Vice President Chief Data Analytics Office – Delivery Lead

Purpose of the role

To manage change projects that help the organisation achieve its strategic objectives, while ensuring that projects are delivered on time, within budget, in control and in compliance with regulatory requirements and internal policies and procedures.

Accountabilities

• Management of change projects within the organisation, ensuring that they are delivered on time, within scope, budget, and to the required quality standards.
• Development and management of project plans that outline the scope, objectives, timelines, and resource requirements for change projects.
• Communication with stakeholders, including senior management, project teams, and external partners, to ensure that they are informed about project progress and that their needs and expectations are being met.
• Management of project teams, ensuring that they are properly resourced and that they have the necessary skills and expertise to deliver on project objectives.
• Management of project budgets, ensuring that projects are delivered within the agreed budget.
• Creation of reports on project progress to ensure that proposed solutions are delivered on time and within budget.
• Management of project risks, ensuring that risk, assumptions, issues and dependencies are identified, assessed, and mitigated as necessary.
• Facilitation of change management activities, including training and communication, to ensure that change projects are successfully implemented and embedded in the organisation.

Vice President Expectations

• Contribute or set strategy, drive requirements and make recommendations for change.
• Plan resources, budgets and policies; manage and maintain policies/processes; deliver continuous improvements and address breaches of policies or procedures.
• If managing a team, define jobs and responsibilities, plan for the department’s future needs and operations, counsel employees on performance and contribute to employee pay decisions/changes.
• Lead a number of specialists to influence the operations of a department, in alignment with strategic as well as tactical priorities, while balancing short- and long-term goals and ensuring that budgets and schedules meet corporate requirements.
• Demonstrate the four LEAD behaviours – Listen, Energise, Align, Develop – to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver *to a consistently excellent standard*.
• As an individual contributor, be a subject matter expert within own discipline, guide technical direction, lead collaborative, multi-year assignments, guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for inclusion of other specialisations, train, guide and coach less experienced specialists.
• Advise key stakeholders, including functional leadership teams and senior management, on functional and cross‑functional areas of impact and alignment.
• Manage and mitigate risks while supporting the control and governance agenda; demonstrate leadership and accountability for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work your team does.
• Collaborate with other areas of work to stay aligned with business activity and strategies.
• Create solutions based on sophisticated analytical thought, comparing and selecting complex alternatives.
• Adopt and include outcomes of extensive research in problem‑solving processes.
• Seek out, build and maintain trusting relationships and partnerships with internal and external stakeholders, using influencing and negotiating skills to achieve outcomes.

Values and Mindset

All colleagues will be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship. They will also demonstrate the Barclays Mindset – to Empower, Challenge and Drive.

Key Responsibilities and Skills

• The ability to take ownership of plans and deliver work across internal teams and initiatives, including designing and executing solutions.
• Advanced understanding of the importance of data and records management within a financial institution, along with the potential business impact of ineffective practices.
• Experience with stakeholder engagement, building and maintaining collaborative relationships.
• Practitioner of scaled Agile ways of working, with practical knowledge of using Jira.
• Ability to document the impact of change and present options clearly.
• Ample communication skills, with the ability to work across and connect with different teams and departments.
• Experience using AI to enhance and improve business processes.

Additional Valued Skills

• Ability to document the impact of change and present options clearly.
• Ample communication skills.
• Experience using AI to enhance and improve business processes.

Location

This role is based in Glasgow.

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