GenAI Development Group Manager, SVP

Citi • Irving, TX

1d • Onsite

About The Position

Citi, a leading global bank with approximately 200 million customer accounts across more than 160 countries, offers a broad range of financial products and services including consumer banking, corporate and investment banking, securities brokerage, transaction services, and wealth management. Citi's Enterprise Operations & Technology teams are tasked with providing technology solutions that are foundational to the bank's operations, ensuring safety, managing global resources, providing technical tools for employees, designing digital architecture, and delivering a first-class customer experience. The company emphasizes diversity, respect, merit-based promotion, and personal development, seeking innovators who bring their authentic selves to work and are problem solvers. The GenAI Development Group Manager is a hands-on senior management position responsible for leading a team or department to establish and implement new or revised application systems and programs in coordination with the Technology Team. The primary objective is to drive applications systems analysis and programming activities within the Common Platforms domain of the Operations Technology group at Citi.

Requirements

• 10+ years of relevant experience in applications development
• Experience in managing an application development team, including budget and performance management
• Forecast future technology needs and make strategic recommendations to maintain competitive advantage and efficiency.
• Solid understanding of GenAI principles and architectures, coupled with proficiency in frameworks and libraries (e.g., TensorFlow, PyTorch, Hugging Face Transformers) and MLOps practices for managing the lifecycle of GenAI solutions.
• Primary coding expertise in Python, with extensive hands‑on development experience.
• Strong background in GenAI, including working with LLMs, Google Gemini, and vector databases (e.g., FAISS, Pinecone, Chroma)
• Hands-on Coding Manager able to lead by example—driving architecture, reviewing code, mentoring engineers, and contributing directly to development.
• Experience building and supporting microservices-based applications (secondary skill set).
• Proven ability to design and implement new applications leveraging Angular, Python, and microservices architectures.
• Strong understanding of cloud-native development, API design, and modern software engineering best practices.
• Ability to collaborate with cross-functional teams, translate business requirements into technical solutions, and deliver scalable, resilient systems.
• Experience managing global technology teams
• Working knowledge of industry practices and standards
• Consistently demonstrates clear and concise written and verbal communication
• Bachelor’s degree/University degree or equivalent experience

Nice To Haves

• experience in designing retrieval‑augmented solutions is highly preferred.
• Master’s degree preferred

Responsibilities

• Manage multiple teams of professionals to accomplish established goals and conduct personnel duties for team (e.g. performance evaluations, hiring and disciplinary actions)
• Provide strategic influence and exercise control over resources, budget management and planning while monitoring end results
• Utilize in-depth knowledge of concepts and procedures within own area and basic knowledge of other areas to resolve issues
• Ensure essential procedures are followed and contribute to defining standards
• Integrate in-depth knowledge of applications development with overall technology function to achieve established goals
• Provide evaluative judgement based on analysis of facts in complicated, unique, and dynamic situations including drawing from internal and external sources
• Influence and negotiate with senior leaders across functions, as well as communicate with external parties as necessary
• 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.
• Oversee the performance, growth, and development of individual managers, providing mentorship, coaching, and career guidance.
• Establish and champion a culture of continuous learning, knowledge sharing, and technical excellence within the engineering organization.
• Champion Agile/Scrum methodologies and foster a continuous delivery mindset within the full-stack development organization.
• Define and communicate the technical vision and strategy for the full-stack development teams, aligning with overall business objectives.
• Drive innovation and adoption of best practices in Angular, Python, Microservices, Spring Boot, and related technologies across multiple teams.
• Provide high-level technical guidance and architectural oversight for major Angular frontend and Python backend initiatives, ensuring scalability, reliability, and maintainability.
• Facilitate technical discussions and decision-making processes, ensuring alignment with architectural principles and engineering best practices.
• Stay abreast of emerging trends and technologies in the full-stack ecosystem (e.g., new Angular features, Spring Boot advancements, microservices patterns) and guide teams on adoption where appropriate.
• Act as a primary liaison between engineering, product management, and other business units, translating technical complexities into clear business implications.
• Communicate effectively with executive leadership on team performance, project status, and strategic initiatives.

Benefits

• discretionary and formulaic incentive and retention awards
• medical, dental & vision coverage
• 401(k)
• life, accident, and disability insurance
• wellness programs
• paid time off packages, including planned time off (vacation), unplanned time off (sick leave), and paid holidays

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees