Product Developer

The Product Developer is a strategic professional who closely follows the latest trends in their field and adapts them for application within their job and the business. You are typically one of a small number of people within the organization that provide the same level of expertise. Excellent communication skills are required in order to negotiate internally, often at a senior level. You must possess developed communication and diplomacy skills to guide, influence, and convince others, particularly colleagues in other areas and occasional external customers. You are accountable for significant direct business results or authoritative advice regarding the operations of the business, necessitating a degree of responsibility over technical strategy. Your role primarily affects a sub-function and you are responsible for handling staff management issues, including resource management and allocation of work within the team/project. Responsibilities: You are responsible for all activities related to the development of new products and/or features and functionality of products. This includes developing business cases, requirements definition (BRDs), product enhancements innovation, feature and functionality definition based on market and industry research and trends, and client needs. You will manage the end-to-end product development lifecycle, scope product releases, agree to and track business priorities, incorporate regulatory and compliance requirements, and track investments. You will create a product vision aligned with business priorities and corresponding road-map for delivery. Additionally, you will follow market, industry, and client trends in your field and adapt them for application to Citigroup's products and solutions platforms. You will conceptualize, plan, prioritize, coordinate design and delivery of products or features to product release, and serve as a product ambassador within the user community. Working closely with Sales, Technology, Business Managers, and senior stakeholders is essential to fulfill the delivery objectives. You will manage and implement a wide variety of products and solutions to meet client needs and deliver significant direct business results and authoritative advice regarding product development that necessitates a degree of responsibility over technical strategy. Partnering with senior business leaders and a widely distributed global user community to define and implement solutions is also a key aspect of the role. You will create clear and specific project plans, business and technical requirements documents for product execution and have direct interaction with business managers, technology, and sales to understand their long-term vision, discuss industry trends, and incorporate them into the product & solutions strategy. Focus on controls and governance, including performing Need-to-Know based security and access reviews, Access Approvals, controls testing, and documentation. You will appropriately assess risk when making business decisions, 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. Qualifications: - 10+ years of experience - Proven track record of successfully managing in a large and complex business - Intellectual curiosity, analytical and conceptual thinker - Proactively seeks and develops new opportunities - Thorough financial acumen and P&L management experience - Excellent analytical, interpretive, and problem-solving skills - Proven track record of bringing diverse groups and perspectives to work against a common goal - Ability to maintain momentum and minimize client and employee attrition - Ability to establish and maintain senior client relationships and to work across multiple facets of Citi businesses - Process Management knowledge with a propensity for detail and comprehensiveness of content - Ability to collaborate and clearly communicate with senior members of an organization - Project Management skills with experience leading large cross-functional initiatives - Proven track record as a change agent, with the ability to encourage and embrace innovative ideas and solutions - Self-aware with the ability to adapt to various situations, rapidly assimilate and report on complex information while creating a future vision Education: Bachelors/University degree, Masters degree preferred This job description provides a high-level review of the types of work performed. Other job-related duties may be assigned as required.,