Technical Solution Analyst Product Owner VP

Citi • Tampa, FL

1d • $138,720 - $208,080 • Hybrid

About The Position

The Technical Solutions Analyst, Product Owner, VP is a strategic technology professional who contributes to business and technology direction and serves as a recognized technical authority in an area of the business. The role provides advice on technology and operations, influences colleagues and occasional external customers, and delivers work with significant impact on the performance and effectiveness of the relevant area. It requires commercial awareness, strong communication and diplomacy, and independent judgment.

The position leads and guides architecture and engineering work across large-scale or multiple development efforts. It provides architectural guidance, design and code reviews, reusable design patterns, and engineering best practices for Agile, Plan of Record (POR), and Next Gen Architecture (NGA) projects. The role collaborates with business stakeholders, TPMs, engineering managers, and SDEs to assess risks, resolve blockers, make trade-offs, and deliver strategic technology outcomes. Product definition and technical planning are explicitly out of scope.

The position is part of Citi’s global engineering organization and supports large-scale, next-generation digital architecture initiatives. It is hybrid, with three days in the office and two days working remotely each week, and is based in Irving, Texas. The listed full-time salary range is $138,720 to $208,080. Eligible employees may also receive discretionary and formulaic incentive and retention awards.

Requirements

• At least 6 years of relevant experience in software or application development, or equivalent senior-level experience in enterprise architecture with deep subject-matter expertise.
• Proven expertise across cloud platforms such as AWS, PCF, and Akamai, applying broader architecture patterns to enterprise-scale problems.
• Advanced knowledge of algorithms, data structures, distributed systems, and networking to architect and scale complex solutions.
• Ability to automate code quality checks, performance testing, and build processes within CI/CD pipelines.
• Understanding of financial-industry technology practices and modern architecture approaches, including cloud-native and microservices patterns.
• Bachelor’s or university degree.

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree preferred.

Responsibilities

• Execute and drive results on large-scale efforts or multiple smaller efforts, serving as a development lead for most medium and large projects.
• Apply application development methodologies and standards across program analysis, design, coding, testing, debugging, and implementation.
• Understand client core business functions and consult end users to identify system specifications for system design and delivery.
• Use knowledge across technology areas to achieve technical objectives, working independently and making decisions with significant business impact.
• Collaborate with TPMs and engineering managers to identify schedule risks and help plan and manage application development assignments, including large-budget, cross-functional, or multiple projects.
• Analyze technical and business risks and impacts, communicate them to business owners, and support informed decisions.
• Provide architectural guidance during preplanning, ensure principles and best practices are followed, and evaluate Digital roadmaps and impacts on upcoming journeys.
• Publish design review extensions and documented guidance aligned with sprint plans and timelines.
• Participate in the design review board, identify generic patterns, and share best practices across the organization.
• Publish design patterns across lines of business and common domains, and drive design reviews for NGA and POR projects.
• Participate in microservices and NGA code reviews.
• Mentor and coach SDEs and their teams.
• Understand business domains, systems, and products, including their accountabilities, boundaries, limitations, scale factors, and architectural rationale.
• Provide a long-term perspective on business and technology choices and use technical judgment to vet architecture.
• Guide teams in developing systems that use hardware and other resources efficiently, including runtime, performance, load, and memory.
• Make broader design decisions and develop long-term strategies that influence development processes and standards.
• Conduct design reviews for Citi Agile and POR projects and code reviews for NGA projects; promote and communicate design patterns applicable to NGA architectures and solutions.
• Provide architectural guidance to SDEs in alignment with best practices, CTO guidelines, and platform standards.
• Clarify direction and provide architectural guidance when business or technical strategy is undefined; conduct reviews for projects assigned to the relevant line of business.
• Drive strategy and coordinate teams inside and outside the organization to deliver expected results; facilitate stakeholder discussions and timely trade-off decisions balancing effort, timelines, features, and technical constraints.
• Identify and remove blockers, create delivery plans, manage dependencies between Agile and waterfall efforts, and organize teams to maximize resources across the Digital organization.
• Apply engineering best practices throughout the software development lifecycle (SDLC).
• Communicate metrics on design reviews, code reviews, CI/CD, and design-pattern adoption.
• Communicate progress, anticipate bottlenecks, manage escalations, and identify, assess, track, and mitigate issues and risks at multiple levels.
• Resolve differing views through constructive dialogue and demonstrate continuous improvement, technology adoption, and influence beyond the role’s own scrum team.
• Assess risk in business decisions, protect the firm’s reputation and clients and assets, comply with applicable laws, rules, regulations, and policies, apply sound ethical judgment, and transparently escalate, manage, and report control issues.

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
• Structured learning and development opportunities
• Programs supporting financial wellbeing, family support, and work-life balance

What This Job Offers

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