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 organisation wide projects and act as 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, organisational 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 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 principal contact point for key clients and counterparts in other functions/ businesses divisions.
• Mandated as a spokesperson for the function and business division.
• All Senior Leaders are expected to demonstrate a clear set of leadership behaviors to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver to a consistently excellent standard. The four LEAD behaviors 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.

Key Skills

• Product owner or product management expertise, ideally at scale across multiple teams and in the context of technology change governance
• Experience operating a portfolio or programme within Agile/SAFe delivery models
• Strong stakeholder management skills and written/verbal skills, comfortable representing the function to senior committees
• Ability to resolve conflicting priorities across multiple teams without constant escalation
• Experience partnering with Engineering leads and Release Train Engineers on sequencing and delivery
• Hands-on approach in the shaping and the delivery of the change governance product solution

Key Responsibilities

• Own the operating plan for the product function, translating strategy into a prioritised, resourced roadmap
• Run the regular cadence across the team and stakeholders, to align priorities and remove duplication
• Own the interlock with the Engineering Lead and RTE on sequencing, dependencies and capacity
• Own the executive reporting cycle for the product delivery and management
• Track delivery against portfolio objectives and escalate risks early, ensuring the business value is realised incrementally
• Represent the product function in Change, Risk and Architecture governance forums
• Resolve cross-team prioritisation conflicts before they need to reach the Lead Product Owner
• Deputise for the Lead Product Owner on day-to-day decisions and stakeholder engagement
• Build a consistent, repeatable operating model as the function gets established as an enduring capability

Base Location

The base location for this role can be either London or Knutsford.