Artificial Intelligence & Identity and Access Management Security Architect, Director

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.

As a bank with a brain and a soul, Citi creates economic value that is systemically responsible and in our clients’ best interests. As a financial institution that touches every region of the world and every sector that shapes your daily life, our Enterprise Operations & Technology teams are charged with a mission that rivals any large tech company. Our technology solutions are the foundations of everything we do from keeping the bank safe, managing global resources, and providing the technical tools our workers need to be successful to designing our digital architecture and ensuring our platforms provide a first-class customer experience.

We reimagine client and partner experiences to deliver excellence through secure, reliable, and efficient services.

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.

About Our Team:

The Chief Information Security Office (CISO) is home to deeply talented colleagues that work to ensure the safety of Citi's clients', our revenue, our employees and our proprietary data. We manage information security as one end-to end program – one with a clear mandate and accountability. Our mission is a program that is fully anchored to modern control and architectural frameworks, is fully aligned with the enterprise architecture of the firm and is deeply integrated into the sectors and functions.

Position Overview:

The Enterprise Security Architect for Artificial Intelligence (AI) & Identity and Access Management (IAM) is a senior individual contributor position responsible for defining the strategic direction and designing secure architectures for Citi’s enterprise IAM program and the secure adoption, development, and deployment of advanced AI/ML technologies, including agentic AI systems. This role involves developing robust security policies, guiding secure architecture across various IAM systems, and ensuring the comprehensive security and trustworthiness of AI/ML platforms and applications, from data ingestion to model deployment and operational monitoring.

The architect will specifically focus on securing the lifecycle of AI, including mitigating risks associated with agentic AI's autonomous decision-making, multi-agent interactions, and continuous learning capabilities. This role requires deep expertise in AI security, ethical AI principles, and compliance with evolving regulatory standards. The architect will collaborate with cross-functional teams, mentor security professionals, and drive innovation in security testing, AI model validation, and governance.

Strong leadership, strategic planning, and a deep understanding of emerging threats, risk management, and the unique security challenges presented by advanced IAM and AI paradigms are essential.

• Leadership
  • Partner, coach and functionally lead IT, engineering, development, data science, and business teams through collaborative design discussions focused on IAM and comprehensive AI security, including agentic systems.
  • Educate internal and external clients on security risk, best practices, and the secure, ethical implementation of IAM and AI.
• Vision and Strategy
  • Define and lead the security strategy for enterprise-wide Identity and Access…