Barclays
HR & Workforce Transformation Project Manager - 12 Months Fixed Term Contract
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HR & Workforce Transformation Project Manager - 12 Months Fixed Term Contract
HR & Workforce Transformation Project Manager
About the Role As a Project Manager, you will play a key role in delivering HR and People-focused initiatives across a portfolio of strategic transformation programmes. You will partner closely with senior HR leaders, programme teams, and business stakeholders, ensuring the successful planning, execution, and delivery of complex change initiatives that support the organisation’s broader objectives.
Working in a dynamic, matrixed environment, you will lead end-to-end workstream delivery, establish governance frameworks, monitor progress, and manage risks, dependencies, and stakeholder expectations. You will provide structure and direction across multiple projects simultaneously, aligning people-related activities with organisational goals.
The core scope includes:
- Organisational change
- Workforce transition planning
- Target operating model implementation
- People strategy delivery
Prominent stakeholder engagement will occur at Director and Managing Director level, driving decision-making, fostering collaboration, and maintaining accountability. Expertise must cover programme delivery, stakeholder management, and rapid adaptation in an environment of evolving priorities—such as transformations, digitalisation, and post-acquisition integrations.
About Barclays
As a Vice President within Barclays, this role operates across the following expectations:
Purpose of the Role
To manage change projects ensuring they align with strategic objectives while delivering on time, within budget, in control, and compliant with regulatory requirements and internal policies.
Accountabilities
Project Delivery
- Manage change projects within the organisation, ensuring they meet:
- Timeframes
- Scope
- Budget
- Quality standards
- Oversee project plans, defining:
- Scope
- Objectives
- Timelines
- Resource requirements
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Stakeholder & Resource Management
- Communicate with key stakeholders (senior leadership, partners, teams) to ensure alignment and transparency on progress, expectations, and challenges.
- Lead and resource project teams to meet efficiency, skills, and deliverables.
- Monitor project budgets and report adherence to financial plans.
Risk & Compliance Assurance
- Develop and maintain key reports on project progress.
- Identify, assess, and mitigate risks, dependencies, assumptions, and issues.
Change Management & Implementation
- Facilitate training and communication to embed change effectively.
Strategic & Leadership Requirements
Key Functions
- Contribute to strategy by driving requirements and proposing recommended changes.
- Plan resources, budgets, and policies while maintaining and refining existing frameworks.
- Lead process optimisation and escalate violations.
- Ensure compliance and alignment with tactical/operational priorities.
Leadership Roles
For those managing teams, the following responsibilities apply:
- Define jobs and responsibilities, aligning with future departmental needs.
- Counseling and remuneration decisions for employees.
- Guide and inspire teams through:
- Listen and be authentic (L)
- Energise and inspire (E)
- Align with organisational goals (A)
- Develop people (D)
For individual contributors, these behaviours are applied within their discipline:
- Subject-matter expertise guiding team members through structured assignments.
- Training, coaching, and guiding junior specialists.
- Driving long-term value and informing profit, risk, and strategic decisions.
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Signal Advice & Corporate Synergy
- Advise leaders and senior management on functional and cross-functional impacts.
- Partner with stakeholders to facilitate informed decisions and mitigate risks.
Organisational & Operational Involvement
- Maintain a holistic understanding of specialised functions to align with business goals.
- Collaborate across widely disparate areas to stay informed on broader trends.
Core Requirements
Experience & Expertise
Applicants should demonstrate the following background:
- Management consulting experience specialising in organisational transformation, workforce strategy, and business change.
- HR/people workstream delivery, particularly in complex, multi-workstream environments.
- Outstanding stakeholder engagement and influence strategies with senior leaders.
Key Competencies Assessed
- Risk & controls (identification, assessment, and strategies for mitigation).
- Transformation expertise ensuring that long-term programmes succeed.
- Business & strategic thinking to balance innovation and compliance.
- Digital and technological acumen, including:
- Leveraging systems for change management.
- Future-positive organisational implementations.
Location & Location Flexibility
This role is located at our London office.
Barclays Values & Mindset Colleagues are expected to embody:
- The Barclays Values: Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence, Stewardship—the moral compass for decision-making.
- The Barclays Mindset: Promote Empower, Challenge, Drive—critical to team productivity and cultural alignment.
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