Senior Project Lead Wealth Lending

Citi is looking for a Senior Project Lead to drive the end-to-end delivery of complex, cross-functional initiatives within the Wealth Lending business — a strategically important area that helps clients meet their lending needs across Citi's global network. In this senior individual contributor role, you will operate at both a strategic and executional level, owning programme governance, stakeholder alignment, and disciplined delivery across a matrixed organization. This is an opportunity to shape how Wealth Lending executes its priorities, working alongside senior leaders across Technology, Risk, Compliance, Legal, and Operations to deliver outcomes that matter.

Responsibilities:

• Lead end-to-end delivery of complex, cross-functional projects within Wealth Lending, owning scope definition, planning, milestone tracking, dependencies, and deliverables aligned to business and enterprise strategy.

• Coordinate across Wealth Lending, Technology, Risk, Compliance, Legal, and Operations to maintain alignment, resolve interdependencies, and keep project objectives on track.

• Establish and maintain project governance frameworks, including risk and issue tracking, decision logs, and steering committee materials, ensuring transparency with senior stakeholders.

• Identify, assess, and actively manage project risks and issues, developing and executing mitigation strategies and escalating where appropriate with clear recommendations.

• Partner with project sponsors and business owners to validate scope, align business cases and cost-benefit analyses to strategic objectives, and ensure delivery meets regulatory and control requirements.

• Communicate project status, risks, and key decisions clearly and consistently to stakeholders at all levels, including senior management.

• Manage, coach, and develop project team members to strengthen delivery capability, while maintaining accountability for budgeting, planning, and financial oversight across the programme.

Required Qualifications & Skills:

• 8–10+ years of experience in project or programme management, business transformation, or a related discipline, with a demonstrated track record of delivering complex, cross-functional initiatives in financial services or similarly regulated environments.

• Ability to manage multiple concurrent initiatives, balancing competing priorities while maintaining delivery discipline, quality, and stakeholder alignment.

• Skilled at engaging and influencing senior stakeholders across business, technology, and risk functions, with clear and structured communication at all levels.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving capability, with experience assessing complex issues, identifying root causes, and recommending practical, well-reasoned solutions.

• High degree of judgment, discretion, and professionalism, with the ability to navigate ambiguity and operate effectively in a matrixed, global organization.

• Commitment to governance, risk awareness, and ethical conduct, with the ability to assess business decisions with consideration for regulatory expectations and reputational impact.

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.

Beneficial Skills & Qualifications:

• PMP, CAPM, PgMP, or equivalent project management certification.

• Master's degree or advanced managerial qualification.

• AI and digital fluency, with the ability to connect emerging technologies — including generative AI — to business strategy and delivery outcomes.

• Familiarity with governance, risk, and regulatory considerations for AI adoption within a controlled financial services environment.

We offer:

By joining Citi Solutions Center Poland, you will not only be part of a business casual workplace with a hybrid working model (currently up to 2 days working at home per week), but also (potentially, subject to final offer) receive a competitive base salary and enjoy a whole host of additional benefits which can include:

• Employer paid Defined Contribution Pension Plan contribution of 6% of employee’s pensionable earnings (PPE Program)

• Employer paid Private Medical Care Package for employees and Private Medical Care Packages for certain family members available at preferential rates

• Employer paid Life Insurance Program for employees and Life Insurance for certain family members available at preferential rates

• Employee Assistance Program financed by Employer

• Paid Parental Leave Program (maternity and paternity leave; statutory and 2 weeks additional paid paternity leave)

• Sport Card for employees subsidised via Social Benefits Fund and Sport Cards for certain family members available at preferential rates

• Additional benefits from Company’s Social Benefit Fund, in particular: Holidays Allowance, support for sport and cultural activities, team building events.

• Additional day off for volunteering

• Cafeteria/ flex benefit – a company benefits system which enables employees to select and purchase benefits offered by a provider and available for employees on the platform.

• Opportunity to receive an annual discretionary incentive award

• Special offers and discounts for employees

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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.

Sounds like Citi has everything you need? Then apply to discover the true extent of your capabilities.

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## Job Family Group:

Project and Program Management

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## Job Family:

Project Management

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## Time Type:

Full time

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## Primary Location Full Time Salary Range:

330 630,00 zł - 562 970,00 zł

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## Most Relevant Skills

Please see the requirements listed above.

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## Other Relevant Skills

For complementary skills, please see above and/or contact the recruiter.

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