Sr. Lead Data Architect - SVP

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Citi, the leading global bank, has approximately 200 million customer accounts and does business in more than 160 countries and jurisdictions. Citi provides consumers, corporations, governments, and institutions with a broad range of financial products and services, including consumer banking and credit, corporate and investment banking, securities brokerage, transaction services, and wealth management.

As a bank with a brain and a soul, Citi creates economic value that is systemically responsible and in our clients best interests. As a financial institution that touches every region of the world and every sector that shapes your daily life, our Operations & Technology teams are charged with a mission that rivals any large tech company. Our technology solutions are the foundations of everything we do from keeping the bank safe, managing global resources, and providing the technical tools our workers need to be successful to designing our digital architecture and ensuring our platforms provide a first-class customer experience. We reimagine client and partner experiences to deliver excellence through secure, reliable, and efficient services

Citis Functions Technology is responsible for delivering Technology solutions to Citi's Functions organizations. Functions Technology mission is to optimize Citi's Technology environment by delivering world class applications, driving standardization of the production environment, reducing complexity, optimizing management of systems supporting global functions such as Compliance, Controls, Internal Audit and Risk, and introducing innovative technologies that provide new business capabilities, reduce the technology total cost of ownership, and create a competitive advantage for Citi.

Senior Data Architect

Job Description
The Senior Data Architect is responsible for planning and delivery of database architecture / design services, providing sizing and configuration assistance, performing needs assessments, database definition & structure, documentation, long-range requirements, operational guidelines, and protection. Ensures accuracy and completeness of data in master files and various support tools, and creates and tests backups. Establishes and maintains security and integrity controls. Formulates and monitors policies, procedures, and standards relating to database management. Proposes and implements enhancements that will improve the performance and reliability of the system. Excellent communication skills required in order to negotiate internally, often at a senior level. Some external communication may be necessary. Accountable for the end results of an area.

• Responsibilities:
  
• Manages data architecture and help oversee and implement the design of strategic business information architecture framework that will focus primarily on improving the availability, accessibility, quality, governance, lineage, and reliability of data used across functions at Citi.
  
• Lead the development of the information architecture principles and framework for Citis Enterprise Analytics Platform (Citis big data environment) and Enterprise Risk Management (Citis risk platform).
  
• Create and maintain formal enterprise information management requirements that include business architecture models, conceptual and logical data models, data flows, enterprise data standards, data quality, data lineage, data backup, adoption strategies, and data remediation recommendations.
  
• Create business and technical architectures that accelerates solution designs, improves quality of applications, drives data quality and interoperability, and ensures maximum utilizations of shared assets and services.
  
• Create detailed business and technical requirements documents reflecting the data needs of key business and technology initiatives at Citi.
  
• Work closely with key business SMEs to develop an in-depth understanding of their critical data needs and business impact of existing data quality and data integrity issues on a detailed level.
  
• Works on proof of concepts and implementation of data stores.
  
• Recognize the patterns of data needs across multiple business requirements and determine how to address these requirements using an effective and efficient business data architecture.
  
• Work closely with key technology SMEs to address business and technical architecture requirements.
  
• Soft skills required to work with an executive team: high level communication skills, influence management, and good presentation ability.
  
• 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 well as effectively supervise the activity of others and create accountability with those who fail to maintain these standards.

• Qualifications:
  
• 10+ years Banking, Financial Services experience
  
• Excellent communications skills
  
• Demonstrated facility to interact and work effectively with diverse teams
  
• Ability to lead projects with multiple counterparts across organizations
  
• Ability to work under pressure, facilitate discussions and conduct group meetings

Education:
Bachelors/University degree or equivalent experience, potentially Masters degree/MBA

This job description provides a high-level review of the types of work performed. Other job-related duties may be assigned as required.

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In addition to salary, Citis 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.

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