Head of AI Strategy - Firmwide AI

Citi • New York, NY

2d • $250,000 - $500,000 • Onsite

About The Position

Citi is establishing a new, unified firmwide AI organization under a newly created Group Head of Artificial Intelligence. This role merges the firm's Head of AI and CTO responsibilities into a single executive accountable for AI-led transformation across every business and function. The Head of AI Strategy leads the Office of AI Strategy, responsible for setting the firm's holistic AI strategy and ensuring its coherent connection to every business and function across Citi. As principal strategist to the Group Head of AI, this leader will define Citi's AI ambition, investment areas, partner choices, and methods for unlocking cross-franchise AI value. This is a C-16 mandate to architect and own the strategic agenda for a significant transformation in global financial services.

Requirements

• 15+ years of progressive leadership experience, including senior roles in strategy, AI/technology product leadership, or top-tier strategy consulting, with material exposure to Financial Services.
• Structured thinking - proven ability to take ambiguous, firm-wide problems and produce clear strategy, prioritized roadmaps, and measurable execution plans.
• Deep AI and Financial Services fluency - credible technical understanding of modern AI (LLMs, agentic systems, AI infrastructure, data) combined with genuine understanding of how a global bank makes money, manages risk, and is regulated.
• Strong executive presence - credible at Board, regulator, and Operating Committee level; able to be a peer to individual business CEOs and to the Group Head of AI.
• Cross-franchise influencer - proven ability to drive alignment across multiple business lines without direct authority, and to broker trade-offs at scale.
• Strong financial acumen - fluent in business cases, ROI, capital allocation, and the commercial drivers of a complex global firm.
• Excellent communication - able to author and deliver the firm's AI narrative to highly diverse audiences, from engineers to regulators to the Board.
• Bachelor's degree required, preferably in a quantitative, business, or technology discipline.

Nice To Haves

• MBA, advanced technical degree, or equivalent strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Own the development, articulation, and continuous evolution of Citi's holistic, firm-wide AI strategy, connected to every business and function and aligned to the firm's broader strategic and digital transformation agenda.
• Translate business-line AI ambitions and P&L objectives into a single, coherent cross-franchise AI strategy and investment thesis for executive review.
• Define the firm's strategic point of view on the AI market, including model and infrastructure choices, 'build vs. buy vs. partner' frameworks, and the implications of frontier AI on Citi's competitive positioning.
• Develop the executive narrative and supporting metrics for Citi's AI agenda for various stakeholders including the Board, regulators, investors, employees, clients, and the market.
• Serve as a senior strategic partner to business-line CEOs and their leadership teams on AI, translating their P&L priorities into the firm's AI agenda and ensuring their voice shapes the cross-franchise strategy.
• Lead the firm-wide AI roadmap and product prioritization process, ensuring capital and engineering capacity are directed to high-impact initiatives.
• Partner with Finance to establish analytical frameworks, business cases, and prioritization criteria for evaluating AI investments across the firm.
• Curate and manage Citi's strategic AI partnerships, including hyperscalers, frontier-model providers, enterprise AI vendors, and AI startups.
• Maintain a continuous market-scanning capability to identify emerging partners, technologies, and disruptive plays relevant to financial services.

Benefits

• 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: Executive