We are looking for an enthusiastic, inspirational, and engaging professional project manager who leads by example to support transformation initiatives in Operational Risk Management. The Project Manager is accountable for management of complex/critical/large professional disciplinary areas. Requires a comprehensive understanding of multiple areas within a function and how they interact in order to achieve the objectives of the function. Applies in-depth understanding of the business impact of technical contributions. Strong commercial awareness is a necessity. Generally accountable for delivery of a full range of services to one or more businesses/ geographic regions. The successful candidate has superb communication and diplomacy skills to guide, influence, and negotiate internally, often at a senior level. In addition to serving in an advisory capacity, you are not afraid to roll-up your sleeves and be a hands on person.
Responsibilities:
Manages a large multi-faceted project/account/campaign or multiple projects at the same time.
Owns project goals leveraging expertise to inspire a sense of shared purpose within the project team.
Organizes new challenges and drive business results.
Uses best practice PMO methodology to create a project plan to fit the stakeholders/customers' needs and deliver within budget on desired outcomes.
Prepares, maintains, and submits clear and concise activity/progress reports and time recording/management reports.
Assesses project risk potentials and discover potential problems before they occur.
Applies a proactive approach in routinely tracking the project participant progress against project goals.
Defines, teaches, and enforces the use of good project management practices such as techniques in resolving complex, interdependent activities into tasks and sub-tasks that are documented, monitored and controlled.
Identifies and where required amends the approach to the context and constraints of each project.
Constantly improving their own and their teams' skills through lessons-learned reviews at project completion.
Possess the knowledge, skills and experience to be able to recognize when problems surface or potential problems are looming.
Articulates problems, bring the right people together to solve problems and know when the problem has been properly addressed and closed.
Promotes partner involvement through effectively communicating project status upward and to the Client.
Applies lessons learned from recent projects to future projects.
Communicates to all concerned parties project milestones, status updates, as well as any existing or potential customer escalation issues.
Proactively follows escalation and change control processes.
Owns all management reports on a given engagement.
Promotes good working relationships across a project, cultivating the people skills needed to develop trust and communication among all of a project's stakeholders: its sponsors, those who will make use of the project's results, those who command the resources needed, and the project team members.
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.
Stays abreast of current industry trends and new technology through professional associations, trade journals, networking, and associated training and seminars.
Qualifications:
6-10 years of project management experience - preferably within a complex, global financial institution
Risk Management experience, including working on Regulatory initiatives such as consent orders and MRA's.
PMP certification strongly preferred, Six Sigma a plus.
Knowledge of industry standard methodologies to include Agile and Waterfall.
Ability to develop project plans, manage individual deadlines and goals.
Knowledge of project metrics, including gathering, reporting, trend analysis, creation, and metrics.
Ability to identify issues and problems, generate solutions and choose appropriate alternatives using basic root cause analysis.
Manage project scope by assessing requirements changes, determining and conveying impact on budget, time and risk.
Manage client expectations, anticipates operational and tactical risks and tracks them; clarify, identify, and track requirements and issues, remove barriers, resolve minor project issues and escalate to immediate manager where required.
Proficient in MS Office applications, MS Project, VISIO, Adobe Acrobat Professional
Education:
Bachelor's/University degree, Master's degree preferred
Job Family Group:
Project and Program Management
Job Family:
Project Management
Time Type:
Full time
Primary Location:
Tampa Florida United States
Primary Location Full Time Salary Range:
$103,920.00 - $155,880.00
In addition to salary, Citi's offerings may also include, for eligible employees, discretionary and formulaic incentive and retention awards. Citi offers competitive employee benefits, including: medical, dental & vision coverage; 401(k); life, accident, and disability insurance; and wellness programs. Citi also offers paid time off packages, including planned time off (vacation), unplanned time off (sick leave), and paid holidays. For additional information regarding Citi employee benefits, please visit citibenefits.com. Available offerings may vary by jurisdiction, job level, and date of hire.
Anticipated Posting Close Date:
Jun 03, 2025
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