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Key Takeaways Citadel Securities’ chief people officer, Alexander DiLeonardo, said he looks for traits like creativity, leadership and problem-solving in new hires.
Leadership in particular matters more than ever, DiLeonardo said, as junior employees direct AI to do work.
Citadel Securities offers competitive pay, with the salary site 6figr finding average total compensation of around $402,000 per year.
Citadel Securities’ Alexander DiLeonardo expects new hires to arrive prepared to lead from day one. In an AI‑driven firm like his, leadership is no longer a distant milestone but the immediate expectation.
“In a way, you’re almost hiring managers from day one,” DiLeonardo, Citadel Securities’ chief people officer, said late last week during a panel discussion at Semafor’s World Economy Summit.
DiLeonardo, fresh off a visit with students in Boston, said that as technical skills are increasingly automated, he’s zeroing in on more human qualities for new hires instead. He is looking for behavioral traits that are more “intrinsic” and “broad,” such as creativity, leadership potential and problem-solving skills.
In particular, leadership matters more than ever, DiLeonardo said. Even junior employees are now effectively managing work by offloading pieces of it to AI systems. Entry‑level hires, he said, must be able to ask: How do I structure this problem, break it into components and decide what should go to teammates versus what should be handed to technology so it actually gets done?
“And then, what’s the cadence of performance management, checking on both the people and the technology tools as that progresses,” he said.
Alexander DiLeonardo, chief people officer at Citadel Securities. Photographer: Aaron Schwartz/Bloomberg
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