Strategic Initiatives Program Manager – Vice President

Citigroup

Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Competitive base salary (annually reviewed); discr...
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Enterprise resiliency and recoverability
Production swing testing execution
Data recovery and impact tolerance
** Citigroup is seeking a Strategic Initiatives Program Manager at the Vice President level in Belfast, Northern Ireland, to lead key workstreams focused on enhancing enterprise resiliency and recoverability of critical applications. The candidate will be responsible for implementing testing and recovery strategies while collaborating across multiple teams to ensure adherence to operational resilience requirements. **

Job Summary

  • This role is critical for governing the implementation of enhanced testing, recovery, and reporting capabilities to ensure critical business services remain within defined impact tolerances.
  • The successful candidate will lead production swing testing for critical applications and drive the adoption of chaos engineering practices to proactively identify system weaknesses.
  • Citi offers a competitive base salary with an annual review, 27 days of annual leave plus bank holidays, and a hybrid working model allowing up to two days at home per week.

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** Citigroup is seeking a Strategic Initiatives Program Manager at the Vice President level in Belfast, Northern Ireland, to lead key workstreams focused on enhancing enterprise resiliency and recoverability of critical applications. The candidate will be responsible for implementing testing and recovery strategies while collaborating across multiple teams to ensure adherence to operational resilience requirements. **

Salary

Competitive base salary (annually reviewed); Discretionary annual performance related bonus; Benefits include 27 days annual leave, private medical care, pension plan, and paid parental leave

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • Enterprise resiliency and recoverability
  • Production swing testing execution
  • Data recovery and impact tolerance
  • One-Touch Recovery orchestration
  • Chaos engineering practices
  • Vulnerability management and remediation
  • Operational resilience regulatory adherence

Nice-to-have

  • Cloud-native services expertise
  • API development and integration skills
  • Strong communication across teams
  • Mentorship and continuous learning
  • Hands-on leadership style

Key Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or Engineering
  • Experience in software engineering or SRE
  • Proven program management experience delivering complex initiatives
  • Expertise in analyzing distributed large-scale systems
  • Strong understanding of disaster recovery architecture

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