Central Product Lead - OM AI

Citigroup Inc.; New York (NY); On-site; USD 164,000 - 245,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental & vision coverage

401(k)

Life, disability insurance

Wellness programs

Paid time off

Job summary

Citigroup Inc. is seeking a Central Product Lead to serve as the strategic product authority for common capabilities within the AI PDLC Working Group.

You will ensure capability requirements, solution blueprints, and delivery outputs stay aligned to the program’s target state, and act as the connector between Discipline Leads, POD teams, and executive sponsors. You will own strategy-to-delivery coherence, drive benefits traceability, and champion product vision while managing cross-capability

Qualifications

• Understanding AI/ML product development lifecycles and enterprise platforms.
• Experience shaping product strategy across multiple concurrent workstreams.
• Strong executive communication with sponsors and OpCo.
• Familiarity with 1LOD/2LOD/3LOD governance in regulated environments.

Responsibilities

• Strategy & Alignment: own alignment of capabilities to target state and solution blueprints.
• Drive benefits traceability from ideation through delivery.
• Champion product vision at Working Group level and facilitate cross-capability dependency resolution.
• Interface with Discipline Leads, POD PMs, and Exec Sponsors; report progress to OpCo.
• Translate strategy into actionable requirements for Pods and optimize for cross-discipline alignment.
• Governance: monitor progress and surface risks; reflect governance considerations.

Skills

AI/ML lifecycle

Executive communication

Multi-stream product strategy

Governance frameworks

Job description

The Central Product Lead serves as the strategic product authority for common capabilities within the AI PDLC Working Group. This individual ensures that all capability requirements, solution blueprints, and delivery outputs remain aligned to the program's overall target state. Acting as the connective layer between Discipline Product Leads, POD teams, and executive sponsors, the Central Product Lead is accountable for requirements coherence, commonality optimization, and end-to-end benefits traceability across the program lifecycle.

Key Responsibilities

• Strategy & Alignment
• Own alignment of capabilities to overall target state and solution blueprints
• Drive benefits traceability from ideation through delivery
• Champion product vision at Working Group level
• Facilitate cross-capability dependency resolution
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Interface with Discipline Leads, POD PMs, and Exec Sponsors
• Partner with Central PM on milestone status and escalations
• Report progress and benefits alignment to OpCo
• Coordinate with AI Architect & UX Leads on feasibility
• Requirements & Blueprints
• Ensure commonality and reusability of requirements across capabilities
• Review and validate acceptance criteria from Primary Product Leads
• Translate strategy into actionable requirements for Pods
• Optimize requirements for cross-discipline alignment
• Governance & Risk
• Monitor progress and surface risks to Exec Sponsors
• Ensure 1LOD/2LOD/3LOD governance considerations are reflected
• Prioritize cross-capability decisions and escalations
• Maintain program integrity across all capability deliverables

Required Qualifications

• 8–12+ years product management; 3–5 years in senior/lead finance or enterprise tech role
• Understanding of AI/ML product development lifecycles, agentic workflows, and enterprise platforms
• Experience managing product strategy across multiple concurrent workstreams
• Strong executive communication; comfortable with Exec Sponsors and OpCo
• Familiarity with 1LOD/2LOD/3LOD governance frameworks in regulated environments

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with AI PDLC frameworks or enterprise AI transformation programs
• Background in Finance, Banking, or FinTech product management
• Familiarity with OKRs and benefits realization frameworks
• Experience with cross-functional POD structures (Agile/SAFe delivery models)

Job Family Group:

Product Management and Development

Job Family:

Product Management

Time Type:

Full time

Primary Location:

New York New York United States

Primary Location Full Time Salary Range:

$163,600.00 - $245,400.00

In addition to salary, Citi’s offerings may also include, for eligible employees, discretionary and formulaic incentive and retention awards. Citi offers competitive employee benefits, including: medical, dental & vision coverage; 401(k); life, accident, and disability insurance; and wellness programs. Citi also offers paid time off packages, including planned time off (vacation), unplanned time off (sick leave), and paid holidays. For additional information regarding Citi employee benefits, please visit citibenefits.com. Available offerings may vary by jurisdiction, job level, and date of hire.

Most Relevant Skills

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Other Relevant Skills

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Anticipated Posting Close Date:

Oct 26, 2026

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