Digital Product Developer, VP

Responsibilities

• Partners across product disciplines, assists in managing the overall performance of a given product suite and monitors performance drivers for the products and portfolios
• This position may mentor and coach team members that is responsible for supporting ongoing performance and maintenance of a product or set of products, including client experience, pricing, risk and distribution
• Implements performance improvement strategies, with a specific focus on cross-sell and integration, including the development of competitive analyses, market analyses, product development road maps, market plans, pricing strategies and product line extensions
• Assists sales and relationship managers in building skills needed to identify client needs, and proposes solutions in line with business objectives
• Manages ongoing performance and maintenance of a product or set of products, including client experience, pricing, risk and distribution
• Gathers market intelligence and develops market sizing studies and models to identify the attractiveness of particular markets segments and product offerings. Defines and analyzes sector trends, opportunities and issues
• Represent customer needs and provide strategic direction on product development features, functionality and overall competitiveness
• Partners closely with sales teams to identify client opportunities and with the client management organization to meet with prospective clients and to size new opportunities
• Build consensus and awareness of value proposition throughout the organization and key partners
• Participates in and prepares materials for the Product Approval Program and related processes, ensures products are delivered and adhere to all parameters globally
• Collaborates with cross-functional teams, including technology, operations, legal, implementations, and sales to deliver solutions for Citi clients
• Refines and produces sector-specific marketing material that will arm sales force with the tools necessary to grow Citi’s business
• Manage product risk and control, documentation, credit, legal and regulatory risk, and manage transactional P&L through business drivers, and profitability ratios
• Analyzes vertical/product specific P&L's to ensure goals are being met
• Participates in/facilitates product discussions with partners in asset distribution, legal, credit risk, operations and systems capabilities to ensure seamless delivery of program expansions
• Involved in coaching and training of new recruits and mentor other team members

Qualifications

• 6-10 years of experience
• Level of expertise and demonstrated experience in Product Management and/or Product Development discipline
• Experience in and understanding of logistics or Industrial verticals with e-commerce solutions preferred
• Ability to make complex judgments and to provide solutions based on sophisticated analytical thought comparing and selecting complex alternatives
• In-depth quantitative or qualitative analysis to solve problems and develop new, innovative solutions
• Ability to apply ingenuity and creativity to problem analysis and resolution in complicated and/or novel situations
• Developed diplomacy skills are required in order to guide, influence and convince others, in particular colleagues in other areas and occasional external customers
• Experience with and confidence in delivering presentations to clients and senior managers

Education

• Bachelor’s/University degree, Master’s degree preferred