This role pays more than
96%
of similar roles. Most pay
$203,025–$283,800
— the shaded band above.
At the midpoint, this role pays about
$375k
versus about
$243k
for comparable roles.
Based on 239 similar postings.
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About Citi
Citi is one of the world’s most trusted financial institutions, proudly serving millions of customers across the United States.
Citi currently has
256 open roles
on FindRole.
Listed pay typically runs
$140,080–$210,120
across 238 roles with salary data.
Head of AI-First Development (Firmwide AI) - Managing Director leads a new, unified firmwide AI organization to re-architect how products are built across all business functions. This role focuses on making AI the default throughout the entire Product Development Lifecycle, including requirements gathering, design, coding, testing, and deployment. The leader will own an agentic developer-experience platform featuring tools for requirement analysis, automated testing, code review, and deployment agents while managing vendor relationships and "build vs. buy" strategies. Key responsibilities include establishing reference workflows, engineering productivity metrics, and telemetry to track adoption. The role requires expertise in agentic coding tools, AI-assisted development, and large-scale developer platforms. This position addresses the challenge of scaling engineering productivity within a complex, regulated financial services environment by integrating advanced AI technologies into standard software development practices.
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