Technology Controls & Infrastructure Risk Leader

Citigroup; New York (NY); On-site; USD 250,000 - 500,000; Full time

Job summary

Citi is seeking a strategic Head of Controls for CTO & Technology Infrastructure (C16) to lead the First-Line-of-Defence risk and controls for the CTO and Infrastructure teams. Based in New York, you will oversee governance across Cloud, Data, Digital Workplace, Mainframe/Host, DevOps/SDLC, and Architecture Services.

You will manage senior risk professionals globally, direct control design and assurance, contribute to regulatory examinations with FRB and OCC, and maintain an “always-ready” audit

Qualifications

• 15+ years of operational risk, cloud security, infrastructure governance, compliance, or technology audit experience in global financial institutions or major technology firms.
• 8+ years of senior managerial experience leading large, globally distributed technical teams.
• In-depth expertise across cloud platforms, enterprise infrastructure, SDLC/DevOps automated controls, and modern software architectures.
• Practical exposure to AI/GenAI risk governance and emerging technology controls.
• Proven track record leading regulatory interactions with major supervisory authorities (FRB, OCC).
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or STEM; Master's degree preferred.

Responsibilities

• Provide executive direction to global controls teams governing core infrastructure, cloud, architecture, and developer enablement.
• Govern critical foundational technology processes including SDLC, change management, incident/problem management, and configuration management (CMDB).
• Direct the design, implementation, and continuous validation of automated preventive controls within CI/CD pipelines and cloud environments.
• Govern risk assessments for New Activities, and major foundational technology platform changes.
• Provide strategic oversight for Issue Management, driving root-cause analyses and timely closure of Corrective Action Plans (CAPs).
• Represent Technology Controls in regulatory examinations (FRB, OCC) and lead an "always-ready" audit environment with 2LoD/3LoD.

Skills

Operational risk

Cloud security

Infrastructure governance

Compliance

Technology audit

Senior management

AI/GenAI risk governance

Regulatory interactions

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science/Engineering/STEM

Master's degree preferred

Job description

Citi is seeking a strategic Head of Controls for CTO & Technology Infrastructure (C16) to lead the First-Line-of-Defence risk and controls for the CTO and Infrastructure teams. Based in New York, you will oversee governance across Cloud, Data, Digital Workplace, Mainframe/Host, DevOps/SDLC, and Architecture Services.

You will manage senior risk professionals globally, direct control design and assurance, contribute to regulatory examinations with FRB and OCC, and maintain an “always-ready” audit