Director - Technology Risk - Barclays

OpenTalent; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Barclays is seeking an accomplished technology risk professional in the UK to provide independent oversight and challenge across technology strategy, architecture, and change programs.

You will influence risk governance at senior levels, monitor external developments, and deliver risk opinions on incidents and remediation efforts, operating as a trusted senior contributor.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in technology risk, operations, or governance within a large organisation.
• Strong understanding of cloud adoption, technology change, operational resilience, third-party dependencies, infrastructure risk, and software delivery risk.
• Ability to provide credible challenge to CIOs, CTOs, CISOs, Chief Architects, and other senior technology leaders.
• Proven track record of translating technical issues into business and risk implications for executives.
• Experience assessing risk implications of large-scale technology transformation and modernization programs.

Responsibilities

• Provide independent oversight, review, and challenge of technology strategy, architecture, and change activities across Barclays.
• Deliver risk-based assessment and challenge of major technology initiatives and transformation programmes.
• Lead thematic reviews and cross-functional assessments to identify systemic technology risks.
• Provide independent risk opinions on technology incidents, remediation, and resilience issues.
• Influence improvements in technology risk management through engagement with senior stakeholders and risk committees.
• Monitor external technology developments and regulatory expectations to identify emerging risks and actions.
• Operate as an independent senior contributor, exercising sound judgement, influencing without authority, and delivering outcomes across a complex stakeholder environment.
• Provide independent review and challenge of operational risk elements across the bank.

Skills

Technology risk

Cloud adoption

Operational resilience

Infrastructure risk

Risk governance

Executive stakeholder engagement

Job description

Date live: 13/08/2026

Business Area: Risk

Area of Expertise: Risk and Quantitative Analytics

Contract: Permanent

Reference Code: JR-0000125603

Role Specific Responsibilities

• Provide independent oversight, review, and challenge of technology strategy, architecture, infrastructure, resilience, engineering, and technology change activities across Barclays.
• Deliver risk-based assessment and challenge of major technology initiatives, transformation programmes, and strategic investment decisions.
• Lead thematic reviews, deep dives, and cross-functional assessments to identify systemic technology risks, control weaknesses, and emerging risk trends.
• Provide independent risk opinions on significant technology incidents, remediation programmes, resilience issues, and material risk matters.
• Influence improvements in technology risk management through engagement with senior technology and business stakeholders, governance forums, and risk committees.
• Monitor external technology developments, threats, industry practices, and regulatory expectations to identify emerging risks and recommend appropriate actions.

Role Specific Requirements

• Significant experience in technology risk, technology operations, engineering, architecture, resilience, infrastructure, or technology governance within a large, complex organisation.
• Strong understanding of modern technology risk domains including cloud adoption, technology change, operational resilience, third-party technology dependencies, infrastructure risk, and software delivery risk.
• Demonstrated ability to provide credible challenge and strategic advice to CIOs, CTOs, CISOs, Chief Architects, and other senior technology leaders.
• Proven track record of identifying emerging technology risks and translating technical issues into clear business and risk implications for executive audiences.
• Experience assessing the risk implications of large-scale technology transformation, modernisation, and strategic change programmes.

Ability to operate as an independent senior individual contributor, exercising sound judgement, influencing without authority, and delivering outcomes across a complex stakeholder environment

Purpose of the role

To provide independent review and challenge of the Operational Risk elements of particular risk categories across the bank. Ensuring they are carried out in accordance with Barclays Operational Risk Framework, Policies, and Standards

Accountabilities

• Risk identification and proactive risk management, identifying interconnected, horizon and emerging risks to assist the business in understanding, managing and mitigating the right risks in line with their business strategy and objectives.
• Analysis of operational risk data to identify trends, patterns, and emerging risks.