Project Management Lead, VP (Hybrid)

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Citi’s Risk Management organization oversees risk-taking activities and assesses risks and issues independently of the front line units.  We establish and maintain the enterprise risk management framework that ensures the ability to consistently identify, measure, monitor, control and report material aggregate risks.

We’re currently looking for a high caliber professional to join our team as Vice President, Project Management Lead - Hybrid (Internal Job Title: Project Management Lead   based in Bangalore, India.  Being part of our team means that we’ll provide you with the resources to meet your unique needs, empower you to make healthy decision and manage your financial well-being to help plan for your future.  For instance:

• Citi provides programs and services for your physical and mental well-being including access to telehealth options, health advocates, confidential counseling and more. Coverage varies by country.
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This role needs strong Risk Domain and Subject Matter expertise in Traded (Market and Counterparty Credit Risk) experience. Also, this not a generic project manager role. This needs strategic thinking coupled with Risk Domain Knowledge and experience priori in Run-The-Bank Roles

The Project Lead is a strategic professional who stays abreast of developments within own field and contributes to directional strategy by considering their application in own job and the business. Recognized technical authority for an area within the business. Requires basic commercial awareness. There are typically multiple people within the business that provide the same level of subject matter expertise. Developed communication and diplomacy skills are required in order to guide, influence and convince others, in particular colleagues in other areas and occasional external customers. Significant impact on the area through complex deliverables. Provides advice and counsel related to the technology or operations of the business. Work impacts an entire area, which eventually affects the overall performance and effectiveness of the sub-function/job family.

In this role, you’re expected to:

• Manage a large multi-faceted project/account/campaign or multiple projects at the same time.
• Own project goals leveraging expertise to inspire a sense of shared purpose within the project team.
• Organize new challenges and drive business results.
• Usebest practice PMO methodology to create a project plan to fit the stakeholders/customers’ needs and deliver within budget on desired outcomes.
• Drive end results of the project as a representative of the business.
• Work closely with the Customer, Sales Team, Engineering and Manufacturing to define a project scope and objectives for project members.
• Prepare, maintain, and submit clear and concise activity/progress reports and time recording/management reports.
• Assess project risk potentials and discover potential problems before they occur.
• Apply a proactive approach in routinely tracking the project participant progress against project goals.
• Define, teach, and enforce the use of good project management practices such as techniques in resolving complex, interdependent activities into tasks and sub-tasks that are documented, monitored and controlled.
• Identify and where required amend the approach to the context and constraints of each project.
• Constantly improve their own and their teams' skills through lessons-learned reviews at project completion.
• Possess the knowledge, skills and experience to be able to recognize when problems surface or potential problems are looming.
• Articulate problems, bring the right people together to solve problems and know when the problem has been properly addressed and closed.
• Promote partner involvement through effectively communicating project status upward and to the Client.
• Apply lessons learned from recent projects to future projects.
• Communicateto all concerned parties project milestones, status updates, as well as any existing or potential customer escalation issues.
• Proactively follow escalation and change control processes.
• Own all management reports on a given engagement.
• Promote good working relationships across a project, cultivating the people skills needed to develop trust and communication among all of a project's stakeholders: its sponsors, those who will make use of the project's results, those who command the resources needed, and the project team members.
• 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 a successful candidate, you’d ideally have the following skills and exposure:

• 10-15 years of experience

• Strong Risk Domain knowledge; understanding of Risk Segments and their key processes, controls and metrics.
• Strong Technical Skills preferred – understand systems and Data.
• Innovation/AI and agile capabilities.
• Negotiate skills with external parties.

Education:

• Master's degree, M.B.A Finance, FRM/PRM preferred, PMP is a Plus

Working at Citi is far more than just a job. A career with us means joining a family 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.

Take the next step in your career, apply for this role at Citi today

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Job Family Group:

Project and Program Management

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Job Family:

Project Management

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Time Type:

Full time

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Most Relevant Skills

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Other Relevant Skills

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