**Product Developer Lead Specialist** Are you looking for a career move that will put you at the heart of a global financial institution? Then bring your skills in Applications Development to Citi's Apps Dev team! By Joining Citi, you will become part of a global organisation whose mission is to serve as a trusted partner to our clients by responsibly providing financial services that enable growth and economic progress. **Team/Role Overview** The Product Dev Lead Specialist 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. **What you’ll do** + The Product Development Senior Specialist is responsible for activities related to the development of new products and/or features and functionality of products including developing business cases, requirements definition (BRDs), product enhancements innovation, feature and functionality definition based on market and industry research and trends and client needs + This role executes on the end-to-end product development lifecycle and will also scope product releases, agreeing to and tracking business priorities, incorporating regulatory and compliance requirements and investment tracking + Identifies, gathers, and organizes client insights, internal innovation ideas, marketplace analyses and trends to drive to new concepts + Creates a product vision aligned to business priorities and corresponding road-map to delivery + Follows market, industry and client trends to own field and adapts them for application Citi’s products and solutions platforms + Conceptualizes, plans, prioritizes, coordinates design and delivery of products or features to product release, and serves as product ambassador within user community + Works in close co-ordination with Technology, Business Managers and other stakeholders to fulfill the delivery objectives + Manages and implements a wide variety of products and solutions + Identifies solutions ranging across data analytics, reporting, CRM, Trade Workflows and trade processing + Has responsibility to deliver direct business results and advice regarding product development that necessitates a degree of responsibility over technical strategy + Partners with business leaders and a widely distributed global user community to define and implement solutions + Creates project plans, business and technical requirements documents for product execution + Has direct interaction with sales, business managers and technology, to understand their long term vision, discuss industry trends, and incorporate them into the product & solutions strategy + Focuses on controls and governance, including performing Need-to-Know based security and access reviews, Access Approvals, controls testing and documentation + 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. **What we’ll need from you** + 6-10 years of experience + Intellectual curiosity, analytical and conceptual thinker + Proactively seeks and develops new opportunities + Attention to detail and process/analytic mindset + Ability to build networks and relationships internally and externally + Familiarity with product development methodologies + Direct experience in end-to-end project delivery, preferably in product development + Comfortable with performing data investigations that require a high degree of accuracy with tight timescales + Ability to create business analysis, troubleshoot data quality issues, and conduct exploratory and descriptive analysis of business datasets + Ability to structure and break down problems, develop solutions, and to drive to results + Process Management knowledge with a propensity for detail and comprehensiveness of content + Ability to collaborate and clearly communicate with team members of an organization + Project Management skills with experience leading large cross functional initiatives + Generation of reports and presentations for management0 + Bachelor's/University degree, Master's degree preferred **What we can offer you** By joining Citi Solutions Center Poland, you will not only be part of a business casual workplace with a hybrid working model (up to 2 days working at home per week), but also receive a competitive base salary (which is annually reviewed) and enjoy a whole host of additional benefits such as: + Private Medical Care Program + Life Insurance Program + Pension Plan contribution (PPE Program) + Employee Assistance Program + Paid Parental Leave Program (maternity and paternity leave) + Sport Card + Holidays Allowance + Sport and team recreation activities + Special offers and discounts for employees + Access to an array of learning and development resources + A discretional annual performance related bonus + A chance to make a difference with various affinity networks and charity initiatives Alongside these benefits Citi is committed to ensuring our workplace is where everyone feels comfortable coming to work as their whole self every day. We want the best talent around the world to be energized to join us, motivated to stay, and empowered to thrive. **Sounds like Citi has everything you need? Then apply to discover the true extent of your capabilities.** \#LI-SM9 ------------------------------------------------------ **Job Family Group:** Technology ------------------------------------------------------ **Job Family:** Applications Development ------------------------------------------------------ **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._ _If you are a person with a disability and need a reasonable accommodation to use our search tools and/or apply for a career opportunity review_ _Accessibility at Citi (https://www.citigroup.com/citi/accessibility/application-accessibility.htm)_ _._ _View Citi’s_ _EEO Policy Statement (https://www.citigroup.com/global/eeo-aa-policy)_ _and the_ _Know Your Rights (https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2023-06/22-088\_EEOC\_KnowYourRights6.12ScreenRdr.pdf)_ _poster._ Citi is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. 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