Director of Inventory Orchestration Apps Development

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Job Overview

About Citi:

Citi, the leading global bank, has approximately 200 million customer accounts and does business in more than 160 countries and jurisdictions. Citi provides consumers, corporations, governments, and institutions with a broad range of financial products and services, including consumer banking and credit, corporate and investment banking, securities brokerage, transaction services, and wealth management.

As a bank with a brain and a soul, Citi creates economic value that is systemically responsible and in our clients’ best interests. As a financial institution that touches every region of the world and every sector that shapes your daily life, our Operations & Technology teams are charged with a mission that rivals any large tech company. Our technology solutions are the foundations of everything we do from keeping the bank safe, managing global resources, and providing the technical tools our workers need to be successful to designing our digital architecture and ensuring our platforms provide a first-class customer experience. We reimagine client and partner experiences to deliver excellence through secure, reliable, and efficient services.

Our commitment to diversity includes a workforce that represents the clients we serve from all walks of life, backgrounds, and origins. We foster an environment where the best people want to work. We value and demand respect for others, promote individuals based on merit, and ensure opportunities for personal development are widely available to all. Ideal candidates are innovators with well-rounded backgrounds who bring their authentic selves to work and complement our culture of delivering results with pride. If you are a problem solver who seeks passion in your work, come join us. We’ll enable growth and progress together.

Job Overview

We are looking for a visionary Director of Inventory Orchestration Apps Development to strategically lead and execute the development of enterprise-wide inventory orchestration, automation, and system resilience initiatives. This role is critical for enhancing deployment efficiency, automating failover, optimizing performance, ensuring our platforms are modern, scalable, and aligned with business goals.

You will lead a high-performing team, drive significant transformation, and directly impact core operational strategies within a dynamic organization.

What You'll Do:

• Strategic Leadership: Define and execute the technical strategy and roadmap for inventory orchestration applications.
• Team Development: Lead, mentor, and grow multiple engineering teams, fostering a culture of innovation and technical excellence.
• Architectural Vision: Oversee the design and development of robust, scalable, and resilient inventory orchestration systems.
• Operational Excellence: Drive improvements in deployment, failover automation, performance optimization, and secure access management.
• Quality Function: Establish and evolve the quality assurance function.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with product, operations, and other engineering teams to deliver impactful solutions.

Required Skills & Qualifications

• 15+ years of relevant experience in an Engineering role with extensive experience in business, functional and people management.
• Proven leadership experience in a technical or engineering director role within inventory orchestration, supply chain management, or large-scale enterprise technology.
• Strong background in application development, enterprise architecture, and platform modernization.
• Ability to influence and drive change across complex, cross-functional teams.
• Expertise in inventory orchestration, automation, high-availability system design, and operational efficiency.
• Strong problem-solving and critical-thinking skills to address business and technical challenges.
• Excellent interpersonal, communication, and leadership abilities to engage with stakeholders at all levels.
• Mastery of dependency management, resource planning, and risk mitigation.
• Experience leading teams through technology transformations and enterprise-wide migrations.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with infrastructure automation, configuration management, and policy-driven orchestration.
• Knowledge of authentication, identity management, and secure access frameworks.
• Familiarity with high-availability architectures, failover automation, and self-healing system design.
• Understanding of secrets management, credential handling, and compliance frameworks.
• Strong grasp of containerized application execution and performance optimization.
• Ability to manage relationships in a global, fast-paced environment while driving large-scale transformation initiatives.
• Education:

Bachelor's degree/University degree or equivalent experience

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Job Family Group:

Technology

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Job Family:

Systems & Engineering

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Time Type:

Full time

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Primary Location:

Irving Texas United States

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Primary Location Full Time Salary Range:

$170,000.00 - $300,000.00

In addition to salary, Citi’s offerings may also include, for eligible employees, discretionary and formulaic incentive and retention awards. Citi offers competitive employee benefits, including: medical, dental & vision coverage; 401(k); life, accident, and disability insurance; and wellness programs. Citi also offers paid time off packages, including planned time off (vacation), unplanned time off (sick leave), and paid holidays. For additional information regarding Citi employee benefits, please visit citibenefits.com. Available offerings may vary by jurisdiction, job level, and date of hire.

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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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Anticipated Posting Close Date:

Oct 09, 2025

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