• Risk and Control: Managing risk, including identification of potential risks, development of strategies to resolve or mitigate and escalate as necessary those risks, and alignment between the product management and control functions.

Director Expectations

To manage a business function, providing significant input to function-wide strategic initiatives. Contribute to and influence policy and procedures for the function and plan, manage, and consult on multiple complex and critical strategic projects, which may be business-wide.

• They manage the direction of a large team or sub-function, leading other people managers and embedding a performance culture aligned to the values of the business. Or for an individual contributor, they lead organization-wide projects and act as a deep technical expert and thought leader, identifying new ways of working and collaborating cross-functionally. They will train, guide, and coach less experienced specialists and provide information affecting long-term profits, organizational risks, and strategic decisions.

• Provide expert advice to senior functional management and committees to influence decisions made outside of own function, offering significant input to function-wide strategic initiatives.

• Manage, coordinate, and enable resourcing, budgeting, and policy creation for a significant sub-function.

• Escalates breaches of policies/procedure appropriately.

• Foster and guide compliance, ensure regulations are observed that relevant processes are in place to facilitate adherence.

• Focus on the external environment, regulators, or advocacy groups to both monitor and influence on behalf of Barclays, when appropriate.

• Demonstrate extensive knowledge of how the function integrates with the business division/Group to achieve the overall business objectives.

• Maintain broad and comprehensive knowledge of industry theories and practices within own discipline alongside up-to-date relevant sector/functional knowledge, and insight into external market developments/initiatives.

• Use interpretative thinking and advanced analytical skills to solve problems and design solutions in often complex/sensitive situations.

• Exercise management authority to make significant decisions and certain strategic decisions or recommendations within own area.

• Negotiate with and influence stakeholders at a senior level both internally and externally.

• Act as the principal contact point for key clients and counterparts in other functions/business divisions.

• Mandated as a spokesperson for the function and business division.

All Senior Leaders are expected to demonstrate a clear set of leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver to a consistently excellent standard. The four LEAD behaviours are:

• L – Listen and be authentic
• E – Energise and inspire
• A – Align across the enterprise
• D – Develop others

All colleagues will be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence, and Stewardship – our moral compass, helping us do what we believe is right. They will also be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Mindset – to Empower, Challenge, and Drive – the operating manual for how we behave.

Role Specific Responsibilities

A senior Product Owner responsible for the core transaction monitoring detection solution; leading the Product strategy team to ensure a clear vision and roadmap for the future capabilities which will be available to the wider TM control owners (local instances of the core product) including detection approaches, user configurability, performance tracking, and reporting etc., and that it is meeting regulatory requirements and remains compliant.

• Ensure solution development and readiness is aligned with the strategic adoption plan which outlines transition from legacy platform to strategic solution across the global footprint.

• Working with the Quant Analytics team and FCD Analytics team for development and management of Machine learning, AI, and rules-based solution design and delivery.

• Ensure strong processes exist for capturing requirements, developing and selecting solution options, and testing/validating outcomes for a strong release management approach to rolling out key releases and updates to local instances.

• Aware of and involved in industry discussions and trends to ensure product remains current and responsive to approaches and advances in technology and data science supportive of continuously improving our ability to detect meaningfully suspicious activity.

• Responsible for model risk management compliance and model management in general across the TM footprint working with control owners and ensuring product is designed with MI and insight automation for validation, attestation, and performance management support.

• Working with local solution owners in the wider FinCrime Detection team to understand performance and options for improvement and priorities and where local teams need enhancements there is clarity on what is customized for local solution vs. what should be integrated into the core solution available to all in future releases.

Role Specific Skills

• Product owner experience of large-scale complicated application, ideally in the Financial Services surveillance space or an adjacent area.

• Enterprise change management experience at a senior level, ideal candidate would have Agile experience.

• Experience of machine learning or AI delivery or integration and the associated data and tech management and governance necessary to support the ability to get things done.

• Experience of complex stakeholder management particularly delivering through others (other teams) and influencing and coordinating in matrix organizations.

• Strong leadership of a geographically distributed team.