Prime Swap Technology Product Specialist

Citi • Jersey City, NJ

20h • Onsite

About The Position

Prime Brokerage Technology provides solutions that underpin the operations of our clients and traders that provide the foundation of our Prime Finance business. This is an area of great opportunity and is a major growth target for Citi – with technology providing the key to unlock this potential. The Swap Technology Product Specialist is a Vice President level position within the Prime Brokerage Technology group at Citi. This is a high-impact role that sits at the intersection of technology and the Synthetic Prime Brokerage business, acting as the critical bridge between the development organisation and its key stakeholders.

Requirements

• 7 plus years of overall experience.
• Strong understanding of the Prime Brokerage business model, with demonstrable expertise in Synthetic Prime Brokerage / Equity Swap products
• Understanding of technology platform functional architecture — the ability to understand how systems are structured, what they are capable of, and how data flows between components
• Experience working across the Software Development Life Cycle (SDLC) in an agile manner.
• Proven ability to build trusted relationships across a diverse stakeholder group spanning technology and business functions
• Strong communication skills — able to adapt, register and language depending on the audience
• Demonstrated ability to work under pressure, managing multiple competing priorities and adapting quickly as circumstances change
• Self-motivated, with the ability to take initiative, operate with a degree of autonomy, and master new subject matter quickly
• Collaborative working style, with an appreciation for operating as part of a geographically distributed team

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary US-based technology representative for the Synthetic/Swap product domain within Prime Brokerage Technology
• Translate business needs and product requirements into well-informed technology narratives, ensuring that proposed solutions are grounded in a realistic understanding of platform capabilities
• Enable the development organisation to deliver effectively by ensuring that requirements arriving at the dev team are well-understood, technically feasible, and appropriately scoped
• Contribute to the definition of the functional architecture of the Swap technology platform, helping to shape how the platform evolves to meet business needs
• Influence and negotiate with stakeholders across business and technology, building trusted relationships that enable effective prioritisation and delivery
• Contribute to roadmap planning and prioritisation discussions, providing informed input on the technology implications of business requests
• 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 behaviour, conduct and business practices, and escalating, managing and reporting control issues with transparency

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: Manager