Product Developer Lead Specialist managing product development lifecycle at Citi. Focused on new products and features based on market trends and client needs.
Responsibilities
The Product Development Senior Specialist is responsible for 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 executes on 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
Identifies, gathers, and organizes client insights, internal innovation ideas, marketplace analyses and trends to drive to new concepts
Creates a product vision aligned to business priorities and corresponding road-map to delivery
Follows market, industry and client trends to own field and adapts them for application Citi’s products and solutions platforms
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 and other stakeholders to fulfill the delivery objectives
Manages and implements a wide variety of products and solutions
Identifies solutions ranging across data analytics, reporting, CRM, Trade Workflows and trade processing
Has responsibility to deliver direct business results and advice regarding product development that necessitates a degree of responsibility over technical strategy
Partners with business leaders and a widely distributed global user community to define and implement solutions
Creates project plans, business and technical requirements documents for product execution
Has direct interaction with sales, business managers and technology, 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
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.
Requirements
6-10 years of experience
Familiarity with the Fiserv platform, ideally with experience in pricing and promotions management within that ecosystem, or broader knowledge of Fiserv's financial services solutions.
Proven ability in research analysis, with a strong aptitude for investigating and understanding the underlying rationale behind established parameters and configurations.
Intellectual curiosity, analytical and conceptual thinker
Proactively seeks and develops new opportunities
Attention to detail and process/analytic mindset
Ability to build networks and relationships internally and externally
Familiarity with product development methodologies
Direct experience in end-to-end project delivery, preferably in product development, and knowledge of various analytical tools including Qlikview, Tableau, Access
Comfortable with performing data investigations that require a high degree of accuracy with tight timescales
Ability to create business analysis, troubleshoot data quality issues, and conduct exploratory and descriptive analysis of business datasets
Ability to structure and break down problems, develop solutions, and to drive to results
Process Management knowledge with a propensity for detail and comprehensiveness of content
Ability to collaborate and clearly communicate with team members of an organization
Project Management skills with experience leading large cross functional initiatives
Generation of reports and presentations for management
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
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