Director, Trade Data Strategy and Management Lead - Services

Team/Role Overview:

Trade and Working Capital Solutions (TWCS) within the Services organization is a dynamic, high-growth global business offering working capital solutions across Banking, Capital Markets, Mergers and Acquisitions, and Citi Commercial Bank client segments in over 100 countries. As a critical component of the TWCS Business Execution team, the Data Organization is responsible for establishing and implementing the overall data strategy and governance framework, ensuring high-quality data to drive business value.

This Director-level role is a senior global position responsible for defining and executing the data strategy and roadmap, aligned with various Lines of Business (LOBs) that act as domain owners for their respective products. The role is pivotal in delivering the Technology Book of Work assigned to Data Strategy, leading Data ART (Agile Release Train) scrum teams as the Trade product representative with Technology and Operations and ensuring the achievement of Data OKRs (Objectives and Key Results) as defined by technology investments.

This position is crucial for developing and implementing the TWCS data strategy to align with overarching business objectives and foster data-driven decision-making across the organization. The successful candidate will collaborate closely with Data Engineering teams, Data Managers, ART Leadership, and Business Heads to oversee data governance, quality, and management processes, ensuring data integrity, security, and accessibility while identifying new opportunities to leverage data for business growth and operational efficiency.

What you will do:

Data Strategy & Management:

• Lead the definition and execution of the Trade Data Strategy and roadmap, ensuring alignment with LOB product visions, design, channel alignment, on-premise and cloud data strategy for the business and overall product experience.

• Manage a team of data managers responsible for delivering the Technology Book of Work specifically assigned to Data Strategy initiatives.

• Act as the Trade product representative within Data ART (Agile Release Train) scrum teams, collaborating with Technology and Operations to ensure the successful achievement of Data Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) defined by technology investments.

• Work in partnership with Data Governance team to implement robust data governance model, data quality, and data management frameworks across TWCS to ensure data integrity, security, curation, and conformity of data to Citi standards and policies. and accessibility

• Collaborate with Data Engineering teams to define requirements for data architecture, infrastructure, connectivity to internal and external data sources, and tools that support the overall data strategy.

• Identify opportunities to leverage data for business growth, operational efficiency, and enhanced client experience within the Trade business.

• Stay abreast of emerging data technologies, industry trends, and regulatory developments related to data management and analytics in the financial services sector, incorporating relevant insights into the TWCS data strategy.

• Establish and monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) and metrics to measure the success and impact of data initiatives, regularly reporting progress to senior management and stakeholders.

• Lead the creation of TWCS external data services (e.g., on-line reporting, cash-flow analytics services, asset and data marketplaces, billing information), the self-serve data consumption strategy and plan.

• Drive data-driven decision-making processes by providing insights and recommendations based on comprehensive data analysis.

• Foster strong partnerships with stakeholders across Business, Technology, Operations and lead the TWCS engagement with TTS PDS team on all data initiatives to ensure a unified approach to data strategy and management.

• Production of internal MI dashboards to support improved decision making (across product operating model, profitability/unit cost, client returns, capital/RWA distribution, origination, operations metrics, resource allocation, client service, etc).

• Drive data analytics insights: the use of data to drive business actions and growth (examples: client origination, client cross-sell, multi-product, multi-region, resource allocation, etc).

• Familiarity with risk analytics associated with the real-time risk management of a wholesale credit-lending business and the risk management thereof.

What we'll need from you:

• Experience: Significant experience in data strategy, data management, or related consulting roles within financial services, with a number of years in a leadership capacity.

• Data Strategy & Governance Mastery:

• Strategic Data Road mapping: Proven ability to architect and articulate a clear data strategy that directly supports business objectives, encompassing data acquisition, storage, processing, and consumption. This includes defining investment plans and roadmaps for data initiatives.

• Data Governance Frameworks: Deep expertise in establishing and…