Central Product Lead - OM AI

The Central Product Lead serves as the strategic product authority for common capabilities within the AI PDLC Working Group. This individual ensures that all capability requirements, solution blueprints, and delivery outputs remain aligned to the program's overall target state. Acting as the connective layer between Discipline Product Leads, POD teams, and executive sponsors, the Central Product Lead is accountable for requirements coherence, commonality optimization, and end-to-end benefits traceability across the program lifecycle.

Key Responsibilities

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Own alignment of capabilities to overall target state and solution blueprints

Drive benefits traceability from ideation through delivery

Champion product vision at Working Group level

Facilitate cross-capability dependency resolution

Stakeholder Engagement

Interface with Discipline Leads, POD PMs, and Exec Sponsors

Partner with Central PM on milestone status and escalations

Report progress and benefits alignment to OpCo

Coordinate with AI Architect & UX Leads on feasibility

Requirements & Blueprints

Ensure commonality and reusability of requirements across capabilities

Review and validate acceptance criteria from Primary Product Leads

Translate strategy into actionable requirements for Pods

Optimize requirements for cross-discipline alignment

Governance & Risk

Monitor progress and surface risks to Exec Sponsors

Ensure 1LOD/2LOD/3LOD governance considerations are reflected

Prioritize cross-capability decisions and escalations

Maintain program integrity across all capability deliverables

Required Qualifications

8–12+ years product management; 3–5 years in senior/lead finance or enterprise tech role

Understanding of AI/ML product development lifecycles, agentic workflows, and enterprise platforms

Experience managing product strategy across multiple concurrent workstreams

Strong executive communication; comfortable with Exec Sponsors and OpCo

Familiarity with 1LOD/2LOD/3LOD governance frameworks in regulated environments

Preferred Qualifications

Experience with AI PDLC frameworks or enterprise AI transformation programs

Background in Finance, Banking, or FinTech product management

Familiarity with OKRs and benefits realization frameworks

Experience with cross-functional POD structures (Agile/SAFe delivery models)

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Job Family Group:

Product Management and Development ------------------------------------------------------

Job Family:

Product Management ------------------------------------------------------

Time Type:

Full time ------------------------------------------------------

Primary Location:

New York New York United States ------------------------------------------------------

Primary Location Full Time Salary Range:

• $163,600.00 - $245,400.00
• 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

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Other Relevant Skills

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Anticipated Posting Close Date:

Oct 26, 2026 ------------------------------------------------------

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