• OR for an individual contributor, they will be a subject matter expert within their own discipline and will guide technical direction. They will lead collaborative, multi-year assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialization to complete assignments. They will train, guide, and coach less experienced specialists and provide information affecting long-term profits, organizational risks, and strategic decisions.
• Advise key stakeholders, including functional leadership teams and senior management on functional and cross-functional areas of impact and alignment.
• Manage and mitigate risks through assessment, in support of the control and governance agenda.
• Demonstrate leadership and accountability for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work their team does.
• Demonstrate comprehensive understanding of the organization’s functions to contribute to achieving the goals of the business.
• Collaborate with other areas of work, for business-aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategies.
• Create solutions based on sophisticated analytical thought comparing and selecting complex alternatives.
• In-depth analysis with interpretative thinking will be required to define problems and develop innovative solutions.
• Adopt and include the outcomes of extensive research in problem-solving processes.
• Seek out, build, and maintain trusting relationships and partnerships with internal and external stakeholders in order to accomplish key business objectives, using influencing and negotiating skills to achieve outcomes.

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.

Join us as a Senior Strategy Manager at Barclays

Where you'll be primarily responsible for Business Banking strategy definition, including defining target segments, portfolio makeup, industry/sector verticals, commercial opportunity, and outcomes. You will champion innovative approaches and best practices to drive meaningful impact.

To be successful as a Senior Strategy Manager, you should have experience with:

• Extensive strategic acumen, including an excelling understanding of the microeconomic landscape and broader economic trends across banking and other industries
• Sophisticated commercial acumen with the ability to connect data to business impact and make informed, numbers-driven decisions to an executive-level audience
• Advanced good storytelling skills and the ability to turn complex ideas into clear, engaging messages
• Evidence of extensive strategy or consultancy experience
• Evidence of previous leadership experience

Some other highly valued skills include:

• Experience of converting strategic ideas to delivery
• Executive-level reporting

You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in the role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen, strategic thinking, and digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills.

Location

This role will be located in London, Canary Wharf, or Knutsford, Radbroke.

Our Work Experience

The combination of everything that's unique about us: our culture, our core values, our company meetings, our commitment to sustainability, our recognition programs, but most importantly, it's our people. Our employees are self-disciplined, hard-working, curious, trustworthy, humble, and truthful. They make choices according to what is best for the team, they live for opportunities to collaborate and make a difference, and they make us the #1 Top Workplace in the area.