Project Management Lead, Citi

Citi

Location:
India, Mumbai

Category:
IT - Administration

Contract Type:
Employment contract

Salary:

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Job Description:

The Vice President - Project Management Lead position is a strategic professional who stays abreast of developments within own field and contributes to directional strategy by considering their application in own job and the business

Job Responsibility:

Manages a large multi-faceted project/account/campaign or multiple projects at the same time
Owns project goals leveraging expertise to inspire a sense of shared purpose within the project team
Organizes new challenges and drive business results
Uses best practice PMO methodology to create a project plan to fit the stakeholders/customers’ needs and deliver within budget on desired outcomes
Drives end results of the project as a representative of the business
Applies in-depth understanding of how areas collectively integrate within the subfunction as well as coordinate and contribute to the objectives of the entire function
and requires basic commercial awareness
Assess the creation and signoff of project plan and charter, benefits management plan, stakeholder management plan, acceptance plan, and central project issue log
Manage and maintain the RAG and RAID for assigned projects
Ensures all stakeholders are identified and included in scope definition activities and understand the project schedule and key milestones
Works with Project Sponsor to ensure business case cost benefit analysis is in line with business objectives
Escalates project risks to the Project Director, or Project Sponsor, when appropriate
Assesses project risk potentials and discover potential problems before they occur
Creates the project risk management plan
Works with procurement team to create, administer, track, and eventually close project contracts
Makes recommendations for training and development needs for assigned personnel
Evaluates subordinates' performance and makes recommendations for pay increases, promotions, terminations, and other personnel actions
Directs area supported through responsibility for delivery of end results and shared responsibility for budget management, accountable for resource planning
Ensures essential procedures are followed and contributes to defining standards
Applies a proactive approach in routinely tracking the project participant progress against project goals
Defines, teaches, and enforces the use of good project management practices such as techniques in resolving complex, interdependent activities into tasks and sub-tasks that are documented, monitored and controlled
Identifies and where required amends the approach to the context and constraints of each project
Constantly improving their own and their teams' skills through lessons-learned reviews at project completion
Possess the knowledge, skills and experience to be able to recognize when problems surface or potential problems are looming
Articulates problems, bring the right people together to solve problems and know when the problem has been properly addressed and closed
Promotes partner involvement through effectively communicating project status upward and to the Client
Applies lessons learned from recent projects to future projects
Communicates to all concerned parties project milestones, status updates, as well as any existing or potential customer escalation issues
Proactively follows escalation and change control processes
Owns all management reports on a given engagement
Promotes good working relationships across a project, cultivating the people skills needed to develop trust and communication among all of a project's stakeholders: its sponsors, those who will make use of the project's results, those who command the resources needed, and the project team members
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
Drive the overall direction, coordination, implementation, execution, control and completion of specified projects ensuring consistency with Citi project management governance
Support planning, directing and coordination of day-to-day activities of running a project or program including creation and maintenance of relevant program and project artefacts
Contribute or lead the Steering Committee meetings and any other stakeholder meetings

Requirements:

13-16 years of overall corporate experience, with 8-10 years of experience into Project and/or Program Management, ideally in banking or financial services
PMP or PRINCE2 certification is a must have
Six Sigma and/or Lean certification is a plus
Scrum Master certification strongly preferred
Prior work experience in US Tax Information Reporting preferred
Negotiation skills with external parties
Proficient in MS Office applications, MS Project, VISIO
Position is based in Mumbai
the candidate must be located in Mumbai
Bachelor’s/University degree or equivalent experience, potentially Masters degree - preferably Engineering background

Nice to have:

Six Sigma and/or Lean certification
Scrum Master certification
Prior work experience in US Tax Information Reporting

What we offer:

We empower our employees to manage their financial well-being and help them plan for the future
Citi provides access to an array of learning and development resources to help broaden and deepen your skills and knowledge as your career progresses

Additional Information:

Job Posted:
June 11, 2025

Employment Type:

Fulltime

Work Type:

On-site work

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