Application Support

Application Support Delivery Manager, SVP

Citi is hiring an Application Support Delivery Manager to partner with a dedicated team in assessing the reliability, efficiency, and continuous improvement of critical application portfolios across a globally scaled technology environment. In this role, you will own the full lifecycle of application support operations spanning incident and problem management, vendor oversight, capacity planning, financial oversight, and service improvement with direct influence over technology strategy and business outcomes. This is a senior leadership position where your decisions shape the operational standards and service quality that Citi's business depends on every day.

Citi, the leading global bank, has approximately 200 million customer accounts and does business in more than 160 countries and jurisdictions. Citi provides consumers, corporations, governments, and institutions with a broad range of financial products and services, including consumer banking and credit, corporate and investment banking, securities brokerage, transaction services, and wealth management.

Our commitment to diversity includes a workforce that represents the clients we serve from all walks of life, backgrounds, and origins. We foster an environment where the best people want to work. We value and demand respect for others, promote individuals based on merit, and ensure opportunities for personal development are widely available to all. Ideal candidates are innovators with well-rounded backgrounds who bring their authentic selves to work and complement our culture of delivering results with pride. If you are a problem solver who seeks passion in your work, come join us. We'll enable growth and progress together.

Responsibilities

• Lead multiple application support initiatives across all dimensions of people management, including performance evaluation, compensation decisions, recruitment, and team development to build a high-accountability, high-performance environment.
• Manage end-to-end application support delivery across incident management, problem management, and knowledge management practices, driving measurable improvements in service quality and end-user efficiency.
• Oversee compliance, timesheet accuracy, and delivery governance to ensure teams operate proactively and consistently meet agreed service standards.
• Own financial program management for the support function, tracking metrics across resource efficiency, testing progress, and operational performance to inform budgetary and strategic decisions.
• Manage third-party vendors and offshore managed service providers, holding them accountable to contractual performance expectations and service level agreements.
• Define and implement a capacity management framework that governs application throughput and latency, maintaining system reliability at enterprise scale.
• Represent the technology function in business review forums, translating operational data and performance metrics into clear insights that support commercial and strategic decision-making.
• Establish application onboarding standards and work with development teams to embed stability and supportability into new services from the outset.

Required Qualifications & Skills

• 10+ years experience with demonstrated leadership of application support functions within a large, complex technology environment, with full accountability for teams, budgets, and service outcomes.
• Hands-on experience managing incident, problem, and knowledge management practices at enterprise scale, with a track record of improving service quality and operational efficiency.
• Financial and program management capability, including the ability to track metrics, manage resource efficiency, and translate performance data into operational decisions.
• Experience overseeing third-party vendors and offshore managed service providers, including performance monitoring and contractual accountability.
• Strong commercial awareness with the ability to identify cost reduction opportunities and deliver efficiency improvements across a supported application portfolio.
• Confident communicator at senior levels, able to align stakeholders across functions and translate technical operational detail into business-relevant insights.
• Commitment to risk and compliance standards, with the ability to identify control issues and ensure adherence to relevant policies and governance requirements.
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent university-level education.

Beneficial Skills & Qualifications

• Master's degree in a relevant discipline.
• Familiarity with AI tooling and an openness to adopting emerging technologies to improve support operations and team effectiveness.
• Experience working closely with senior business partners or delivery leads on day-to-day operational priorities, translating business needs into technology support strategies.

What We Offer

At Citi, you will take on a leadership role with real scope, working alongside senior stakeholders and a collaborative team to shape how application support is delivered at global scale. This is an environment that values delivery, professional growth, and the kind of leadership that makes a measurable difference.

• Hybrid working model with 3 days in the office and 2 days working remotely, giving you flexibility alongside meaningful in-person collaboration.
• Ownership of a high-impact function with genuine influence over technology strategy, team performance, and business outcomes at one of the world's leading financial institutions.
• Opportunity to work at the intersection of technology and commercial delivery, gaining exposure to cross-functional leadership and enterprise-scale decision-making.
• Access to learning and development resources, including support for exploring and adopting AI and emerging technology tools within your team.
• A performance-driven environment where your leadership, judgement, and delivery expertise are recognized and rewarded.
• Competitive compensation and a comprehensive benefits package designed to support your financial wellbeing and long-term career growth.
• Wellbeing and family support programs that help you maintain a sustainable balance between professional and personal priorities.

Apply now to lead application support delivery at one of the world's most influential financial institutions and drive the operational excellence that Citi's business depends on.