Application Development Senior Manager Banking Operations - Senior Vice President

Citibank (Switzerland) AG; Chennai District; On-site; Confidential; Full time

Job summary

Citi in Chennai area seeks an Applications Development Group Manager to lead and coordinate multiple software development teams, aligning projects with technology strategy. You will steer resource planning, risk assessment and performance management for complex programs that drive application systems and platforms.

The role requires deep technical leadership, strong communication with product owners, and a proven ability to influence senior stakeholders while upholding governance and quality

Qualifications

• 10+ years of relevant experience in applications development and leadership.
• Strong knowledge of J2EE, SpringBoot, RDBMS, and cloud platforms.
• Experience guiding AI-driven development and working with LLMs architectures.

Responsibilities

• Lead multiple teams to achieve established goals and conduct personnel duties.
• Provide strategic influence and manage resources, budget and planning.
• Resolve complex issues using deep domain knowledge and cross‑functional collaboration.
• Ensure procedures are followed and contribute to standards.
• Integrate applications development with technology functions to reach goals.
• Provide evaluative judgement from data in dynamic situations.
• Negotiate with senior leaders and communicate with external parties.
• Assess risk and drive compliance, safeguarding Citigroup's reputation and assets.

Skills

J2EE framework

SpringBoot

RDBMS

Cloud (GCP/OpenShift)

AI prompting

LLMs architecture

Python

Pandas

Hugging Face

Copilot

Devin.AI

Education

Bachelor’s degree/University degree or equivalent experience

Master’s degree preferred

Tools

J2EE

OpenShift

GCP

Job description

The Applications Development Group Manager is a senior management level position responsible for accomplishing results through the management of a team or department in an effort to establish and implement new or revised application systems and programs in coordination with the Technology Team. The overall objective of this role is to drive applications systems analysis and programming activities.

Responsibilities

• Manage multiple teams of professionals to accomplish established goals and conduct personnel duties for team (e.g. performance evaluations, hiring and disciplinary actions)
• Provide strategic influence and exercise control over resources, budget management and planning while monitoring end results
• Utilize in-depth knowledge of concepts and procedures within own area and basic knowledge of other areas to resolve issues
• Ensure essential procedures are followed and contribute to defining standards
• Integrate in-depth knowledge of applications development with overall technology function to achieve established goals
• Provide evaluative judgement based on analysis of facts in complicated, unique, and dynamic situations including drawing from internal and external sources
• Influence and negotiate with senior leaders across functions, as well as communicate with external parties as necessary
• 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, as well as effectively supervise the activity of others and create accountability with those who fail to maintain these standards.

Recommended Qualifications

• 10+ years of relevant experience
• J2EE framework, SpringBoot , RDBMS suite, MAAS, ORAAS, CLOUD( GCP, Openshift) AI prompting , Knowledge of LLMs Architecture ( Google, Anthropic, Mistral) , Vertex Frameworks, Hugging Face, Panda, Lang family frameworks, Python, hyperparameter tuning
• Identifying and championing forward compatibility by identifying key frameworks and adopting AI based accelerated development using Devin.AI, Copilot
• High Business acumen and in-depth knowledge of the product ( Eclipse) and its surrounding systems
• Interaction with key Product Owners soliciting requirement for future roadmap , being a strong brand ambassador
• Managing resources including appraisal and identifying future growth
• Experience in applications development
• Experience in management
• Experience managing global technology teams
• Working knowledge of industry practices and standards
• Consistently demonstrates clear and concise written and verbal communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree/University degree or equivalent experience Master’s degree preferred

Job Details

• Job Family Group: Technology
• Job Family: Applications Development
• Time Type: Full time
• Most Relevant Skills Please see the requirements listed above.

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