Applications Development Senior Group Manager (C15)

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 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.

About the Team:

The Applications Development Senior Group Manager is a transformative technology leader at the intersection of engineering excellence and strategic organizational impact. This is not simply a management role — it is an opportunity to shape the technical direction of a high-performing, multi-team engineering function within one of the world's most consequential financial institutions. Citi seeks a seasoned professional who brings equal command of enterprise-scale systems architecture and the organizational acumen to build, inspire, and evolve talented engineering teams. This leader understands that great software is built by great people, and that their most powerful tool is the environment they create.

In this role, the successful candidate will operate at the highest levels of technical and organizational leadership — partnering with business stakeholders, senior executives, and cross-functional technology teams to translate strategic vision into scalable, resilient application systems. They will drive design and architectural decisions that underpin Citi's global technology platforms, champion rigorous governance and risk management practices, and ensure that every deliverable reflects the firm's commitment to quality, compliance, and innovation. Their influence will be felt not only in the systems they build, but in the careers they develop and the culture of excellence they cultivate across their organization.

Responsibilities:

Manage/develop multiple teams of professionals to accomplish established goals and conduct personnel duties for team (e.g. performance evaluations, hiring and disciplinary actions) as well as ensure team adheres to best practices and process

Develop vision for team around roles and responsibilities, and structure team to ensure greatest impact, efficient use of resource, and alignment to business structures

Prepare and present regular team/project reviews to senior management and business leaders

Drive the design and development of system architecture, work with end-users of the systems, and enhance the quality of deliverables

Ensure staff follows Citi documented policy and procedures as well as maintain desktop procedures and supporting documentation for filings on a current basis and in comprehensive manner

Monitor and manage approach/end results, budgeting, planning, policy formation, and contribute to future strategy of the area(s)

Ensure change is managed with appropriate controls, documentation, and approvals including implementation of new and revised regulatory reporting requirements

Research and resolve issues, provide recommendations, and escalate to senior management as needed

Manage and maintain all disaster recovery plans, oversee appropriate testing, and provide permit-to-operate for new applications

Lead and deliver local staff forums, present global, regional, and location news and updates to engage team in the progress of organization

Contribute to defining and implementing best practices and processes for the department and ensure transparency and consistency across teams

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 progressive experience in application development and engineering leadership, with a track record of delivering large-scale, mission-critical systems in regulated financial services environments

8-10+ years of managerial experience leading multi-disciplinary engineering teams, including full accountability for performance management, hiring, talent development, succession planning, and organizational design

Demonstrated experience architecting and leading the delivery of enterprise-grade application platforms, with the ability to set and enforce technical standards, drive architectural governance, and ensure engineering excellence across multiple teams

Hands-on experience with cloud platforms such as AWS (EC2, S3, Lambda, RDS, EKS) or Microsoft Azure (AKS, Functions, Cosmos DB), with the ability to lead the design and delivery of scalable, highly available, cloud-native solutions at enterprise scale

Advanced expertise in programming languages including Java, Python 3.10+, TypeScript, or COBOL, with a demonstrated history of establishing coding standards and guiding engineering teams in building maintainable, high-performance financial applications

Experience leading the design of integration architectures using technologies such as TIBCO, Apache Kafka, or MuleSoft, including oversight of event-driven, message-based systems supporting high-throughput financial data processing

Deep knowledge of containerization and orchestration platforms such as Docker and Kubernetes (OpenShift or Amazon EKS preferred), including the ability to define operational standards, lead platform migrations, and ensure production stability at scale

Experience establishing and governing CI/CD practices using tools such as Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, GitHub Actions, or ArgoCD, enabling high-velocity, safe deployments across engineering organizations in regulated environments

Advanced knowledge of relational and NoSQL database technologies including PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Oracle, or Redis, with experience setting data architecture standards and guiding teams on performance optimization and regulatory data management

Experience leading the implementation of enterprise observability strategies using Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack, or Splunk, with accountability for system reliability, SLA attainment, and incident response across multiple platforms

Proven ability to mentor, coach, and grow senior engineers and engi