OMAI - Program Management Lead - Vice President

Location: Getzville

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Getzville, New York, United States Salary: $92,000.00 - $Category:
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Citi The Finance OM&AI Governance & Oversight Lead is a key leadership role within the Finance Operating Model & Artificial Intelligence (OM&AI) organization. This position is responsible for establishing, driving, and maintaining robust portfolio governance frameworks, investment stage-gating, milestone tracking, and executive transparency across strategic digital, automation, and Artificial Intelligence initiatives.

Operating at the intersection of business strategy, technology execution, and risk control, the Governance & Oversight Lead provides centralized oversight across the transformation lifecycle. Key accountabilities include managing the end-to-end Proof of Concept (PoC) approval process, governing investment requests and business case evaluations, administering portfolio tracking and milestones within the Citi’s enterprise program management tool, and automating executive dashboards and scorecards for senior leadership.

The role requires deep expertise in project and portfolio management principles, investment governance, and structured change management to foster organizational readiness and ensure audit-ready delivery.

Key Responsibilities Portfolio Governance & PoC Stage-Gating Establish Governance Standards:
Define, standardize, and enforce portfolio governance frameworks, gating criteria, and control mechanisms across all Finance OM&AI transformation and AI initiatives.

PoC Approval Lifecycle:
Lead and coordinate the end-to-end Proof of Concept (PoC) approval process, ensuring rigorous evaluation, architectural alignment, risk vetting, and stage-gate approvals prior to scaling.

Stage-Gate Reviews:
Facilitate cross-functional review forums to evaluate initiative viability, milestone completion, and readiness for transition from PoC to production deployment.

Investment Governance & Project Administration Investment Intake & Prioritization:
Manage the intake, review, prioritization, and tracking of investment requests and business cases across Finance OM&AI programs.

Financial Validation & ROI:
Verify funding alignment, business case assumptions, return on investment (ROI), and measurable benefit realization across the project lifecycle.

Enterprise Program Management Tools:
Oversee end-to-end portfolio tracking, milestone administration, and project data integrity within Citi’s Project Management Tracking System to maintain complete audit-readiness.

Executive Dashboards, MIS & Stakeholder Briefings Dashboard Design & Automation:
Design, automate, and maintain executive-level dashboards, KPI scorecards, and Management Information Systems (MIS) providing real-time visibility into portfolio health, delivery status, budget utilization, and risks.

Executive Governance Packs:
Prepare and present high-impact governance packages, steering committee decks, and executive briefings for senior leadership and operating committees.

Transparency & Communications:
Provide clear, actionable insights to senior stakeholders to support data-driven decision-making and rapid resolution of delivery roadblocks.

Change Management & Cross-Functional Alignment Change Management Frameworks:
Drive structured change management frameworks to ensure organizational readiness, seamless business adoption, and effective transition management for new digital tools and operating models.

Cross-Functional Collaboration:

Partner closely with Finance leadership, Technology partners, Risk & Control officers, and Agile project delivery teams to foster alignment and shared accountability.

Dependency & Issue Resolution:
Proactively identify, track, escalate, and resolve cross-program risks, issues,…