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Job Overview

Job Description

The Mainframe Exstream/MessagePoint - Application Development Manager is a senior management level position responsible for accomplishing results through the management of a team or department to establish and implement new or revised application systems and programs in coordination with the Technology team, support Common Platforms domains. The overall objective of this role is to drive applications systems analysis and programming activities.

Responsibilities:

• Manage one or more Applications Development teams to accomplish established goals as well as conduct personnel duties for team (e.g. performance evaluations, hiring and disciplinary actions)
• Utilize in-depth knowledge and skills across multiple Applications Development areas to provide technical oversight across systems and applications
• Review and analyze proposed technical solutions for projects
• Contribute to formulation of strategies for applications development and other functional areas
• Develop comprehensive knowledge of how areas of business integrate to accomplish business goals
• Provide evaluative judgment based on analysis of factual data in complicated and unique situations
• Impact the Applications Development area through monitoring delivery of end results, participate in budget management, and handling day-to-day staff management issues, including resource management and allocation of work within the team/project
• Ensure essential procedures are followed and contribute to defining standards negotiating with external parties when necessary
• 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 & Experience:

• 10+ years of relevant experience in the Financial Service industry.
• Hands-on expertise with Mainframe and Content Management Technology (Exstream or Messagepoint or ADA tagging).
• Proficiency with JIRA, Confluence, z/OS, COBOL, JCL, CICS, MVS, VSAM, DB2, Connect:Direct (NDM), SQL Server, MQ.
• Experience with AIassisted development tools such as Devin, GitHub, and Copilot for improving productivity and code quality.
• Proven management experience leading engineering teams; open to candidates with strong leadlevel experience looking to step into a manager role.
• Background in banking, financial services, or customer communications platforms is highly beneficial.
• Ability to guide teams in adopting modern engineering practices, automation, CI/CD, and cloudnative development frameworks.
• Experience as Applications Development Manager as senior level in an Application Development role.
• Stakeholder and people management experience
• Demonstrated leadership skills
• Proven project management skills
• Basic knowledge of industry practices and standards
• Consistently demonstrates clear and concise written and verbal communication.

Additional Competencies (Advantageous):

• Knowledge and experience in Content Management Tools (Exstream or Messagepoint or ADA tagging).
• Familiarity with Linux/AIX, Shell Scripting.
• Experience in working on cross-platform or legacy modernization projects.
• Knowledge of and experience with automating development processes and testing.

Education:

• Bachelors degree/University degree or equivalent experience
• Masters degree preferred

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Job Family Group:

Technology

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Job Family:

Applications Development

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Time Type:

Full time

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Most Relevant Skills

Please see the requirements listed above.

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Other Relevant Skills

For complementary skills, please see above and/or contact the recruiter.

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