SVP Trade Finance Architecture & Cloud Strategy

Citi; Jersey City (NJ); Hybrid; USD 177,000 - 265,000; Full time

Job summary

Citi, based in Jersey City, New Jersey, seeks a Senior Vice President to define technology vision for Trade Finance platforms. You will guide architecture decisions and champion cloud-based, AI-native solutions across enterprise systems.

You will partner with senior stakeholders across business, product and operations to shape future technology strategies while strengthening cyber controls and risk management in high-volume environments.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of architecture and solution design experience in banking/financial services.
• Extensive background in Trade Finance technology and operations.
• Experience managing client relationships and engaging senior stakeholders across business, product and technology.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Able to manage multiple priorities and meet deadlines under pressure.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
• Self-starter who takes initiative and learns new tasks quickly.

Responsibilities

• Define architectural vision for Trade Finance tech platforms with enterprise standards.
• Design enterprise-level architecture and strategies for high-volume processing.
• Serve as single contact for architecture decisions across business, product, operations and technology.
• Guide adoption of cloud, PaaS and AI-native technologies to modernize platforms and improve STP.
• Evaluate vendor technology and influence product roadmaps to meet requirements.
• Partner with senior stakeholders to shape future technology strategies.
• Strengthen cyber controls including authentication, authorization and digital asset security for crypto processing.
• Identify and manage architecture-related risk to protect Citi's systems and clients.

Skills

Architecture experience

Trade Finance

Client relationships

Stakeholder engagement

Communication skills

Time management

Self-starter

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

PaaS

Cloud stacks

PDLC

Digital assets

STP environments

Job description

Citi, based in Jersey City, New Jersey, seeks a Senior Vice President to define technology vision for Trade Finance platforms. You will guide architecture decisions and champion cloud-based, AI-native solutions across enterprise systems.

You will partner with senior stakeholders across business, product and operations to shape future technology strategies while strengthening cyber controls and risk management in high-volume environments.