Product Developer - Director

Citi • New York, NY

2d

About The Position

Provides advanced judgment and conducts in-depth quantitative or qualitative analysis to solve problems and develop new, innovative solutions. The Product Developer is responsible for all 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 manages 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 This role will also define and manage product development processes, scope product releases, identify new opportunities to address business priorities, incorporating regulatory and compliance requirements and investment tracking Creates a product vision aligned to business priorities and corresponding road-map to delivery 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, Sales and senior stakeholders to fulfill the delivery objectives Manages and implements a wide variety of products and solutions Has responsibility to deliver significant direct business results and authoritative advice regarding product development that necessitates a degree of responsibility over technical strategy Partners with senior business leaders and a widely distributed global user community to define and implement solutions Creates clear and specific project plans, business and technical requirements documents for product execution Has direct interaction with business managers, technology, and sales 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

Requirements

• 15+ years of experience, including 8-10+ years' managerial experience
• Proven track record of successfully managing in a large and complex business
• Intellectual curiosity, analytical and conceptual
• Proactively seeks and develops new opportunities
• Thorough financial acumen and P&L management experience
• Excellent analytical, interpretive and problem solving skills
• Proven track record of bringing diverse groups and perspectives to work against a common goal
• Ability to maintain momentum and minimize client attrition
• Process Management knowledge with a propensity for detail and comprehensiveness of content
• Ability to collaborate and clearly communicate with senior members of an organization
• Project Management skills with experience leading large cross functional initiatives
• Proven track record as change agent, with ability to encourage and embrace innovative ideas and solutions
• Self-aware with ability to adapt to various situations, rapidly assimilate and report on complex information while creating a future vision
• Bachelor's/University degree

Nice To Haves

• Knowledge of Forecasting platforms, database management and tools is preferred, not required
• Master's degree preferred

Responsibilities

• Developing business cases
• Requirements definition (BRDs)
• Product enhancements innovation
• Feature and functionality definition based on market and industry research and trends and client needs
• Managing the end-to-end product development lifecycle
• Scoping product releases
• Agreeing to and tracking business priorities
• Incorporating regulatory and compliance requirements and investment tracking
• Defining and managing product development processes
• Identifying new opportunities to address business priorities
• Creating a product vision aligned to business priorities and corresponding road-map to delivery
• Conceptualizing, planning, prioritizing, coordinating design and delivery of products or features to product release
• Serving as product ambassador within user community
• Working in close co-ordination with Technology, Business Managers, Sales and senior stakeholders to fulfill the delivery objectives
• Managing and implementing a wide variety of products and solutions
• Delivering significant direct business results and authoritative advice regarding product development that necessitates a degree of responsibility over technical strategy
• Partnering with senior business leaders and a widely distributed global user community to define and implement solutions
• Creating clear and specific project plans, business and technical requirements documents for product execution
• Having direct interaction with business managers, technology, and sales to understand their long term vision, discuss industry trends, and incorporate them into the product & solutions strategy
• Focusing on controls and governance, including performing Need-to-Know based security and access reviews, Access Approvals, controls testing and documentation

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director