Application Support Lead Analyst - Vice President

** Overview*
* We are seeking an experienced  
** Vice President of Application Support
** to lead the production support function for multiple mission-critical enterprise applications within our global technology organization. This role requires a hands-on technical leader who can balance strategic oversight with deep technical expertise, driving operational excellence while fostering innovation through AI/ML and automation. The successful candidate will manage cross-functional teams, ensure high availability of critical systems, and serve as a trusted advisor to senior business and technology stakeholders across the organization.

The Apps Sup Tech Lead Analyst is a strategic professional who stays abreast of developments within own field and contributes to directional strategy by considering their application in own job and the business. Recognized technical authority for an area within the business. Requires basic commercial awareness. There are typically multiple people within the business that provide the same level of subject matter expertise.

Developed communication and diplomacy skills are required in order to guide, influence and convince others, in particular colleagues in other areas and occasional external customers. Significant impact on the area through complex deliverables. Provides advice and counsel related to the technology or operations of the business. Work impacts an entire area, which eventually affects the overall performance and effectiveness of the sub-function/job family.

** Responsibilities:*
* + The Apps Support Tech Lead Analyst is responsable to partner with multiple technology teams to ensure appropriate integration of functions to meet goals; identify and define necessary system enhancements; analyze existing system logic, identify problems; and recommend and implements solutions.

+ Provides expertise in area and an advanced level of understanding of the principles of apps support.

+ Formulates and defines systems scope and objectives for complex, high impact application enhancements and problem resolution through in-depth analysis and evaluation of complex business processes, systems and industry standards; documents requirements.

+ Partners with multiple technology areas and management teams to ensure appropriate integration of functions to meet goals.

+ Works closely with Product Owners, Business Analysts and Systems Analysts to determine and document Systems impacts and support requirements

+ Considers the implications of the application of technology to the current environment.

+ Identifies risks, vulnerabilities and security issues; communicates impact; proposes risk mitigation options.

+ Acts as advisor or coach to new or lower level analysts; allocates work.

+ Provides in-depth analysis with interpretive thinking to define problems and develop innovative solutions.

+ Directly impacts the business by influencing strategic functional decisions through advice, counsel or provided services.

+ Persuades and influences others through strong and comprehensive communication and diplomacy skills

+ Performs other duties and functions as assigned

+ 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.

** Recommended

Qualifications:

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* + 6-10 years experience

+ Practical problem solving and strategic thinking skills

+ Demonstrated leadership, interpersonal skills and relationship building skills

+ Service oriented attitude

+ Ability to work in a fast-paced environment

+ Experience working or leading requirement gathering efforts for multiple large development projects at one-time

+ Proficient using basic technical tools and systems

+ Good interpersonal and communication skills

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* Education:

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* + Bachelor's/University degree, Master's degree preferred

** Key Responsibilities*
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** Own end-to-end production support
** for a portfolio of enterprise-level applications, ensuring 24/7 availability, performance, and resilience across global markets

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** Lead incident, problem, and change management
** processes, including root cause analysis, post-incident reviews, and implementation of long-term strategic fixes to prevent recurrence

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** Drive the adoption of AI/ML and Generative AI
** techniques within support operations, including AIOps for anomaly detection, predictive alerting, LLM-based runbook automation, and prompt engineering for intelligent troubleshooting

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** Provide strategic technical leadership
** across distributed application architectures, including microservices, containerized platforms (Open Shift, Kubernetes), messaging middleware (Kafka, Tibco EMS, MQ), and hybrid cloud environments

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** Collaborate closely with development,…