Central Product Lead - OM AI

Citi • New York, NY

1d • $163,600 - $245,400

About The Position

The Central Product Lead serves as the strategic product authority for common capabilities within the AI PDLC Working Group. The role ensures that capability requirements, solution blueprints, and delivery outputs remain aligned with the program’s overall target state. Acting as the connective layer between Discipline Product Leads, POD teams, and executive sponsors, the Central Product Lead is accountable for requirements coherence, commonality optimization, and end-to-end benefits traceability across the program lifecycle.

Requirements

• 8–12+ years of product management experience.
• 3–5 years in a senior or lead finance or enterprise technology role.
• Understanding of AI/ML product development lifecycles, agentic workflows, and enterprise platforms.
• Experience managing product strategy across multiple concurrent workstreams.
• Strong executive communication skills and comfort engaging with Executive Sponsors and OpCo.
• Familiarity with 1LOD/2LOD/3LOD governance frameworks in regulated environments.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with AI PDLC frameworks or enterprise AI transformation programs.
• Background in Finance, Banking, or FinTech product management.
• Familiarity with OKRs and benefits realization frameworks.
• Experience with cross-functional POD structures and Agile/SAFe delivery models.

Responsibilities

• Own alignment of capabilities to the overall target state and solution blueprints.
• Drive benefits traceability from ideation through delivery.
• Champion the product vision at Working Group level.
• Facilitate cross-capability dependency resolution.
• Interface with Discipline Leads, POD PMs, and Executive Sponsors.
• Partner with the Central PM on milestone status and escalations.
• Report progress and benefits alignment to OpCo.
• Coordinate with AI Architect and UX Leads on feasibility.
• Ensure commonality and reusability of requirements across capabilities.
• Review and validate acceptance criteria from Primary Product Leads.
• Translate strategy into actionable requirements for Pods.
• Optimize requirements for cross-discipline alignment.
• Monitor progress and surface risks to Executive Sponsors.
• Ensure 1LOD/2LOD/3LOD governance considerations are reflected.
• Prioritize cross-capability decisions and escalations.
• Maintain program integrity across all capability deliverables.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• 401(k).
• Life, accident, and disability insurance.
• Wellness programs.
• Paid time off, including vacation, sick leave, and paid holidays.
• Eligible employees may receive discretionary and formulaic incentive and retention awards.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed