Director, Asia Pacific Investments Business Execution Lead

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Citi Wealth is focused on serving the needs of clients across the entire wealth spectrum. By building on the strengths and capabilities across Citi, we intend to transform the way we serve clients across the wealth spectrum, delivering the full range of high tech and high touch capabilities Citi can offer, and ultimately help them achieve their goals. Citi Wealth serves over 600,000 clients across its global footprint in Asia, Europe, Mexico, and North America. Wealth delivers a wide range of products and services covering capital markets, managed investments, portfolio management, trust and estate planning, investment finance and banking.  By building on the strengths and capabilities across Citi, we intend to transform the way we serve clients across the wealth spectrum, delivering the full range of high tech and high touch capabilities Citi can offer, and ultimately help them achieve their goals. Citi Wealth propositions are delivered via tailored offerings across the Citigold, Citi Private Client, International Private Bank and Citi Private Bank brands.

Investment Solutions is comprised of our global investment product organization, which includes Managed Investments, Markets, Traditional and Alternative Investments, Insurance as well as Product Specialists and Wealth Planning professionals. The Investments Business Execution Regional Lead will report directly into the Global Head of Business Execution supporting the Asia Pacific region at Citi Wealth. In this role, the leader will be responsible to lead executive-level strategic and operational analysis across the region, driving consistency and ensuring seamless coordination of activities across all business segments and the Investment Solutions organization.  The role is a senior leader with deep experience in investment products and platforms, strategy development and operationalization.  This leader has exceptional abilities in analysis, critical thinking. communication and influencing, and has a proven track record of working with global teams, aligning stakeholders and thriving in ambiguous situations.  This role will be an individual contributor role, however, will have significant influence on ensuring tight collaboration of regional priorities for Investment Solutions.

In this role, you're expected to :

• Execute against key priorities and strategy for the Investment Solutions business across multiple business segments in Asia Pacific (Citigold/Citi Private Client, Citi Private Bank)
• Coordinate with regional business segment to ensure strategic goals that guide future growth and development of Wealth are prioritized and translated into tactical business plans with mechanisms for key measurements in place to monitor progress
• Coordinate and guide the regional product business execution teams enabling them to focus on the right strategic priorities
• Act as a regional delegate for Global Business Execution head when required in certain meetings
• Develop approach to drive best-practice sharing and collaboration across regions along defined areas of future growth
• Monitor strict adherence to governance and ensure risks are addressed, setting high standards of professionalism across all functions
• Build credible and trusting relationships with regional business, technology, and operations partners
• Apply a global mindset and understanding in multiple functional areas and their underlying business principles.

Qualifications:

• 10+ years of relevant experience in financial services / Wealth Management
• Strategic, analytical, and systematic thinker who consistently pushes the status quo and constructively challenges the team to drive change and continuous improvement and innovation
• Demonstrated ability to work collaboratively across multiple stakeholders and organizations – pushes self and colleagues to higher levels of performance by actively listening and engaging in constructive dialogue
• Proven business acumen, critical thinker with ability to provide an impartial, consultative and solutions oriented approach
• Consistently detail-oriented, goal-oriented and able to work in a team
• Excellent communication skills required in order to influence a wide range of audiences
• Prior success working in a large, highly-matrix and complex organization; ability to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment
• Consistently demonstrate clear and concise written and verbal communication
• Ability to balance strategic thinking with process-oriented execution, with a high attention to detail and quality

Education:

• Bachelor's degree/University degree or equivalent experience
• Master's degree preferred

Job Family Group:

Business Strategy, Management & Administration

Job Family:

Business Execution & Administration

Time Type:

Full time

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