Head of Public Policy Korea (공공정책 협력본부장)

Head of Public Policy for Korea

Citi does business in nearly 160 countries and jurisdictions, providing corporations, governments, investors, institutions and individuals with a broad range of financial products and services.

The Head of Government Affairs for Korea is a senior leadership position who leads Citi’s government affairs practice in Korea. Located in Seoul, the position works closely with the Citi Chief Country Officer and Banking Head (CCOBH) for Korea as well as the management team and business and corporate areas and is supervised by the head of Government Affairs for Japan, Asia North & Australia (JANA) and Asia South based in Australia. 

As a member of the leadership team in Korea the role holder is responsible for identifying policy priorities, developing and implementing strategies to execute on those priorities, and engaging with external stakeholders including senior government officials. The role works closely with the country’s senior business leaders on policy and political engagement and assists and advises business leaders seeking to generate revenues with government and public institutions.

Key Responsibilities

• Hold primary responsibility for helping to set the strategic direction and driving tactical execution of engagement on public policy in Korea impacting the bank. Includes:
  • Identify, analyze, prioritize, and regularly communicate issues and implications;
  • Build internal consensus on positions regarding policy changes; and
  • Develop and manage the execution of a strategy to address identified issues.
• Coordinate on policy advocacy with the Citi Chief Country Officer and Banking Head, heads of business in Korea, the head of the Citi JANA and Asia South government affairs head in Australia, and colleagues in Citi in roles such as communications, branding and marketing.
• Be a value-added resource to senior management and business leaders to provide insight and guidance on relevant political, legislative, and regulatory developments and risks and opportunities in Korea.
• Create and execute strategic stakeholder engagement and meeting plans that build and strengthen relationships between Citi’s senior business leaders, external clients and senior  Korean and US government officials.
• Build and strengthen productive relationships with officials and external groups setting and influencing public policy, including senior officials, other relevant Ministries, public institutions, the US Embassy, key trade association meetings/working groups, and peer institutions. 
• Represent Citi in public fora and in meetings with government officials when appropriate.
• Assist the franchise advance business with the government and public institutions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree preferred.
• Prefer 15 years of experience in government relations either from government, a major corporation, trade association or other business organization, and/or a private law or government affairs firm that is devoted to Korean government relations. 
• Prefer experience with US and Korean government officials and business leaders at the most senior levels. Experience with leaders in other countries in the region is a plus.
• Experience working on financial services issues preferred.
• Excellent communications skills to influence and build trust with a wide range of audiences.

Competencies

• Executive Leadership: Proven experience in leading, influencing and developing executive level relationships. Experience with building, coordinating and engaging colleagues and networks between geographies, products, and functions both externally and internally.
• Collaboration and Influencing: A team player that can demonstrate an ability to build and maintain strong relationships that build trust and confidence with key internal and external stakeholders. Candidate needs to be able to interact and communicate effectively and comfortably, with credibility, honesty and transparency, to a wide range of audiences including Citi senior executives and high-level government officials.
• Business Acumen and Results Orientation: The candidate needs to be self-motivated with the ability to manage a set of deadlines and deliverables with limited supervision and take ownership of issues in a constantly changing corporate environment. A self-starter who can think strategically as well as tactically to help address problems or advance business objectives, with the ability to improvise and adapt while being comfortable with ambiguity.  
• Public Policy and Political Knowledge. The candidate should understand the relevance of government action on business decisions, have significant knowledge of the intersection of Korean and U.S. political trends and financial services policy as well as in regional and international fora that affect Citi business in Korea, be able to assimilate and summarize large amounts of information to analyze political risks and translate into strategy; and demonstrate proven capacity to design and implement a government relations strategy within a complex regulatory environment.

This job description provides a high-level review of the types of work performed. Other job-related duties may be assigned as required.

근무조건

• 급여 및 복지조건 : 회사 내규에 따름
• 근무지역 : 서울 종로구 새문안로50, 한국씨티은행 본점

전형절차

• 서류전형 > 면접전형 > 사전점검/채용검진 > 최종합격
• 전형일정 및 각 전형 별 합격발표는 이메일을 통하여 면접 대상자에게 개별 안내 드립니다.

접수방법 및 기간

• 지원방법 : 당행 채용 site 접속하여 온라인 지원
• 제출서류 : 영문이력서 1부
• 접수기간 : 채용시까지
• Rolling Base 인터뷰 진행 (지원서가 접수된 순서대로 검토하며, 채용후보자가 조기에 선발되는 경우 접수기간 중이라도 채용 공고 종료 가능함)

유의사항

• 구직자 본인의 용모, 키, 체중, 출신지역, 혼인여부, 재산과 구직자 본인의 직계 존비속 및 형제자매의 학력, 직업, 재산의 정보는 기재하지 마시기 바랍니다. (채용절차의 공정화에 관한 법률 제4조의 3)
• 온라인을 통해 접수한 이력서는 반환하지 않습니다. (채용절차의 공정화에 관한 법률 제11조)
• 부정한 행위(예: 채용청탁 등)를 통해 합격한 사실이 확인된 경우, 합격이 취소될 수 있으며 향후 채용에 제한이 있습니다.
• 장애인/보훈대상자의 경우 서류전형에서 우대
• - 장애인은 ‘장애인복지법 시행령’ 제2조에 따른 장애인 기준에 해당하는 자 또는 ‘국가유공자등 예우 및 지원에 관한 법률 시행령’ 제14조 제3항에 따른 상이등급 기준에 해당하는 자를 말합니다.
• - 보훈대상자는 ‘국가유공자 등 예우 및 지원에 관한 법률’등에 의한 취업지원 대상자를 말합니다.
• - 지원 시, 해당 사실을 증빙할 수 있는 서류를 추가 제출 바랍니다 (개인정보 마스킹 필수).
• 문의: 한국씨티은행 인사운영부 (ckirecruitment@citi.com)

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