Talent Assessment Manager

• Supports planning, directing and coordination of day-to-day activities of running a program or portfolio of programs
• Identifies stakeholders and key organizations and build and manage relationships
• Directs the creation of multiple programs of work and manage their alignment to business goals
• Leads the facilitation, coordination, and arbitration of cross-functional macro level topics within/across programs and with Senior Management
• Leads the identification and drive resolution of issues, including those outside established programs of work
• Works with stakeholders to ensure program scope definition meets business objectives
• Works with Program Sponsor to ensure business case/cost benefit analysis is in line with business objectives
• Drives adherence to program processes, procedures, methods, and standards for program delivery and leverage across the program
• Assists program team in negotiating for resources owned by other departments in order ensure the program can be completed
• Directs the communication of status, issue, and risk disposition to all stakeholders, including senior management, on a timely basis
• Directs the identification of risks which impact program delivery and ensure mitigation strategies are developed and executed when necessary
• Manages multiple teams or a functional area (depending on size of business)
• Ensures creation and signoff of program plan and charter, benefits management plan, stakeholder management plan, acceptance plan, and central program issue log
• Ensures program plans meet business needs as described in the program initiation documents
• Ensures all stakeholders are identified and included in scope definition activities, understand the program schedule and key milestones and receive schedule status regularly
• Ensures funding has been approved for the program
• Ensures all areas of the program are appropriately staffed
• Ensures program commitment from those assigning resources
• Escalates program risks to the Program Director, or Program Sponsor, when appropriate
• Ensures vendor performance is monitored and actions taken if performance warrants
• Maintains appropriate staffing requirements to meet operational needs
• Exercises shared responsibility for budget, policy formulation and planning
• Evaluates subordinates' performance and makes recommendations for pay increases, promotions, terminations, and other personnel actions
• 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
• Conduct assessment for senior leaders
• Deliver individual and group assessment feedback
• Facilitate development planning discussions with senior leaders to accelerate leadership effectiveness
• Project manage assessment programs
• Support the development and deployment of internal assessment resources
• Run in-depth analysis of assessment data and develop hypotheses about business issues, conduct validation studies of internal profiles and models
• Participate in the design of new programs as needed, viewing business issues from multiple perspectives and leveraging subject matter expertise to co-create assessment solutions

• 10+ years of experience
• Should demonstrate a commitment to quality and attention to detail
• Excellent interpersonal relationships with ability to influence and negotiate with stakeholders
• Critical thinking and problem solving skills
• Bachelor’s/University degree or equivalent experience, potentially Masters degree
• Masters' university degree in Psychology or related field (Doctorate preferred)
• Advanced English level
• Minimum 5 years of experience assessing, developing, and consulting to senior leaders in large, dynamic, and complex environments (Financial services industry experience preferred)
• In-depth understanding of, and practical experience with, multiple assessment methodologies
• Experience designing and measuring assessment programs
• Experience developing and supervising assessment practitioners
• Demonstrated ability to build rapport quickly and develop and maintain strong partnerships with stakeholders at all levels of an organization
• Proficiency in psychometric data and data analysis
• Strong business acumen
• A well-developed results-oriented work ethic
• the ability to 'get things done'
• Resilient, curious, and customer-focused with unwavering ethics and integrity
• Able to work in a geographically dispersed, multicultural environment
• Able to quickly adapt to change and navigate within a matrixed corporate environment

• Financial services industry experience preferred
• Doctorate preferred

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