Director of Product Architect

The Product Architect - MRD Common Platform Transformation (Director) in Dublin manages a small team of highly skilled product architects. The MRD Common Platform Transformation acts as the backbone of data ingestion, distribution, and access of enterprise master and reference data in the area of Legal Entities, Customers, Accounts, Product Agreements, and Market Data (instruments, Prices, Corporate Actions). This role is responsible for executing the sub-function's strategic direction, driving cloud-first AWS and Databricks architectures. The candidate must negotiate at a senior level and earn stakeholder trust through incremental, agile deployments.

Responsibilities:

• Strategic Architectural Leadership: Define and execute the 3-5 year product architectural roadmap for the MRD Common Platform, aligning with Citi's enterprise data strategy. • Platform Design & Modern Engineering: Lead the Product Development Lifecycle and specification of high-performance, scalable data ingestion, distribution, and access capabilities, leveraging Databricks for utility components and implementing state-of-the-art engineering practices (Active-Active, Blue-Green, Serverless, and AI-assisted development). • Team Management & Technical Leadership: Direct, mentor, and develop a high-performing team of senior Product Architects, fostering a culture of technical excellence, continuous learning, and modern engineering standards. • Stakeholder Management & Trust: Partner with senior business and…