Citigroup, Inc

IT Project Manager

Citigroup, Inc • $100K — $120K *
Mississauga, ON L4T 0A1In-Person
Information Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
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Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 8+ years of project management experience, especially in technology.
  • Familiarity with application development lifecycle and technical teams.
  • Proven ability to manage complex technology projects with multiple variables.
  • Experience with Agile and Waterfall methodologies, including Scrum and Kanban.
  • Proficiency in stakeholder management and maintaining communication across teams.
  • Knowledge of project management tools like Jira is advantageous.
  • Background in FX markets or financial services is a plus.

Responsibilities

  • Manage end-to-end project delivery for technical initiatives.
  • Scope and create detailed work plans in Excel or Jira, outlining tasks and timelines.
  • Lead stakeholder management and coordinate project team efforts.
  • Maintain up-to-date project plans, including RAG updates and commentary.
  • Develop and oversee a RAID log, addressing risks and issues promptly.
  • Facilitate meetings with technical teams and document key outcomes.
  • Construct project update presentations for governance committees.

Benefits

  • Opportunity to work with a diverse and inclusive team.
  • Access to advanced technology solutions and tools.
  • Chance to drive impactful projects in a leading financial institution.
  • Professional growth through exposure to global FX markets and technology innovation.
Full Job Description
About The Department

Citi has the largest FX presence of any bank globally. Our physical presence in 83 countries gives us unrivalled insight into global FX markets. Our clients benefit from this as well as unparalleled liquidity. We trade over 140 different currencies out of our 83 centers, so it's no surprise that CitiFX has the broadest range of clients out of all the major FX banks.

FX Technology develops innovative technology solutions and focuses on providing exceptional service to our clients in full partnership with our product teams. We deliver customized solutions by utilizing cutting edge technologies to deploy everything from cloud computing to mobile solutions to APIs, creating a competitive advantage for Citi, our clients, our regulators and our stakeholders.

In this fast-paced environment, our diverse and inclusive team are focused on creating solutions. We would be nothing without our people. We value their skills, motivation and experience. Increasing investment in technology has seen us roll out award winning applications, such as the award-winning Citi Velocity, an electronic trading platform that provides Citi's institutional clients with unprecedented access to capital markets intelligence and execution.

About The Team

The FX Technology Programme Management team is focused on driving delivery and execution of Projects and Programmes within FX Technology. We work with each of the technology teams across FX including e-Trading, Sales Technology and e-Commerce; also interfacing with the business counterparts that make up FX technology's major stakeholders. Our mission is to enable the technology teams to deliver great software and regularly deliver value to the business through planned initiatives both short and long term. We will drive and support execution of technical projects and programmes, which could include initiatives such as digitalisation, simplification, automation, introduction of new products and migration activities. In particular we will focus on efficiency, breaking complexity into manageable chunks, embracing Agile ways of working and providing project structure and support in a way that feels liberating to all involved.

About The Role

We are looking for a Project Manager to join our expanding Project and Program Management team. The role will include managing a technical project, several projects or a workstream on a large program, and over time could involve work across a number of different projects and programs within the FX technology space. You will work with both the central Program Management team and with the teams to ensure best practice governance is in place: establishing the project team, managing stakeholders, working with partners, creating and maintaining key project artefacts and driving successful delivery.

Key Responsibilities:
  • End to end project management of a technology project, projects or work-stream in a larger program
  • Scope work and create plans in Excel or Jira, breaking out tasks, owners, dates, milestones and RAG statuses
  • Stakeholder management and leadership of the project team or working groups involved
  • Keep project plan(s) or Jiras up to date, providing date information. RAG updates and commentary
  • Create and maintain a RAID log, raising risks, assumptions, issues and dependencies, and then driving them to resolution or escalating where support is needed
  • Chair meetings with application developers and with stakeholders, ranging from daily scrums to weekly updates to ad-hoc technical workshops
  • Take and circulate meeting minutes - including tracking attendees, key discussion points and action log
  • Create or update powerpoints where applicable, such as slides for project updates, or to input into Operating Committees and Steering Committees
  • Hosting of Operating Committees if / where applicable and presenting in other forums
  • Input into the central Program team governance processes and best practices ensuring high standard Project and Program management


Characteristics:
  • Excellent communicator who gets on well with others
  • A problem solver keen to find solutions to complex challenges
  • Exceptional organisational skills, accuracy and attention to detail
  • Proactive and keen to take ownership of activities
  • A team player able to collaborate with different teams


Experience:
  • 8+ years of project management experience. Understanding of technology and the application development lifecycle
  • Experience working with developers and technical teams
  • Experience managing complex technology projects involving technical teams and many moving parts
  • Experience managing projects in either Waterfall or Agile, with history of planning, risk mitigation and tracking
  • Ability to understand complex systems and flows
  • Stakeholder management
  • Experience with Jira or a similar tool is beneficial
  • Understanding of Agile and related methodologies such as Scrum or Kanban, including ceremonies (daily stand ups, retrospectives, sprint planning) and planning mechanisms (epics, user stories, sprints) would be highly beneficial
  • Microsoft office suite experience with Word, Excel and Powerpoint
  • Experience in FX or another Markets area is beneficial
  • Understanding of financial services industry is beneficial


Job Family Group:
Technology

Job Family:
Technology Project Management

Time Type:
Full time

About Citigroup, Inc

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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Learn more about Citigroup, Inc
Market Cap
$1.3 billion
Industry
Finance & Insurance
Net Income
$89.6 million
Founded
1812
5 Year Trend
+4.6%
NASDAQ
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