.The Project Senior Lead is a strategic professional who closely follows the latest trends in their field and adapts them for application within their job and the business. Typically, a small number of people within the business provide the same level of expertise. Excellent communication skills are required in order to negotiate internally, often at a senior level. Developed communication and diplomacy skills are necessary to guide, influence, and convince others, particularly colleagues in other areas and occasional external customers. This role is accountable for significant direct business results or authoritative advice regarding the operations of the business, necessitating a degree of responsibility over technical strategy. Primarily affects a sub-function and is responsible for handling staff management issues, including resource management and allocation of work within the team/project.Responsibilities:Responsible for the management of significant projects, may manage a department, product, or process with a large amount of independence.Identifies stakeholders and key organizations and builds and manages relationships with each.Directs the creation of multiple projects of work and manages their alignment to business goals.Leads the facilitation, coordination, and arbitration of cross-functional macro-level topics within/across projects and with Senior Management.Leads the identification and drives resolution of issues, including those outside established projects of work.Works with stakeholders to ensure project scope definition meets business objectives.Works with Project Sponsor to ensure business case/cost-benefit analysis is in line with business objectives.Drives adherence to project processes, procedures, methods, and standards for project delivery and leverage across the project.Assists project team in negotiating for resources owned by other departments to ensure the project can be completed.Directs the communication of status, issue, and risk disposition to all stakeholders, including senior management, on a timely basis.Directs the identification of risks which impact project delivery and ensures mitigation strategies are developed and executed when necessary.Develops and exercises business plans, policies, and procedures and may also be responsible for various projects to improve efficiencies.Appropriately assesses risk when business decisions are made, demonstrating particular consideration for the firm's reputation and safeguarding Citigroup, its clients and assets, by driving compliance with applicable laws, rules and regulations, adhering to Policy, applying sound ethical judgment regarding personal behavior, conduct and business practices, and escalating, managing and reporting control issues with transparency