Infrastructure Project Manager - AVP

Posted:
8/23/2024, 11:48:04 AM

Location(s):
Irving, Texas, United States ⋅ Texas, United States

Experience Level(s):
Senior

Field(s):
Business & Strategy

About Citi:

Citi, the leading global bank, has approximately 200 million customer accounts and does business in more than 160 countries and jurisdictions. Citi provides consumers, corporations, governments, and institutions with a broad range of financial products and services, including consumer banking and credit, corporate and investment banking, securities brokerage, transaction services, and wealth management.

As a bank with a brain and a soul, Citi creates economic value that is systemically responsible and in our clients’ best interests. As a financial institution that touches every region of the world and every sector that shapes your daily life, our Operations & Technology teams are charged with a mission that rivals any large tech company. Our technology solutions are the foundations of everything we do from keeping the bank safe, managing global resources, and providing the technical tools our workers need to be successful to designing our digital architecture and ensuring our platforms provide a first-class customer experience. We reimagine client and partner experiences to deliver excellence through secure, reliable, and efficient services.

Our commitment to diversity includes a workforce that represents the clients we serve from all walks of life, backgrounds, and origins. We foster an environment where the best people want to work. We value and demand respect for others, promote individuals based on merit, and ensure opportunities for personal development are widely available to all. Ideal candidates are innovators with well-rounded backgrounds who bring their authentic selves to work and complement our culture of delivering results with pride. If you are a problem solver who seeks passion in your work, come join us. We’ll enable growth and progress together.

The Infrastructure Project Manager is a strategic professional who stays abreast of developments within own field and contributes by demonstrating a high level of leadership, as well as providing directional strategy to the partners and stakeholders in the delivery process. Developed communication and diplomacy skills are required to guide, influence, and convince colleagues in other areas and occasional external customers.

Responsibilities:

  • Manages multiple large business strategic high dollar-value infrastructure projects, with cross-functional impact or significant impact in a single functional area.
  • Must be extremely technically sound to understand aspects related to Distributed Systems and associated Technologies
  • Ensures that projects remain aligned with strategic initiatives, providing updates as necessary to sponsors/committees and ensuring adequate resources are available.
  • Partners with the various clients to develop objectives for key projects.
  • Manage the overall plan for the business-related activities.
  • Manages complex financials typically associated with infrastructure projects – this is a mandatory requirement
  • Practices established project management disciplines including the development of project plans/timelines, facilitates project meetings, etc.
  • Identifies critical paths for large projects, including the sequencing of events.
  • Orchestrate and drive the successful and timely completion of infrastructure scope in Technology projects to achieve the business goals, including the identification and resolution of risks and issues, which impact project delivery.
  • Work collaboratively with extended the technology teams to develop comprehensive infrastructure project plans based on approved funding. Project plans typically include scope, schedule, cost, quality, roles and responsibilities, communication, staffing, risk and issue management. Obtain commitment to the plans.
  • Ensure that for each of the programs/projects in his/her portfolio:
  • All stakeholders and their needs are identified and managed.
  • Effectively manage project work within the approved scope. Implement and manage scope change control processes and update project plans based on approved changes.
  • In conjunction with the team, lead the development of the work breakdown structure and creation of the detailed project schedule. Understand the dependencies and inter-relationships of the tasks and deliverables.
  • Monitor actual schedule and costs against the project estimates. Report significant variances and develop corrective action plans.
  • Communicate effectively with staff and management on status, issues, risks, project goals and objectives.
  • Schedule and lead project meetings as required, including preparation of meeting agendas and meeting minutes.
  • Creates and distributes project status/project progress reports to team and management.


Qualifications:

  • PM Industry knowledge or experience mandatory.
  • PMP (Project Management Professional) certification is preferred, but not mandatory.
  • 6 years’ experience in infrastructure project management managing complex infrastructure initiatives in a matrix environment, during which applied a structured approach (methodology) to project planning, estimating, monitoring and reporting through the full project lifecycle, from initiation through closure.
  • Experience in managing large globally distributed project teams who are not reporting directly and are associated with the PM for the purpose of the project only.
  • Demonstrate leadership and adaptability when facing unique challenges encountered on each project.
  • Experience leading technicians and interfacing with senior management.
  • Specialized knowledge or broad technical understanding across complex technical infrastructure.
  • High energy and a passion for project management and its processes.
  • Very strong written, spoken and presentation communication skills.
  • Very strong influencing and partnering skills.
  • Strong meeting organization and facilitation skills.
  • Team player with ability to handle strong personalities at all levels of the company.
  • Experience and ease in interfacing with senior management across multiple business sectors.
  • Track record of managing work to achieve milestones on time and within budget in a high-pressure environment.
  • Analytical, flexible, team-oriented, have good interpersonal and follow up skills with strong attention to detail and ability to multi-task.
  • Technical proficiencies in Microsoft Office products (Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Project) and industry standard project management tools.
  • Financial Services experience preferred, but not mandatory.


Education:

  • Bachelor’s/University degree or equivalent experience

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Job Family Group:

Technology

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Job Family:

Technology Project Management

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Time Type:

Full time

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Primary Location:

Irving Texas United States

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Primary Location Full Time Salary Range:

$96,400.00 - $144,600.00


In addition to salary, Citi’s offerings may also include, for eligible employees, discretionary and formulaic incentive and retention awards. Citi offers competitive employee benefits, including: medical, dental & vision coverage; 401(k); life, accident, and disability insurance; and wellness programs. Citi also offers paid time off packages, including planned time off (vacation), unplanned time off (sick leave), and paid holidays. For additional information regarding Citi employee benefits, please visit citibenefits.com. Available offerings may vary by jurisdiction, job level, and date of hire.

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Anticipated Posting Close Date:

Aug 30, 2024

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