About Us:Working at Citi is to serve as a trusted partner to our clients by responsibly providing financial services that enable growth and economic progress. Analytics and Information Management (AIM) is a global functional team working across Business Units with 20+ years of proud contributions to the firm. We are located across multiple cities in India - Bengaluru, Chennai, Pune, Mumbai, and Gurugram. We are a global community that has a mandate to connect and analyze information to create actionable intelligence for business leaders. AIM is Citi's in-house Analytics & AI/ML center of excellence focused on delivering best-in-class solutions for Citi's businesses & functions.About this role:At AIM, we are at critical moment in our AI transformation journey. This is a unique & exciting opportunity to define, execute & deliver AIM’s AI transformation roadmap. We are radically evolving the way Analytics is developed & delivered with an AI-first approach. This role, along with a dedicated team of senior AI product leads & engineers, has the mandate to deliver AI-powered improvement of all Analytics processes and drive significant efficiency, define & build forward looking AI agent integrated Analytics product & capabilities to transform our service delivery model. Key success metrics for this role are:Design & deliver AI-led transformation of Analytics processes for AIM, in alignment with Citi's enterprise AI direction Drive AI adoption across AIM and align with key stakeholders in business to increase speed-to-market of Analytics solutions & recommendations Continue to evolve AIM processes & capabilities with AI agents Define roadmap, milestones & KPI for AIM’s AI transformation journey – be accountable for success of these KPIs Contribute to enterprise level vision for AI-led transformation of Analytics – support expanding AIM’s AI / AI agent led Analytics process to entire Citi enterpriseAbout you:You will be directly reporting to Head of AIM leading a growing multi-tiered organization of AI engineers, Data Scientists.Qualifications<ul><li>Master's degree or PhD in Computer Science, Artificial Intelligence, Statistics, Engineering, or a related quantitative discipline from a premier institution.</li><li>15+ years of progressive experience in analytics, data science, and AI/ML, including at least 5 years in a senior leadership role.</li><li>Strong executive communication and influencing skills — with a verifiable track record of engaging and advising Managing Director / C-suite level stakeholders.</li><li>Deep working knowledge of Generative AI architectures (LLMs, RAG pipelines, prompt engineering), Demonstrated understanding of Agentic AI systems, Hands-on expertise in building and deploying solutions in production, Familiarity with MLOps practices.</li></ul>Preferred Qualifications<ul><li>Experience in the financial services industry, particularly across Operations, Risk, Finance, or Business Management analytics domains.</li><li>AI-related publications and demonstrated thought leadership in the industry.</li></ul>------------------------------------------------------<h2>Job Family Group: </h2>Decision Management------------------------------------------------------<h2>Job Family:</h2>Specialized Analytics (Data Science/Computational Statistics)------------------------------------------------------<h2>Time Type:</h2>Full time------------------------------------------------------<h2>Most Relevant Skills </h2>Please see the requirements listed above.------------------------------------------------------<h2>Other Relevant Skills </h2>For complementary skills, please see above and/or contact the recruiter.------------------------------------------------------Citi is an equal opportunity employer, and qualified candidates will receive consideration without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other characteristic protected by law. 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 <a href="https://www.citigroup.com/citi/accessibility/application-accessibility.htm" target="_blank">Accessibility at Citi</a>. View Citi’s <a href="https://www.citigroup.com/global/eeo-aa-policy" target="_blank">EEO Policy Statement</a> and the <a href="https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2023-06/22-088_EEOC_KnowYourRights6.12ScreenRdr.pdf" target="_blank">Know Your Rights</a> poster.

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