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Vice President - Data Scientist

Job Req Id:
25896635
Location(s):
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
Job Type:
Hybrid
Posted:
Sep. 10, 2025

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Working at Citi is far more than just a job. A career with us means joining a team of more than 230,000 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

Job Description

Whether you’re at the start of your career or looking to discover your next adventure, your story begins here.  At Citi, you’ll have the opportunity to expand your skills and make a difference at one of the world’s most global banks.  We’re fully committed to supporting your growth and development from the start with extensive on-the-job training and exposure to senior leaders, as well as more traditional learning.  You’ll also have the chance to give back and make a positive impact where we live and work through volunteerism.

Shape your Career with Citi

We’re currently looking for a high caliber professional to join our team as Vice President - Data Scientist - Hybrid. (Internal Job Title: Vice President - C13) based in Bangalore - India.Being part of our team means that we’ll provide you with the resources to meet your unique needs, empower you to make healthy decision and manage your financial well-being to help plan for your future.  For instance:

  • Citi provides programs and services for your physical and mental well-being including access to telehealth options, health advocates, confidential counseling and more. Coverage varies by country.

  • We empower our employees to manage their financial well-being and help them plan for the future.

  • Citi provides access to an array of learning and development resources to help broaden and deepen your skills and knowledge as your career progresses.

  • We have a variety of programs that help employees balance their work and life, including generous paid time off packages.

In this role, you’re expected to:

Citi Analytics & Information Management (AIM) team is a global community that objectively connects and analyzes information to create actionable intelligence for our business leaders. It identifies fact-based opportunities for revenue growth and expense reduction in partnership with the businesses.

We are seeking a Vice President, Data Scientist, as an individual contributor role focusing on the development and deployment of advanced Machine Learning and Deep Learning models.This pivotal role will be instrumental in driving innovation within our analytics and technology divisions.

This role requires a strong technical expertise and a deep understanding of the financial services industry.

Responsibilities:

  • Incumbents work with large and complex data sets (both internal and external data) to evaluate, recommend, and support the implementation of business strategies

  • Identifies and compiles data sets using a variety of tools (e.g. SQL, Access) to help predict, improve, and measure the success of key business to business outcomes

  • Responsible for documenting data requirements, data collection / processing / cleaning, and exploratory data analysis; which may include utilizing statistical models / algorithms and data visualization techniques

  • 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.

Qualifications:

  • 15+ years of experience in Analytics/ Data Scientist in the financial services industry

  • Experience with natural language processing (NLP) and natural language generation (NLG).

  • Working experience in a quantitative field, Financial/Credit Card industry

  • Proven track record of designing, developing, and deploying complex machine learning and deep learning models in a production environmentparticularly using RAG frameworks

  • Strong proficiency in Python and deep learning frameworks such as TensorFlow, PyTorch, or Keras. 

  • Solid understanding of machine learning algorithms, data structures, and software engineering principles. 

  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, be organized, detail oriented, and adaptive to matrix work environment

Education:

  • Master’s/Bachelor’s/PhD degree in Statistics, Economics, Finance, Mathematics or a related quantitative field; Engineering/MBA background from a premier institute 

Working at Citi is far more than just a job. A career with us means joining a family of more than 230,000 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.

Take the next step in your career, apply for this role at Citi today

https://jobs.citi.com/dei

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Job Family Group:

Decision Management

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Job Family:

Specialized Analytics (Data Science/Computational Statistics)

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Time Type:

Full time

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Most Relevant Skills

Please see the requirements listed above.

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Other Relevant Skills

For complementary skills, please see above and/or contact the recruiter.

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