Data Program Management

Barclays; London; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Director to spearhead their Data & Analytics strategy. This pivotal role involves aligning data initiatives with business goals to optimize operations and drive growth. The ideal candidate will possess exceptional influencing skills, a keen eye for detail, and a strong ability to manage complex projects. This is an exciting opportunity to make a significant impact in a dynamic environment where data drives decision-making and innovation. Join a forward-thinking team committed to excellence and integrity in the financial services sector.

Qualifications

• Ability to influence and lead strategic initiatives.
• Strong organisational and planning skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead the development of the bank's Data & Analytics strategy.
• Ensure data is used effectively to drive business growth and mitigate risks.

Skills

Influencing skills

Organisational skills

Planning skills

Attention to detail

Job description

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• Influencing skills - The ability to influence beyond immediate line management, provide convincing cases for change and provide strong thought leadership
• A willingness to understand the objectives and details to build robust and thoughtful plans
  
  
  

Essential

• Organisational and planning skills
• Strong Attention to detail
• Influencing skills - The ability to influence beyond immediate line management, provide convincing cases for change and provide strong thought leadership
• A willingness to understand the objectives and details to build robust and thoughtful plans
  
  
  

Purpose of the role

To lead the development and execution of the bank's Data & Analytics strategy, aligned with the bank's overall business goals and risk appetite, ensuring data is used effectively to drive business growth, optimise operations, and mitigate risks.

Accountabilities

• Enablement of Business or Function Unit Strategy through fostering and embedding a comprehensive understanding of how data can be used, bringing thought leadership on best practices and new capabilities to deliver Business outcomes. .
• Adherence to data policies standards and controls and inform this over time, driving Data Quality in support of use cases.
• Partnership with the Business or Function leadership to lead the definition and prioritisation of data use cases, business data products and their implementation and realisation of benefit.
• Prioritisation of activity required for Data and Analytics and challenge the overall end to end design and architecture.
  
  
  

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 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.

Seniority level

• Seniority level

  Director

Employment type

• Employment type

  Full-time

Job function

• Job function

  Project Management and Information Technology

• Industries

  Banking and Financial Services

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