Applications Support Senior Manager, Vice President

Citigroup Inc.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Citigroup Inc. is seeking an Apps Support Senior Manager in Singapore to lead one or more apps support teams and deliver reliable service. You will provide technical oversight across systems, partner with senior business heads, and drive incident resolution with root-cause analysis.

The role requires strong communication, people management, and budgeting awareness, with experience in cloud platforms and enterprise monitoring tools. This is a full‑time position based in Singapore.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent required.
• 6–10 years experience in an Apps Support role preferred.
• Strong hands-on technical expertise across core tech stack and platforms.
• Experience with cloud and container platforms and monitoring tools.

Responsibilities

• Manages one or more apps support teams.
• Provides technical oversight across systems and applications.
• Acts as trusted partner for senior business heads.
• Leads incident resolution and root cause analysis.
• Coordinates with development managers on strategic objectives.
• Ensures audit and compliance awareness and risk controls.

Skills

Java

WebSphere

TIBCO EMS

IBM MQ

IBM Connect Direct

SQL

Incident management

People management

Communication skills

Planning workload

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Master's degree preferred

Tools

OpenShift

Google Cloud Platform (GCP)

UDeploy

Kibana

Splunk

AppDynamics

Job description

The Apps Support Senior Manager accomplishes results through the management of professional team(s) and department(s). Integrates subject matter and industry expertise within a defined area. Contributes to standards around which others will operate. Requires in-depth understanding of how areas collectively integrate within the sub-function as well as coordinate and contribute to the objectives of the entire function. Requires basic commercial awareness. Developed communication and diplomacy skills are required in order to guide, influence and convince others, in particular colleagues in other areas and occasional external customers. Has responsibility for volume, quality, timeliness and delivery of end results of an area. May have responsibility for planning, budgeting and policy formulation within area of expertise. Involved in short-term planning resource planning. Full management responsibility of a team, which may include management of people, budget and planning, to include duties such as performance evaluation, compensation, hiring, disciplinary and terminations and may include budget approval.

Responsibilities:

• Manages one or more apps support teams.
• Provides technical oversight across systems and applications; leverage skills across multiple apps support areas.
• Provide a holistic view of the production environment for both technology and business management, working closely as a trusted partner for senior business heads.
• Provide guidance on feedback reviews with development managers, ensuring outstanding issues are tracked to closure, particularly long-term strategic fixes.
• Performs controlled resolution of incidents and problems including prioritization and escalation to relevant groups when appropriate, root cause analysis of all problems with follow-through to resolution.
• Consults with the primary clients of the application in conjunction with development managers in order to understand the strategic objectives of users.
• Requires awareness of audit and compliance related issues.
• Contributes to formulation of strategies for apps support and other functional areas.
• Champion stability initiatives to enable application high availability for Business-As-Usual which includes better monitoring, failover and resiliency
• Ability to handle incidents, problems and change at a global enterprise level. Calm and analytical when faced with major incidents on critical systems.
• Responsible for delivery of end results and shares responsibility for budget management which directly impacts the apps support area; accountable for resource planning.
• Manages customer satisfaction requirements of operational procedures to achieve a suitable outcome for all stakeholders
• Exhibits sound and comprehensive communication and diplomacy skills to exchange complex information with inherent confidence with operations and technology partners on a regional or global basis.
• Focus on people development, evaluating subordinates’ performance and making decisions on pay increases, hiring, terminations and other personnel actions and deputize for the regional support manager.
• Performs other duties and functions as assigned
• 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.
• Cross-Team Partnership and stakeholder management — Collaborate with Product Owners, Business Analysts, Systems Analysts, and multiple technology teams to document system impacts and support requirements.

Recommended Qualifications:

• 6-10 years experience in an Apps Support role would be an added advantage, but not essential
• Strong hands-on technical expertiseacross the core technology stack, including Java, WebSphere, TIBCO EMS, IBM MQ, and IBM Connect Direct.
• Solid database and data skills, with proven experience in Oracle, MongoDB, and PL/SQL, including the ability to write complex SQL queries to support analysis and reporting.
• Practical experience with cloud and container platforms, notably OpenShift and Google Cloud Platform (GCP), together with release and deployment tooling such as UDeploy.
• Proficiency with application monitoring and observability toolssuch as Kibana, Splunk, and AppDynamics to proactively identify, diagnose, and resolve production issues.
• A strong problem-solving and incident-management mindset, with the ability to perform root cause analysis, debug complex issues, and deliver timely, effective resolutions — including leveraging Citi's AI tools
• Experience with people management
• Highly assertive communications skills, commanding personality. Ability to engage a large audience and lead the discussion with clear, articulate, and highly assertive communication. Must show confidence in all communications
• Experience with application support would be an added advantage, but not essential
• Effectively share information with other support team members and with other technology teams
• Ability to plan and organize workload
• Consistently demonstrates clear and concise written and verbal communication skills
• Ability to communicate appropriately to relevant stakeholders

Education:

• Bachelor's/University degree or equivalent experience , Master's degree preferred

Job Family Group:

Technology

Job Family:

Applications Support

Time Type:

Full time

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