Project Management Lead

Qualifications:

• 6-10 years of project management experience – preferably from a mortgage or financial services environment
• PMP certification strongly preferred, Six Sigma a plus.
• 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.
• Stays abreast of current industry trends and new technology through professional associations, trade journals, networking, and associated training and seminars.
• Education:
• Bachelor’s/University degree, Master’s degree preferred
• What we can offer:
• At Citi, you will work at the intersection of data, finance, and commercial strategy, contributing to decisions that have real impact across a global organization. This role offers meaningful autonomy, cross-functional collaboration, and the opportunity to grow your analytical and governance expertise within a high-performing team.
• A hybrid working model with 3 days in the office and 2 days working remotely, giving you flexibility alongside team connection.
• Exposure to complex, high-value commercial and financial decisions that directly shape vendor strategy at a global scale.
• Access to learning and development resources that support your growth in data analytics, financial governance, and emerging technologies.
• The opportunity to work across finance, sourcing, and technology functions, broadening your professional network and cross-functional expertise.
• Wellbeing support and work-life balance initiatives designed to help you perform at your best.
• Competitive financial benefits and a rewards package aligned to your experience and contribution.
• Apply today to bring your data and governance expertise to a role where your analysis shapes commercial outcomes at one of the world's leading financial institutions.
• If you are a highly motivated, results-oriented individual with a passion for technology risk management, we encourage you to apply!
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• Full time
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Preferred Qualifications

• PMP certification strongly preferred, Six Sigma a plus.
• Bachelor’s/University degree, Master’s degree preferred

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.
• Drives end results of the project as a representative of the business.
• Works closely with the Customer, Sales Team, Engineering and Manufacturing to define a project scope and objectives for project members.
• Prepares, maintains, and submits clear and concise activity/progress reports and time recording/management reports.
• 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.
• 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.
• 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.