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Lead strategic resilience initiatives at Citi Belfast, ensuring operational resilience and compliance.
Senior Vice President role in a global investment bank, shaping technology resilience across 4000+ professionals.
Job Overview
Job Overview
Citi Belfast is one of the largest employers in Northern Ireland with a diverse and talented team of over 4000 people from over 68 different nationalities across our four Belfast offices. We are the only global investment bank operating in Northern Ireland. Every day, our local experts interact with global teams in over 100 countries developing and supporting next-generation technology solutions for the enterprise and delivering critical services to the bank and its customers, to make sure we are a stronger and safer organization for our clients. You will have a truly global reach, which will provide you with new experiences and development opportunities right here in Belfast’s iconic Titanic Quarter.
Strategic Leadership & Vision
Strategic Leadership & Vision:
Lead strategic initiatives in support of enterprise strategy and resilience across all technology organizations, ensuring alignment with business priorities, regulatory requirements, and industry best practices.
Provide executive leadership for the resiliency program, overseeing the workstreams to drive progress
Establish strategic partnerships with senior technology leaders, business executives, Enterprise Resilience, Risk Management, and regulatory stakeholders to drive resiliency transformation.
Champion organizational change to embed resiliency-first thinking into application development, architecture decisions, and operational practices.
Governance & Regulatory Compliance
Governance & Regulatory Compliance:
Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements for operational resilience across all jurisdictions, including MAS, OCC, PRA, and other regulatory mandates.
Oversee the Enterprise Criticality Framework, ensuring accurate framework to identification of Enterprise Critical Applications (ECAs) and alignment with Critical Business Services (CBS).
Support engagement with regulators and auditors on resiliency matters, providing evidence of program effectiveness and compliance.
Drive resolution of regulatory findings and Corrective Action Plans (CAPs) related to application resiliency and recovery capabilities.
Program Oversight & Accountability
Program Oversight & Accountability:
Provide executive oversight and accountability for the resiliency program, ensuring delivery of strategic initiatives and achievement of annual targets.
Monitor program health, risks, and performance metrics, making strategic decisions to optimize outcomes and resource allocation.
Support budget and resource allocation across resiliency initiatives, balancing strategic priorities with operational constraints.
Technology & Platform Strategy
Technology & Platform Strategy:
Drive the strategic direction for resiliency platforms and tools, including One-Touch Recovery (OTR), ServiceNow BCM, and emerging technologies.
Champion investment in automation, API integration, and self-service capabilities to scale resiliency practices across the enterprise.
Stakeholder Management & Communication
Stakeholder Management & Communication:
Communicate resiliency strategy, progress, and risks to executive committees and governance forums.
Build consensus and drive decision-making across diverse stakeholder groups with competing priorities.
Represent technology resiliency in enterprise-wide business continuity and crisis management forums.
Key Qualifications
Key Qualifications:
Progressive technology leadership experience in large, complex organizations.
Senior leadership roles managing large teams and strategic programs.
Experience in resiliency, disaster recovery, business continuity, or operational risk management.
Proven track record leading enterprise-wide transformation initiatives in highly regulated industries.
Experience managing responses to regulators and navigating complex compliance requirements.
Deep understanding of application architecture, distributed systems, and cloud technologies.
Knowledge of disaster recovery, business continuity, and operational resilience frameworks.
Familiarity with SRE principles, chaos engineering, and automated recovery practices.
Understanding of regulatory requirements for operational resilience in financial services.
Experience with enterprise platforms, APIs, and system integration strategies.
Experience managing program budgets and resources.
BS degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent field required.
Leadership Competencies
Leadership Competencies:
Strategic thinking and ability to translate business objectives into technology strategies.
Strong executive presence with ability to influence and drive change across organizational boundaries.
Exceptional communication skills with ability to articulate complex technical concepts to business and executive audiences.
Strong business and financial acumen.
What we’ll provide you
What we’ll provide you:
By joining Citi, 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 such as:
27 days annual leave (plus bank holidays)
A discretional annual performance related bonus
Private Medical Care & Life Insurance
Employee Assistance Program
Pension Plan
Paid Parental Leave
Special discounts for employees, family, and friends
Access to an array of learning and development resources
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 energized to join us, motivated to stay and empowered to thrive.
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Job Family Group
Job Family Group:
Technology
Job Family
Job Family:
Applications Support
Time Type
Time Type:
Full time
Most Relevant Skills
Most Relevant Skills
Please see the requirements listed above.
Other Relevant Skills
Other Relevant Skills
For complementary skills, please see above and/or contact the recruiter.
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