Project Management Lead

Citigroup Inc.; Belfast City District; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working model: 3 days in office

Learning and development resources

Grow analytical and governance skills

Work across finance, sourcing and tech

Wellbeing support and work-lifebalance

Competitive financial benefits and a奖励

Job summary

Citi is seeking a Project Management Lead to guide large, complex initiatives within a global financial services environment. You will work across Customer, Sales, Engineering, and Manufacturing to define scope, deliverables, and milestones with a strong focus on governance and value realization.

The role offers a hybrid work model (3 days in office, 2 remote) and opportunities to grow in data analytics and strategic governance within a high-performing team.

Qualifications

• Requires 6-10 years of project management experience, preferably in financial services.
• PMP certification strongly preferred; Six Sigma a plus.
• Ability to develop project plans and manage deadlines and goals.
• Knowledge of project metrics including reporting, trend analysis, and metrics.
• Ability to identify issues, generate solutions, and perform root cause analysis.
• Manage scope by assessing changes and impacts on budget, time, and risk.

Responsibilities

• Manages a large multi-faceted project or multiple projects simultaneously.
• Owns project goals and inspires shared purpose within the team.
• Organizes new challenges and drives business results.
• Creates and maintains project plans to fit stakeholder needs and budgets.
• Drives end results as a representative of the business.
• Coordinates with Customer, Sales, Engineering and Manufacturing to define scope and objectives.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder management

Risk assessment

Root cause analysis

Communication

Leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree preferred

Tools

MS Office

MS Project

Visio

Adobe Acrobat Pro

Job description

The Project Management Lead is a strategic professional who stays abreast of developments within own field and contributes to directional strategy by considering their application in own job and the business. Recognized technical authority for an area within the business. Requires basic commercial awareness, developed communication and diplomacy skills in order to guide, influence and convince others, in particular colleagues in other areas and occasional external customers.

Responsibilities:

• Manages a large multi-faceted project/account/campaign or multiple projects at the same time.
• Owns project goals leveraging expertise to inspire a sense of shared purpose within the project team.
• Organizes new challenges and drive business results.
• Uses best practice PMO methodology to create a project plan to fit the stakeholders/customers' needs and deliver within budget on desired outcomes.
• Drives end results of the project as a representative of the business.
• Works closely with the Customer, Sales Team, Engineering and Manufacturing to define a project scope and objectives for project members.
• Prepares, maintains, and submits clear and concise activity/progress reports and time recording/management reports.
• Defines, teaches, and enforces the use of good project management practices such as techniques in resolving complex, interdependent activities into tasks and sub-tasks that are documented, monitored and controlled.
• Identifies and where required amends the approach to the context and constraints of each project.
• Constantly improving their own and their teams' skills through lessons-learned reviews at project completion.
• Articulates problems, bring the right people together to solve problems and know when the problem has been properly addressed and closed.
• Promotes partner involvement through effectively communicating project status upward and to the Client.
• Communicates to all concerned parties project milestones, status updates, as well as any existing or potential customer escalation issues.
• Proactively follows escalation and change control processes.

Qualifications:

• 6-10 years of project management experience - preferably from a mortgage or financial services environment
• PMP certification strongly preferred, Six Sigma a plus.
• Ability to develop project plans, manage individual deadlines and goals.
• Knowledge of project metrics, including gathering, reporting, trend analysis, creation, and metrics.
• Ability to identify issues and problems, generate solutions and choose appropriate alternatives using basic root cause analysis.
• Manage project scope by assessing requirements changes, determining and conveying impact on budget, time and risk.
• Manage client expectations, anticipates operational and tactical risks and tracks them; clarify, identify, and track requirements and issues, remove barriers, resolve minor project issues and escalates to immediate manager where required.
• Proficient in MS Office applications, MS Project, VISIO, Adobe Acrobat Professional.
• Stays abreast of current industry trends and new technology through professional associations, trade journals, networking, and associated training and seminars.

Education:

• Bachelor's/University degree, Master's degree preferred

What we can offer:

At Citi, you will work at the intersection of data, finance, and commercial strategy, contributing to decisions that have real impact across a global organization. This role offers meaningful autonomy, cross-functional collaboration, and the opportunity to grow your analytical and governance expertise within a high-performing team.

• A hybrid working model with 3 days in the office and 2 days working remotely, giving you flexibility alongside team connection.
• Exposure to complex, high-value commercial and financial decisions that directly shape vendor strategy at a global scale.
• Access to learning and development resources that support your growth in data analytics, financial governance, and emerging technologies.
• The opportunity to work across finance, sourcing, and technology functions, broadening your professional network and cross-functional expertise.
• Wellbeing support and work-life balance initiatives designed to help you perform at your best.
• Competitive financial benefits and a rewards package aligned to your experience and contribution.

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Job Family Group:

Project and Program Management

Job Family:

Project Management

Time Type:

Full time

Most Relevant Skills

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