Citigroup, Inc

Global Head of Prime Technology

Citigroup, Inc$250K — $500K *
Finance & Insurance
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Significant experience in Financial Services technology, particularly in Equities or Prime Finance roles.
  • Deep understanding of Prime Finance concepts, including margining and securities lending.
  • Proven track record in delivering large-scale technology transformations.
  • Capability to influence stakeholders effectively at an executive level in a dynamic environment.
  • Strong people leadership skills with experience in managing global teams.

Responsibilities

  • Partner with Equities leaders to shape and execute Prime Finance technology strategy.
  • Translate business objectives into technology priorities and investment plans.
  • Lead modernization of Prime Finance platforms and ensure timely delivery of changes.
  • Drive the integration of execution and margin technologies into a unified architecture.
  • Ensure the stability and compliance of technology platforms in a high-pressure setting.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage.
  • 401(k) retirement plan support.
  • Life, accident, and disability insurance provisions.
  • Wellness programs to promote employee health.
  • Generous paid time off including vacation and sick leave.
Full Job Description
Role Overview

Equities Technology at Citi is undertaking a bold, multi-year transformation to build a best-in-class, global equities platform across execution, prime services, clearing, and cross-product margining. one that combines scale, balance sheet efficiency, global reach, and deeply integrated execution, financing, margin, and post-trade capabilities

We are re-engineering our technology estate to deliver world-leading performance, resiliency, and scalability - enabling advanced execution capabilities, global market connectivity, and modernized post-trade, financing, and margin workflows.

As Global Head of Prime Finance Technology, you will serve as the senior technology leader for Citi's Prime Finance franchise, supporting one of the firm's most strategically important global businesses. You will partner closely with Equities business leadership and product team to define and execute a forward-looking technology strategy that accelerates growth, deepens client relationships, and drives the modernization of Prime Finance technology into a cohesive, scalable global platform supporting the Equities franchise.

This role directly shapes the future of Citi's Prime Finance franchise- driving technology-enabled differentiation, operational resiliency, and sustainable franchise growth across a global client base. It is pivotal in delivering a seamlessly integrated, highly automated front-to-back platform, while maintaining the highest standards of engineering quality, resiliency, and regulatory compliance.

Responsibilities:

Strategic Technology Leadership
  • Partner with Equities and Prime Finance business leaders to define, own, and execute the global Prime Finance technology strategy and multi-year transformation roadmap.
  • Translate business growth objectives (financing, margin optimization, balance sheet efficiency, client experience) into clear technology priorities and investment decisions.
  • Act as a senior technology voice shaping franchise-level decisions across Equities execution, clearing, and cross-product margining.


Platform Transformation & Delivery
  • Lead the end-to-end modernization of Prime Finance platforms, including financing and margin systems, securities lending, collateral management, lifecycle processing, and client reporting.
  • Drive the convergence of execution, prime, clearing, and margin technologies into a cohesive, scalable global architecture.
  • Ensure timely, predictable delivery of complex change portfolios across regulatory, client, and growth initiatives.


Platform Excellence, Resiliency & Risk
  • Own the stability, performance, and resiliency of Prime Finance technology platforms operating in a high-volume, mission-critical environment.
  • Ensure strong target-state architecture alignment, robust controls, and operational excellence to protect clients and the firm.
  • Partner with Risk, Controls, and Operations to ensure compliance with all relevant regulatory, supervisory, and internal policy requirements.


Engineering Leadership & Modern Practices
  • Champion modern engineering practices, including cloud-enabled architectures, API-driven platforms, automation, and data-centric design.
  • Raise engineering standards across quality, observability, test automation, and release discipline.
  • Drive simplification and reduction of technical debt across a complex legacy estate.


Global Organization Leadership
  • Lead, mentor, and inspire a large, globally distributed organization of technologists across regions and time zones.
  • Build a high-performance culture grounded in accountability, continuous improvement, and client focus.
  • Attract, develop, and retain top engineering and leadership talent; actively manage succession and capability depth.


Qualifications & Experience
  • Significant experience in Financial Services technology, including a senior leadership role supporting Equities, Prime Finance, or complex capital markets businesses
  • Deep understanding of Prime Finance concepts, including margining, financing, securities lending, collateral, lifecycle processing, and risk.
  • Proven track record delivering large-scale technology transformations, including architecture definition, build, deployment, and ongoing platform management.
  • Demonstrated ability to operate effectively at executive level, influencing business and technology stakeholders in a fast-changing environment.
  • Strong people leadership experience, including global team management, senior talent development, and budget ownership.
  • Exceptional problem-solving skills with the ability to balance strategic vision and hands-on execution.
  • Strong awareness of regulatory, risk, and control requirements applicable to global markets and prime services technology.


Education:
  • Bachelor's degree/University degree or equivalent experience
  • Master's degree preferred


Job Family Group:
Technology

Job Family:
Applications Development

Time Type:
Full time

Primary Location:
New York New York United States

Primary Location Full Time Salary Range:
$250,000.00 - $500,000.00

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.

Most Relevant Skills
Please see the requirements listed above.

Other Relevant Skills
For complementary skills, please see above and/or contact the recruiter.

Anticipated Posting Close Date:
Aug 19, 2026

Automated Processing and AI

We use automated processing, including artificial intelligence, for our legitimate business interests (or our reasonable and appropriate business purposes) to identify and align the candidate's skills and abilities with a specific job opening. Additionally, if you so choose, or consent, we can match your skills and abilities to other suitable roles at Citi.

Importantly, all our hiring processes and decisions, including determining your suitability for a role, are conducted, checked, and decided by individuals. Our automated processing and AI do not involve relying on automatic or autonomous decision-making. Please refer to any Jurisdictional Considerations, with specific provisions for your country (where relevant) for further details.

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Citigroup is a financial services holding company that provides financial products and services. The company operates through two segments, Global Consumer Banking (GCB) and Institutional Clients Group (ICG). The GCB segment offers traditional banking services to retail customers through retail banking, commercial banking, Citi-branded cards, and Citi retail services. The ICG segment offers various banking, and financial products and services to corporate, institutional, public sector, and high-net-worth clients. This segment provides wholesale banking products and services, including fixed-income and equity sales and trading, foreign exchange, prime brokerage, derivative services, equity and fixed-income research, corporate lending, investment banking, and advisory services, private banking, cash management, trade finance, and securities services. Citi is committed to sustainability and social responsibility, and the company invests in initiatives that promote economic progress.

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