Citi Wealth is a leading provider of financial solutions for affluent, high net worth and ultra-high net worth clients around the world. We are looking to hire a Product Developer Lead Specialist/Senior Specialist to support Wealth Lending platform transformation initiatives. The Product Developer Lead Specialist/Senior Specialist is a strategic professional who stays abreast of developments within own field and contributes to directional strategy by considering their application in own job and the business. As part of this team, you will support strategic initiatives to modernize and innovate our lending product suite. This includes assisting in the evolution of existing platforms and contributing to the implementation of new capabilities that enhance client experience and operational efficiency. This position requires a strong focus on capturing requirements related to various stages of the lending lifecycle, from origination to portfolio management, and partnering with technology partners to drive the implementations.
Responsibilities:
The Product Developer Lead Specialist/Senior Specialist is responsible for activities related to the development of new products and/or features and functionality of products including developing business cases, requirements definition (BRDs), product enhancements innovation, feature and functionality definition based on market and industry research and trends and client needs
This role executes on the end-to-end product development lifecycle and will also scope product releases, agreeing to and tracking business priorities, incorporating regulatory and compliance requirements and investment tracking
Identifies, gathers, and organizes client insights, internal innovation ideas, marketplace analyses and trends to drive to new concepts
Creates a product vision aligned to business priorities and corresponding road-map to delivery
Conceptualizes, plans, prioritizes, coordinates design and delivery of products or features to product release, and serves as product ambassador within user community
Works in close co-ordination with Technology, Business Managers and other stakeholders to fulfill the delivery objectives
Contribute to the creation, review and grooming of Jira stories and backlog items, ensuring clarify and alignment with business objectives
Manages and implements a wide variety of products and solutions
Identifies solutions ranging across data analytics, reporting, CRM, Trade Workflows and trade processing
Has responsibility to deliver direct business results and advice regarding product development that necessitates a degree of responsibility over technical strategy
Partners with business leaders and a widely distributed global user community to define and implement solutions
Creates project plans, business and technical requirements documents for product execution
Has direct interaction with sales, business managers and technology, to understand their long term vision, discuss industry trends, and incorporate them into the product & solutions strategy
Focuses on controls and governance, including performing Need-to-Know based security and access reviews, Access Approvals, controls testing and documentation
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.
Identify scope to leverage new age tools (AI/ML) to optimize processes across the organization
Qualifications:
6-10 years of experience
Intellectual curiosity, analytical and conceptual thinker
Attention to detail and process/analytic mindset
Ability to build networks and relationships internally and externally
Familiarity with product development methodologies
Ability to structure and break down problems, develop solutions, and to drive to results
Process Management knowledge with a propensity for detail and comprehensiveness of content
Project Management skills with experience leading large cross functional initiatives
Generation of reports and presentations for management
Experience with Agile methodologies and tools like Jira for story management, backlog grooming and tasks tracking
Experience or keen interest in product transformation, digital initiatives, or program support roles.
Ability to work flexible hours to ensure overlap with teams based in US, London, and Singapore, as well as close collaboration with the IT team in India
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.
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