Wealth Technology Application Development Lead, Senior Vice President

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 Enterprise 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.

We are seeking a senior and highly experienced Senior Vice President to lead our Client & Account Data Platforms organization in Jersey City. At the SVP level, this role carries significant organizational weight — you will own not only the technical strategy and delivery of core client and account data systems, but will also be a key voice in shaping the broader Wealth Management technology agenda.

You will be expected to operate with a high degree of autonomy and executive presence.

• Organizational Leadership: Lead a sizeable, multi‑disciplinary organization of engineers, architects, and technical leads responsible for the design, delivery, and operation of core client and account data platforms. Set the tone for the culture, standards, and ways of working across the organization.
• Strategic Platform Vision: Define and own the long‑term strategic vision and roadmap for client and account data platforms, ensuring tight alignment with the Wealth Management business strategy and the firm’s broader technology transformation agenda.
• Client & Account Data Ownership: Take senior, enterprise‑wide ownership of core client and account operational data, including client profiles, account structures, entitlements, KYC/AML data, and associated reference data across the wealth management ecosystem.
• Resilient Architecture at Scale: Set the enterprise architectural standards for the client and account data domain. Champion and enforce a design philosophy centered on resiliency, fault tolerance, high availability, and automated recovery. Ensure all platforms are built to withstand the demands of a global, systemically important financial institution.
• Workflow Platform Strategy: Own the strategic direction and execution for enterprise workflow solutions that orchestrate client onboarding, account maintenance, and servicing processes. Drive the evolution of these platforms to deliver measurable improvements in efficiency, risk reduction, and client experience.
• Talent Development & Culture: Act as a senior sponsor for talent across the organization. Build, mentor, and develop a pipeline of strong engineering and architecture talent. Foster a culture of technical excellence, accountability, and continuous improvement.
• Data Quality & Governance: Set and enforce the enterprise standards for data quality, integrity,…