Project-Program Management Lead - Vice President

Job description

## **Discover your future at Citi** Working at Citi is far more than just a job. A career with us means joining a team of more than 230,000 dedicated people from around the globe. At Citi, you’ll have the opportunity to grow your career, give back to your community and make a real impact. ## **Job Overview** **Job Purpose:** The Commodities Technology team requires a project/program management professional with relevant 10+ years (12+ without certifications) of proven track record of Delivery PM/PMO or Program/Portfolio Management within the Technology, Banking or Consultancy industry. In this fast paced environment, you must be able to prioritize tasks, work within deadlines, taking a pragmatic and considered approach, paying close attention to details, you will need to employ strong oral and written communication skills. Documentation preparation & review, strong knowledge of SDLC methodologies (Agile & Hybrid) required. **Job Background/context:** The Commodities SDLC team governs the Program/Project Management Quality Processes and supports the Program/Project managers to adhere to the processes. They are gatekeepers for ensuring 100% SDLC compliance with zero slippage. Citi is committed to becoming the world’s leading, and being 100% compliant to the PM processes and audit requirements and set quality standards to meet the clients need. **Key Responsibilities:** - Establish best practices and Citi approved PPM procedures at organization PMO level - Work closely with global Commodities Program/Project Manager, PMQC team, R&C team and Business stakeholders. - Managing Agile projects and educating teams on PM processes and learnings. - Ensure 100% SDLC process governance across Commodities Programs/Projects. - Liaise with multiple stakeholders on a day-to-day basis for handling change release compliance and completeness of details/approvals. - Work closely with Release management team to remain updated on planned releases and CRs - Manage Program/Project BoW and ensure latest status updates are readily available for reference by stakeholders. - Manage Non Technical aspects of Project Management like milestone identification & tracking, BoW, CAP and any other Risk & Compliance related updates, Scrum calls and support Tech PMs on PM processes. - Manage release cycles, write project documentation and other project governance related tasks - Work on identifying manual efforts and automate the processes inline with the PMQC guidelines. - Coordinate with SPOCs and follow Program/Project status reporting protocol and report to Business on a regular basis. - Ensure 100% compliance in Program health checks and SPOT checks by PMQC teams - Implement changes in SDLC document templates and checklist that gets published by central PMQC periodically to stay compliant with Audit trails/checks. - Proactively driving teams for adopting best practices and adhere to compliance timelines. - Self-initiate, work productively when unsupervised and multitask across multiple concurrent projects **Knowledge/Experience:** - Relevant experience in handling SDLC governance and processes for large Business Units. - Exposure to manage global stakeholders at all levels. - Have good knowledge of Audit and SDLC processes. - Experience in process governance and coordinating a solution for PM teams - Desire to implement industry best practices - Strong skills in management status reporting, and tools like JIRA, Confluence, MS Office etc. **Skills:** Essential: - Excellent Stakeholder Management skills - Exceptional problem solving ability - Good grasp on SDLC Governance processes - Good communication skills suitable for a fast paced environment - Agility in adopting and driving efficient ways of working. - Automating processes to reduce manual efforts. Desirable: - Scrum/Agile Certification - PMP or similar Certification - Process Framework Certification - Audit knowledge **Qualifications:** A good academic background, with atleast a graduate degree in any discipline. MBA, PMP or, any related PM certifications is good to have. **Competencies** - Be a team player with good communication skills and the ability to discuss issues and arrive at consensus. - Be able to work with low levels of supervision. - Aptitude to understand problems and devise process improvement methods. - Ability to influence and drive the work to closure in timely manner - Flexible to work with people in multiple timezones. This job description provides a high-level review of the types of work performed. Other job-related duties may be assigned as required. - ## **Job Family Group:** Technology - ## **Job Family:** Technology Project Management - ## **Time Type:** Full time - ## **Most Relevant Skills** Please see the requirements listed above. - ## **Other Relevant Skills** For complementary skills, please see above and/or contact the recruiter. - *Citi is an equal opportunity employer, and qualified candidates will receive consideration without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other characteristic protected by law.*