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The premier provider. The best in the business. At Citco, we’ve been the front-runner in our field since our incorporation in 1948 led to the evolution of the asset servicing sector itself. This pioneering spirit continues to guide us today as we innovate and expand, push beyond the boundaries of our industry, and shape its future. From working exclusively with hedge funds to serving all alternatives, corporations and private clients, our organization has grown immensely across asset classes and geographies. For us, this progress is a pattern that we’ll only maintain as we move forward, always prioritizing our performance. So for those who want to play at the top of their game and be at the vanguard of their space, we say: Welcome to Citco.\nAbout the Team & Business Line:\nWithin the Transformation Office, Research & Development (R&D) is a multidisciplinary team that delivers immediate value to Citco and its clients by creating innovative solutions and proofs of concept for evolving business needs. Through market analysis and in-depth research, the team identifies opportunities aligned with Citco's and its clients' strategic objectives. R&D collaborates with stakeholders to advance innovation, improve efficiency, strengthen competitiveness, and develop new products and services.\nYour Role:\nThe Vice President is a pivotal leader within the Transformation Office's R&D team, with primary responsibility for the successful delivery of a strategic Fund Services transformation program using Sigma, the cloud-native analytics and reporting product from Sigma Computing. The role combines strategic leadership, rigorous project and program management, and solution-delivery oversight. The Vice President will establish the roadmap, governance, resource plan, milestones, dependencies, risks, and reporting required to move the program from requirements and design through development, testing, implementation, adoption, and benefits realization.\nOwn end-to-end delivery of the strategic Fund Services transformation program\nProvide executive oversight for the implementation and adoption of Sigma within Fund Services\nAlign Sigma capabilities, roadmap priorities, governance, and business outcomes with strategic objectives\nDevelop and maintain the integrated roadmap, delivery plan, milestones, dependencies, resource assignments, and critical path\nEstablish governance, decision rights, meeting cadence, escalation paths, and accountability across business and technology workstreams\nLead working groups, steering updates, planning sessions, and delivery reviews\nManage scope, priorities, assumptions, constraints, and change requests\nCoordinate delivery across business stakeholders, developers, analysts, project managers, platform teams, risk, security, and vendors\nTrack progress, resolve blockers, and implement recovery actions\nMaintain senior-management reporting covering status, decisions, risks, issues, budget, resources, and benefits\nOversee testing, business readiness, implementation, change management, training, and transition to support\nEnsure deliverables comply with Citco standards for architecture, security, risk, quality, documentation, and governance\nKey Competencies:\nAdaptability\nLeadership\nQuality and Risk Management\nProblem Solving\nGoal Orientation\nOrganization\nCommunication\nAccountability\nDrive for Results\n About You:\nUndergraduate degree in Finance, Accounting, Economics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Information Systems, or a related field\n8+ years of experience managing agile projects and delivering complex initiatives\n5+ years of people management experience\nExperience establishing governance, leading cross-functional delivery, and reporting to senior management\nStrong stakeholder-management and communication skills\nExperience using Jira and Confluence\nAssets:Experience leading enterprise reporting, analytics, data, or business-transformation programs\nWorking knowledge of Sigma and comparable modern analytics platforms\nUnderstanding of cloud data, analytics, reporting, governance, and adoption considerations\n\nSalary Range: CAD $118,000 - CAD $156,000\nThis posting is for an existing vacancy\nOur Benefits\nYour well-being is of paramount importance to us, and central to our success. 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