Senior Group Manager – Software & AI Engineering

Shape your career with Citi in Dublin. By joining Citi, you will become part of a global organisation whose mission is to serve as a trusted partner to our clients by responsibly providing financial services that enable growth and economic progress. 

Citi has had a presence in Ireland since 1965, it was one of the first foreign banks to open an office in the country and is the Citibank Europe Plc Headquarters.   

Team/Role Overview

The Senior Group Manager – Software & AI Engineering is a senior management level position in Issuer Services Technology at Citi responsible for accomplishing results through the management of a team or department in an effort to establish and implement new or revised application systems and programs in coordination with the Technology Team. The overall objective of this role is to drive applications systems analysis and programming activities.

This is a critical position focused on platform modernization and transformation, driving high-impact, transformational change to our core legacy application systems. In this role, you will play a key part in reshaping our technology landscape and steering the future of our enterprise platforms.

What you’ll do

• Manage multiple teams of professionals to accomplish established goals and conduct personnel duties for team (e.g. performance evaluations, hiring and disciplinary actions)
• Provide strategic influence and exercise control over resources, budget management and planning while monitoring end results
• Utilize in-depth knowledge of concepts and procedures within own area and basic knowledge of other areas to resolve issues
• Ensure essential procedures are followed and contribute to defining standards
• Integrate in-depth knowledge of applications development with overall technology function to achieve established goals
• Provide evaluative judgement based on analysis of facts in complicated, unique, and dynamic situations including drawing from internal and external sources
• Influence and negotiate with senior leaders across functions, as well as communicate with external parties as 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.
  
  

What we’ll need from you  

• Proven engineering leadership leveraging Generative AI, LLMs, and advanced prompt engineering to accelerate developer velocity, architect intelligent systems, and integrate AI solutions across the full SDLC.
• Extensive expertise in AI governance and maturity, encompassing enterprise guardrails, data privacy, and model risk management, with a proven track record of scaling AI adoption and mentoring top-tier engineering teams.
• Strong technical foundation in full-stack and AI-driven engineering, with deep hands-on expertise in Java and Angular application development.
• Experience in management
• Experience managing global technology teams
• Working knowledge of industry practices and standards
• Consistently demonstrates clear and concise written and verbal communication

Education

 

• Bachelor’s degree/University degree or equivalent experience
• Master’s degree preferred

What we can offer you 

By joining Citi Dublin, you will not only be part of a business casual workplace with a hybrid working model (up to 2 days working at home per week), but also receive a competitive base salary (which is annually reviewed) and enjoy a whole host of additional benefits that support you (and your family) to be well, live well and save well. Discover more here.  

Alongside these benefits Citi is committed to ensuring our workplace is where everyone feels comfortable coming to work as their whole self every day.  We want the best talent around the world to be energised to join us, motivated to stay, and empowered to thrive.  

Sounds like Citi has everything you need? Then apply to discover the true extent of your capabilities.  

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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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Primary Location Full Time Salary Range:

0,00 € - 2 250 000,00 €

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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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