Product Architect - MRD Common Platform Transformation (Director)

Citi; Dublin; On-site; EUR 130,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous holiday allowance

Annual performance bonus

Private medical insurance

Pension plan

Job summary

Citi in Dublin is seeking a Product Architect (Director) to lead the MRD Common Platform Transformation and a small team of architects. This role drives cloud-first AWS and Databricks architectures for enterprise data across Legal Entities, Customers, Accounts, Product Agreements, and Market Data.

The candidate negotiates at a senior level, delivering incremental, Agile deployments and earning trust through transparent governance and high-quality solutions.

Qualifications

• AWS Solutions Architect Professional certification required; AI/ML certifications preferred.
• 15+ years in enterprise data architecture or software engineering.
• 8-10+ years managing highly skilled technical teams.
• Ability to maintain momentum and minimize attrition through leadership.
• Deep understanding of modern engineering practices (Active-Active, Blue-Green, Serverless).

Responsibilities

• Define and execute a 3-5 year product architectural roadmap for MRD platform.
• Lead design of high-performance data ingestion, distribution, and access with Databricks.
• Direct and mentor a team of senior Product Architects.
• Partner with senior stakeholders globally to align platform with business priorities.
• Provide architectural governance for multi-year programs with budgets over $20MM.
• Ensure risk, security, data governance, and regulatory compliance.
• Collaborate with AWS/Databricks teams to drive platform innovation.
• Ensure operational stability and disaster recovery for the MRD platform.

Skills

Cloud architecture

Team leadership

Stakeholder management

Strategic planning

Agile governance

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree preferred

Tools

AWS

Databricks

Active-Active

Blue-Green Deployments

Serverless

Job description

The Product Architect - MRD Common Platform Transformation (Director) in Dublin manages a small team of highly skilled product architects. The MRD Common Platform Transformation acts as the backbone of data ingestion, distribution, and access of enterprise master and reference data in the area of Legal Entities, Customers, Accounts, Product Agreements, and Market Data (instruments, Prices, Corporate Actions). This role is responsible for executing the sub-function's strategic direction, driving cloud-first AWS and Databricks architectures. The candidate must negotiate at a senior level and earn stakeholder trust through incremental, agile deployments.

Responsibilities

• Strategic Architectural Leadership: Define and execute the 3-5 year product architectural roadmap for the MRD Common Platform, aligning with Citi's enterprise data strategy.
• Platform Design & Modern Engineering: Lead the Product Development Lifecycle and specification of high-performance, scalable data ingestion, distribution, and access capabilities, leveraging Databricks for utility components and implementing state-of-the-art engineering practices (Active-Active, Blue-Green, Serverless, and AI-assisted development).
• Team Management & Technical Leadership: Direct, mentor, and develop a high-performing team of senior Product Architects, fostering a culture of technical excellence, continuous learning, and modern engineering standards.
• Stakeholder Management & Trust: Partner with senior business and technology stakeholders globally to negotiate architectural decisions, align platform capabilities with business priorities, and earn trust through transparent, incremental, and agile deployments.
• Financial & Program Governance: Provide architectural oversight and governance for multi-year, geographically distributed programs with annual budgets exceeding $20MM, ensuring optimal resource allocation and cloud cost-efficiency (AWS/Databricks consumption).
• Risk, Compliance & Security: Ensure all architectural designs strictly adhere to Citi's risk management frameworks, information security standards, data governance policies, and global regulatory compliance requirements.
• Vendor & Technology Partnership: Collaborate with strategic internal/external partner teams (e.g., AWS, Databricks) and internal infrastructure teams to evaluate emerging technologies, drive platform innovation, and optimize the technology stack.
• Operational Stability & Resilience: Accountable for the architectural integrity, stability, and disaster recovery capabilities of the MRD platform, ensuring zero-downtime operations through robust, resilient design patterns.

Qualifications

• Required: AWS Certification to the highest level in Architecture (AWS Certified Solutions Architect - Professional) and AI/Machine Learning (AWS Certified Machine Learning - Specialty or AWS Certified AI Specialty).
• Proven track record of successfully designing and delivering solutions for multi-year programs across geographically spread teams, with budgets in excess of $20MM/annum.
• 15+ years of experience in enterprise data architecture or software engineering, including 8-10+ years of experience managing highly skilled technical teams.
• Ability to maintain momentum, manage a small team of highly skilled product architects, and minimize attrition through strong technical leadership.
• Deep understanding of modern engineering practices, including Active-Active Architectures, Blue-Green Deployments, and Serverless Architectures.
• Ability to adapt to various situations, rapidly assimilate and report on complex information while creating a future vision.

Education

• Bachelor’s/University degree, Master’s degree preferred and managerial experience.

What we can offer you

We work hard to have a positive financial and social impact on the communities we serve. In turn, we put our employees first and provide the best-in-class benefits they need to be well, live well and save well.

By joining Citi Dublin, you will not only be part of a business casual workplace with a hybrid working model (up to 2 days working at home per week), but also receive a competitive base salary (annually reviewed), and enjoy a whole host of additional benefits such as:

• Generous holiday allowance starting at 27 days plus bank holidays; increasing with tenure.
• A discretional annual performance related bonus
• Private medical insurance packages to suit your personal circumstances.
• Employee Assistance Program
• Pension Plan
• Paid Parental Leave
• Exclusive discounts for employees, family, and friends
• Access to an array of learning and development resources

Alongside these benefits Citi is committed to ensuring our workplace is where everyone feels comfortable coming to work as their whole self every day. We want the best talent around the world to be energised to join us, motivated to stay, and empowered to thrive.

Sounds like Citi has everything you need?

Job Family Group

Product Management and Development

Job Family

Product Development

Time Type

Full time

Primary Location Full Time Salary Range

130 000,00 € - 230 000,00 €

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