Head of Data Architecture - C15 - IRVING

Overview of the Organization:

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 Enterprise 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.

Overview of the Role
The Head of Data Architecture manages multiple teams through other managers. In-depth understanding of how one's own sub-function contributes to achieving the objectives of the function. A good understanding of the industry, direct competitors' products, and services is also necessary to contribute to the business' commercial objectives. Requires thorough understanding of strategic direction of the function within the relevant part of the business, combined with a solid conceptual/practical grounding in both the function and/or area of expertise and related subject areas. Excellent communication skills required to negotiate internally, often at a senior level. Responsible for executing functional strategy in area managed. Determines approach to implementing functional strategy. Accountable for end results, budgeting, planning, policy formulation and contribution to future strategy of the area(s). Impact reflects the size of team managed, strategic influence on the business and interaction with other functions or businesses. Full management responsibility for multiple teams, including management of people, budget, and planning, to include duties such as performance evaluation, compensation, hiring, disciplinary actions and terminations and budget approval. May be doing involved or responsible for diverse (cross-discipline) activities. Typically, a direct report to a C16 role and function as an integral member of the functional leadership team within a country/site location, job family, or line of business. 

Responsibilities: 

• Manages Data Architecture functional area. Owns & help implement modern Data Architectures in Cloud   
• Responsible for providing architectural vision for all IT systems, ensuring that architecture conforms to enterprise blueprints. 
• Develops architecture, strategy, planning, and problem-solving solutions on an enterprise level. Interfaces across several channels, acting as a visionary to proactively assist in defining direction for future projects.  
• Maintains continuous awareness of business, technical and infrastructure issues and acts as a sounding board or consultant to aid in the development of creative solutions. 
• Interfaces with vendors to assess their technology and to guide their product roadmap based on Citi requirements.  
• Has in-depth knowledge of how technology integrates within the organization and of direct competitors' products and services. 
• Requires evaluative judgment based on analysis of information in complicated or novel situations; uses multiple sources of information. 
• Impacts the overall technology function through responsibility for planning, finances/budget, end results, setting policies and contribution to strategic decisions. 
• Influences and negotiates with senior leaders (across functions); may communicate and negotiate with external parties. 
• Evaluates subordinates' performance and makes recommendations for pay increases, promotions, terminations, and other personnel actions. 
• 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

• 15+ years of relevant experience in Data Architecture & Engineering leading major transformations of Data in Cloud  
• Strong hands-on expertise with GCP and/or AWS with focus on data   
• Consistently demonstrates clear and concise written and verbal communication  
• Exhibits sound understanding of theories and practices in architecture and multiple related areas. 
• Management and prioritization skills 
• Ability to develop working relationships 
• Ability to manage multiple activities and changing priorities and work under pressure to meet tight deadlines  
• Self-starter with ability to take the initiative and master new tasks quickly  
• Methodical, attention to detail 

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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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