The Digital Design Engineer Sr Mgr accomplishes results through the management of professional team(s) and department(s). Integrates subject matter and industry expertise within a defined area. Contributes to standards around which others will operate. Requires in-depth understanding of how areas collectively integrate within the sub-function as well as coordinate and contribute to the objectives of the entire function. Requires basic commercial awareness. Developed communication and diplomacy skills are required in order to guide, influence and convince others, in particular colleagues in other areas and occasional external customers. Has responsibility for volume, quality, timeliness and delivery of end results of an area. May have responsibility for planning, budgeting and policy formulation within area of expertise. Involved in short-term planning resource planning. Full management responsibility of a team, which may include management of people, budget and planning, to include duties such as performance evaluation, compensation, hiring, disciplinary and terminations and may include budget approval.

Responsibilities:

• Drive business impact by contributing to plan/product design, testing/piloting, and market launch efforts
• Pre-empt issues and head off problems by ensuring cross line of business implications of the products are identified and resolved prior to the successful product launch
• Understand the business objectives, user needs, and define UX goal scopes, and plan design activities for a project, end to end
• Partner with business and technical stakeholder, to solve complex business and technical requirements, and drive intuitive user-centered solutions
• Understand Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) fundamentals to deliver acceptable creative designs
• Stay up to date on current events in the industry that affect Citi's bottom line to keep our products competitive
• Challenge the current business as usual (BAU) design standards and constantly look for improvement
• Launch digital features across multiple channels, and closely monitor, measure, and report on feature performance
• Analyze performance data to identify opportunities to improve user experiences, increase conversion, and optimize efficiencies
• Achieve stakeholder buy-in and ability to lead cross-functional work streams
• Work closely with analytics, research and technology partner to ensure systems and programs are satisfying consumer needs and driving the business
• Communicate design and roadmap initiatives to outside groups (executives, product owners, development teams, etc.)
• Work with prototype developers, or prototype yourself, for rapid deployment
• Convert ideas into basic wireframes to provide direction to UX and UI Designers
• Be able to negotiate and diplomatically manage conflicting points of view, as well as influence others in the organization to ensure alignment and progress
• Be able to work with outside vendors and agencies
• Support different teams by facilitating team to team communication
• Look for innovation outside of daily delivery that benefit the customer/company
• 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.

Qualifications:

• 6-10 years of relevant experience in a product or creative position
• Significant experience managing complex business and technical solutions
• Demonstrated experience as a strong leader who can prioritize well, communicate clearly and compellingly, effectively influencing across cross functional teams.
• Experience delivering with an agile methodology

Education:

• Bachelor's/University degree, Master's degree preferred

Job Family Group:
Technology

Job Family:
Digital Design Engineering

Time Type:
Full time

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