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Job Overview

The IT Sr Function Group Manager manages multiple teams of senior professionals through other senior managers. The job requires a broad and comprehensive understanding of the different systems, theories and practices relevant to a function as well as practical experience of multiple business cycles. In-depth knowledge of the industry and direct competitors' products/services is also necessary in order to contribute to the commercial objectives of the business. Requires thorough understanding of strategic direction of the function within the business, combined with a solid conceptual/practical grounding in both the function and/ or area of expertise. Excellent communication skills required in order to influence a wide range of audiences. The job is likely to be involved in both internal and external negotiations which will have a major impact on the area managed, and possibly on other related areas and organization as a whole. Develops medium- to long-term plans and executes functional strategies for a large/complex country, cluster of countries, or business requiring coordination and integration across units. Provides input into strategic decisions affecting job family or function within a region or business.Full management responsibility of multiple teams, including management of people, budget and planning. Has authority to negotiate and make independent decisions on issues/activities that have critical impact or influence on company revenues, capital or business operations. Typically, a direct report to an EB role and sits on the highest functional leadership team within a region,, or global business.

Responsibilities:

• Ensures managed areas are defining and implementing systems that are aligned with business strategy and goals. Involved in a wide range of diverse activities that require strategic vision and analysis.
• Applies a broad and comprehensive understanding in multiple functional areas and their underlying business principles.
• Understands how own function integrates within the overall organization to contribute to achieving business objectives; requires a good working knowledge of the industry.
• Provides evaluative judgment based on analysis of factual information in complicated, unique and dynamic situations; draws on diverse range of internal and external sources.
• Impacts the function by exercising control over sizable resources / budget, policy formulation and planning; has significant influence over future strategy.
• Influences and negotiates with senior leaders (across functions); communicates with external parties.
• 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, as well as effectively supervise the activity of others and create accountability with those who fail to maintain these standards.

Qualifications:

• 15+ years of experience in multiple technology disciplines with extensive experience in business, functional and people management.
• Budget management, Risk & Control management, influencing skills
• Managerial Experience

Education:

• Bachelors/University degree, Masters degree preferred

ARQUITECTURA INTELIGENCIA ARTIFICIAL

Esta organizacin se concibe bajo un modelo operativo matricial: mantiene una gobernanza centralizada para definir la arquitectura objetivo (Target Architecture), pero despliega a sus arquitectos en las distintas clulas o lneas de negocio para asegurar el delivery.

A continuacin, se presenta la estructura organizativa dividida por prcticas o dominios tecnolgicos, detallando las funciones de cada una:

1. Prctica de Arquitectura de Sistemas Agnticos y Decisin

Esta unidad es responsable de los patrones de diseo donde la IA deja de ser solo un modelo predictivo y se convierte en un sistema autnomo que ejecuta flujos de trabajo.

       Funciones:

       Definir los frameworks para la orquestacin de sistemas de IA Agntica (comunicacin multi-agente).

       Disear los patrones de integracin entre los LLMs/modelos cognitivos y los motores de reglas de negocio corporativos (como Pega Systems).

       Estandarizar el diseo de memorias de contexto (vector databases) para mantener la coherencia en procesos conversacionales o transaccionales asncronos.

2. Prctica de Arquitectura de Plataformas y MLOps

Es el ncleo de la ingeniera, enfocado en proveer la infraestructura y las "carreteras" automatizadas para el ciclo de vida del dato y del modelo.

       Funciones:

       Disear las topologas y la arquitectura del ecosistema analtico distribuido (ej. estndares de despliegue sobre plataformas como Databricks).

       Definir los pipelines corporativos de MLOps para el entrenamiento, validacin, despliegue continuo (CI/CD/CT) y monitoreo de modelos en produccin.

       Orquestar la arquitectura de procesamiento batch y en tiempo real, integrando los flujos de IA con los planificadores empresariales (como AutoSys o Control-M).

3. Prctica de Integracin y Modernizacin Core

Garantiza que la IA pueda leer y escribir en los sistemas transaccionales crticos sin afectar la estabilidad operativa del banco.

       Funciones:

       Disear las capas de abstraccin y APIs de baja latencia que conectan los motores de inferencia de IA con el core bancario y los sistemas legacy.

       Definir los patrones de arquitectura orientada a eventos (EDA) para que los modelos reaccionen en tiempo real a las transacciones financieras.

       Asegurar que las llamadas a los modelos de IA escalen elsticamente para soportar los picos transaccionales del core.

4. Prctica de Arquitectura de Canales Inteligentes

Se enfoca en cmo la tecnologa de IA se expone al cliente final o al usuario interno a travs de las plataformas digitales.

       Funciones:

       Disear la arquitectura de interfaces dinmicas, habilitando ecosistemas de micro-frontends que se adaptan en tiempo real basndose en las decisiones del motor de IA.

       Establecer los patrones tcnicos para embeber capacidades de hiper-personalizacin y next-best-action directamente en los canales digitales (Mvil, Web, Cajeros).

5. Prctica de Seguridad Arquitectnica de IA (AI Security)

Unidad transversal indispensable para mitigar los riesgos tecnolgicos introducidos por la inteligencia artificial generativa y predictiva.

       Funciones:

       Implementar arquitecturas de seguridad bajo un modelo Zero Trust estricto para proteger los endpoints de los modelos y las APIs de consumo.

       Disear barreras tcnicas a nivel de red y aplicacin contra inyeccin de prompts, envenenamiento de datos (data poisoning) y exfiltracin de informacin sensible (DLP en IA).

       Asegurar la trazabilidad tcnica a nivel de logs y metadatos para habilitar la auditora algortmica requerida por el cumplimiento normativo.

Modelo de Ejecucin Matricial

Para que esta organizacin no se convierta en un cuello de botella, el talento se gestiona mediante un modelo matricial de asignacin:

       Direccin de Arquitectura de IA (Head / Principal Architect): Define el rumbo, el stack tecnolgico autorizado, y se asegura de que el ecosistema tcnico evolucione hacia el modelo operativo AI-first.

       Arquitectos de Dominio (Core Team): Radican permanentemente en el rea central. Construyen los cimientos (plataformas de datos, MLOps, seguridad).

       Arquitectos de Soluciones de IA (Embedded Team): Son asignados directamente a las tribus de desarrollo o reas de negocio (Fraude, Riesgos, Canales). Utilizan las herramientas y directrices del Core Team para ensamblar soluciones especficas, garantizando que el time-to-market sea gil, pero tecnolgicamente impecable.

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Job Family Group:

Technology

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Job Family:

Technology Management

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Time Type:

Full time

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