Apps Development Group Manager, Senior Vice President

Overview of the Role

The Applications Development Group Manager is a senior management level position within Funds Administration and Accounting Technology. The role manages a team or department to establish and implement new or revised application systems and programs in coordination with the Technology Team. The overall objective is to drive application systems analysis and programming activities and lead complex engineering initiatives across the Funds Accounting domain.

• Manage multiple teams of professionals to accomplish established goals and conduct personnel duties.
• Provide strategic influence and exercise control over resources, budget management and planning while monitoring end results.
• Utilize in-depth knowledge of concepts and procedures within own area and basic knowledge of other areas to resolve issues.
• Ensure essential procedures are followed and contribute to defining standards.
• Integrate applications development with overall technology function to achieve established goals.
• Appropriately assess risk when business decisions are made, safeguarding Citigroup, its clients and assets.
• Lead integration of functions to meet goals, deploy new products, and enhance processes.
• Analyze complex business processes, system processes, and industry standards to define and develop solutions to high level problems.
• Provide expertise in advanced knowledge of applications programming and plan assignments involving large budgets, cross functional projects, or multiple projects.
• Develop application methodologies and standards for program analysis, design, coding, testing, debugging, and implementation.
• Consult with end users to identify system function specifications and incorporate into overall system design.
• Allocate work and act as an advisor/coach developers, analysts, and new team members.
• Influence and negotiate with senior leaders and communicate with external parties.
• Drive compliance with applicable laws, rules and regulations and manage control issues with transparency.

• 10+ years of progressive experience in software development with strong hands‑on experience in enterprise‑level Java, Spring Framework (Spring Boot, Spring Cloud), and related ecosystems.
• Deep understanding and hands‑on experience with data architecture principles, relational databases (Oracle), No
  
  SQL databases (Mongo
  
  DB, Hadoop), data warehousing, and big data technologies (Spark, Kafka).
• Technical leadership and development oversight to a wider team of software engineers/analysts.
• Experience developing key software components personally and using code as a teaching tool, especially concerning Agentic AI design and implementation.
• Facilitate design and code reviews, improve engineering standards, and embrace AI‑assisted development practices.
• Collaborate effectively with a global team of software engineers, business analysts, dev‑ops, and support staff to deliver software solutions.
• Adopt new technologies and solutions, with a strong focus on Agentic AI and Machine Learning frameworks while adhering to Citi's architectural guidelines.
• Coach mid‑level/junior developers and analysts, helping build engineering capabilities in AI/ML and intelligent systems.
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP), cloud‑native services, serverless architectures, microservices, RESTful APIs, and event‑driven systems.
• Experience with containerization (Docker) and orchestration (Kubernetes) and CI/CD pipelines, Dev Ops practices, and automated testing frameworks.
• Excellent communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills.
• Strong analytical and problem‑solving abilities, Agile experience, and emphasis on test‑driven development.
• Familiarity with distributed caching frameworks and additional technologies listed.

In addition to salary, Citi offers discretionary and formulaic incentive and retention awards. Employee benefits include medical, dental, vision coverage, 401(k), life, accident, and disability insurance, wellness programs, paid time off (vacation, sick leave, holidays). For more information, please visit

Citi is an equal opportunity employer, and qualified candidates will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.