Project Management Manager jobs in Buffalo, NY

Citi is a world-leading global bank. We have approximately 200 million customer accounts and a presence in more than 160 countries and jurisdictions worldwide. We provide consumers, corporations, governments, and institutions with a broad range of financial products and services, including consumer banking and credit, corporate and investment banking, securities brokerage, transaction services, and wealth management. We enable clients to achieve their strategic financial objectives by providing them with cutting-edge ideas, best-in-class products and solutions, and unparalleled access to capital and liquidity.

Role Overview:

• The Senior Project Manager will work within Citi’s new Institutional Credit Management (ICM) function, situated within the ICG Front Office.
• ICM is responsible for the management of Wholesale Credit Risk activities on behalf of all ICG Lines of Business, and plays a key role to service our clients (i.e. underwriting, portfolio management, transaction management, etc).
• The role holder will work closely with business stakeholders to address both Regulatory and Strategic requirements to further enhance and evolve the Business Operating Model. These requirements will then be translated by the role holder into actionable plans, that can then be executed upon.
• Another significant aspect of this role will be the undertaking of detailed analysis across upcoming technology releases impactful to ICM. The role holder will be required to perform detailed business impact assessments across all upcoming technology releases – and determine what the change means for the business, and what aspects of the business operating model/artifacts will need to be updated to reflect the changes 
• The role is an exciting opportunity to build strong relationships with business leaders from across the bank and from around the world to drive actionable change. Further, the role will entail exposure to product, technology and people initiatives that aim to enhance the banks service offering to clients.

Responsibilities:

• Work closely with both Business and Product Management Team across a varied portfolio of projects and deliverables
• Management and Execution of Business Impacts Assessments across a broad range of technology releases for multiple stakeholders and subject matters
• Support the Business teams to execute changes to business artifacts identified throughout the business impact assessment in a structured and timely manner
• Support Product Management to identify any disconnects or concerns that the Business may have in relation to upcoming technology releases – and then support Product Management to appropriately address these
• Build a comprehensive understanding of the broader Institutional Credit Management function – and identify opportunities to enhance its ways of operating
• Build a comprehensive understanding of the Wholesale Credit Risk Policy framework that ICM works within
• Development and Maintenance of Project Plans, RAID Logs, and other Project Artifacts
• Develop relationships with key stakeholders across Citi Lines of Business, and other key functions
• Resolve issues that have impact beyond own area and apply in-depth understanding of concepts and procedures within own area and basic knowledge of other areas.
• Work as a team to achieve objectives and negotiate with internal parties.
• Has the ability to operate with a limited level of direct supervision.
• Can exercise independence of judgement and autonomy.
• Appropriately assess risk when business decisions are made, demonstrating particular consideration for the firms 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, as well as effectively supervise the activity of others and create accountability with those who fail to maintain these standards.
• Work across multiple time zones
• Work with a varied set of stakeholders across different levels of seniority
• Implementation and Execution of appropriate project governance structures

Qualifications:

• Experience of Wholesale Credit Risk
• Experience of working within a Front Office Environment
• Comprehensive Understanding of Project Management Disciplines
• Ability to both analyze and execute transformation
• Confidence to engage with, and present to, senior stakeholders
• Experience of performing business transformation
• Experience of performing business impact assessments
• Experience of working with Product Management Teams – and a comprehensive understanding of the technology development lifecycle
• Previous Experience of working within a multinational financial services organization
• Experience of working within a commercial underwriting type role would be advantageous

About the Company:
Citi Private Bank