• Independently drive progress and support planning and coordination of day-to-day activities of running a Program or portfolio of Programs within Banking and International Data book of work
• Understand the key business deliverables required for a Project/Program and the associated dependencies on other programs to ensure all dependencies are actively managed
• Apply in-depth understanding of how portfolio of Programs collectively integrates within the initiative and coordinate / contribute towards the overall objectives of the initiative
• Assess creation and signoff of program plans and charter including success criteria (CSC/KPI), stakeholder management, and program risk/ issue management
• Review program plans to ensure it meets business needs as described in the program / project scope document
• Proactive management of risks/issues while ensuring timely escalation to the Program Director or Sponsor, as appropriate
• Manage and provide credible challenge to Program/Project plans, risks, issues, and change requests
• Maintain portfolio level view of risk/issue log and assist in creation of the program risk remediation plan/strategy (Path to Green)
• Ensure adherence to Citi approved PM standard procedures (CPMC) and tools as applicable for Program and Project Management which includes PTS 2.0 and Citi Risk and Controls. Identify and escalate gaps in aligned Projects and Programs
• Participate in CPMC communication and training activities and cascade key messages as needed to ensure awareness and understanding of PM procedures and tools within the program team
• Project Plan maintenance:
  • Maintain consolidated project plans
  • Ensure quality of data in consolidated plans
  • Ensure compliance with Citi's Program Management policies and standards
• Status Reporting:
  • Facilitate collection and aggregation of status reports into reporting packs for senior management reviews as well as use in various governance meetings. Provide written and verbal status updates as requested by seniors
  • Review status reports submitted for relevancy, correctness, and provide challenge to content to enable quality reporting
  • Analyze documentation, data and metrics provided to identify gaps compared to scope; action plan; performance and quality issues and significant variances and trends and develop insights for senior management

Qualifications:

• Overall Experience of 11-14 years with hands-on execution experience on program management and a good exposure to program governance activities.  
• Excellent project management skills with a good track record of driving positive and sustained change with "roll up sleeves" aptitude
• Ability to think strategically, analytically, and creatively towards problem solving as well as multi-tasking, effectively and efficiently
• Good interpersonal skills, collaboration across large organizations, including a proactive and 'no surprises' approach
• Strong communication skills (written, verbal and interpersonal), including diplomacy, and ability to engage/influence at the senior management level
• Integrity, maturity, dependability, a positive professional attitude and capable of managing internal relationships
• Experience and ease in interfacing with Senior Management

Education:

• Bachelor’s/University degree or equivalent experience, potentially master’s degree
• Sound experience of working on Data related initiatives in the past would be good
• PMP certification and working knowledge of Microsoft Project Plan, preferred

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Job Family Group:

Data Governance

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Job Family:

Data Governance Foundation

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Time Type:

Full time

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Most Relevant Skills

Constructive Debate, Data Governance, Data Management, Data Quality, Internal Controls, Management Reporting, Policy and Procedure, Program Management, Risk Controls and Monitors, Risk Management.

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Other Relevant Skills

For complementary skills, please see above and/or contact the recruiter.

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