.

This job description provides a high-level review of the types of work performed. Other job-related duties may be assigned as required.