SVP - Risk and Controls Lead for ICG Developer Engineering - London/New York

Company: Citi
Location: Jersey City
Posted on: January 13, 2021

Job Description:

The Risk and Controls Lead for Developer Engineering runs an expert dedicated team focussed on driving there-engineering of controls and processes relevant to software development to align them with our target way ofworking. The team has a particular focus on automating and codifying those controls, which will require thedevelopment of innovative approaches to risk management.The team will work extremely closely with the Culture Lead and the Capabilities Lead to ensure their work ismutually supportive. There is a natural alignment of culture driving ways of working, which drives a need tochange our controls, which in turn drives a need for new tooling and automation. This is a challenging butexciting opportunity to help change the way a huge number of developers work.The lead role must engage with and influence senior leaders across the firm. Success will require changing thecurrent approach to risk assessment and controls, including driving a new way of thinking in the ICG and bankwiderisk and controls teams.This role will report directly to the ICG Head of Developer Engineering.About the DepartmentDeveloper Engineering is a new function within ICG Technology. Our mission is to make it easy and enjoyablefor development teams to go from a business idea to delivery of an innovative production solution. This will bedone by improving and upgrading our tools, streamlining our processes, automating and strengthening ourcontrols, and helping development teams adopt modern ways of working.This new initiative represents a key investment in our future development capability. We are assembling anexpert team to transform the working environment of the 18,000 people who make up the ICG developmentcommunity and help them dramatically change their approach to developing software across the many differenttechnologies we support. This is a challenging remit, but with the scale and variety comes a unique opportunity tobe agents of cultural and technical change who have a huge impact on the bank.Key Responsibilities:* Partner closely with controls and security teams* Focus on fostering innovation in our risk management* Re-engineer our current processes and controls to be highly automated, codified, self-service and* friction-free* Holistic approach to risk management that takes our tooling and infrastructure environments into* account* Enable true CI/CD for our development teams, characterised by multiple releases per-day* Deliver a significantly stronger controls environmentCharacteristics:?* Excellent communicator who gets on well with others, building strong professional relationships* Able to negotiate and influence at all levels* Collaborative by nature, builds partnerships across the firm* Creative and innovative, brings different angles to problems and provides new solutions* Risk and security focussed, putting diligent risk management and security at the core of everything they doExperience:* Proven track record of addressing and mitigating risk in pragmatic yet creative ways (could be from working in a risk management or controls role, but experience in any other domain will be considered - for example, a development team role where this can be demonstrated)* Intimate knowledge of the development process, ideally from working in and/or leading development teams in a banking environmentThis job description provides a high-level review of the types of work performed. Other job-related duties may be assigned as required.-------------------------------------------------Job Family Group: Technology-------------------------------------------------Job Family:Business Analysis / Client Services------------------------------------------------------Time Type:------------------------------------------------------Citi is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer.Qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.Citigroup Inc. and its subsidiaries ("Citi?) invite all qualified interested applicants to apply for career opportunities. If you are a person with a disability and need a reasonable accommodation to use our search tools and/or apply for a career opportunity review Accessibility at Citi.View the "EEO is the Law" poster. View the EEO is the Law Supplement.View the EEO Policy Statement.View the Pay Transparency Posting

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