Engineering Excellence Delivery Lead

Barclays UK; Knutsford; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A major financial institution in the UK is seeking a Vice President to manage large-scale technical projects. The role involves resource allocation, collaboration with stakeholders, and ensuring adherence to the bank's objectives and regulations. Candidates should possess experience in project management with a strong foundation in Agile/Scrum methodologies, and demonstrate leadership and communication skills.

Qualifications

• Experience in managing large-scale technical projects.
• Strong understanding of Agile/Scrum methodologies.
• Excellent communication and leadership skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage delivery, resource allocation for technical projects.
• Collaborate with stakeholders throughout the project lifecycle.
• Identify and mitigate risks associated with technical projects.

Job description

Purpose of the role

To manage the efficient delivery of large-scale technical projects and capabilities across the bank, collaborating with internal and external stakeholders to understand their needs throughout the software product lifecycle, ensuring adherence to time, budget, and quality requirements.

Accountabilities

1. Manage the delivery, resource allocation, and improvement of complex technical project capabilities across the bank using Agile/Scrum methodologies, including planning, stand-ups, demos, retrospectives, and sprint execution.
2. Collaborate with customers and business teams to manage and implement customer trials, supporting the proposal of feasible solutions and setting effort and timeline expectations.
3. Work with software engineers, quality teams, product managers, and other engineering teams to deliver high-quality products and features aligned with the bank's objectives, regulations, and security policies.
4. Identify, assess, and mitigate risks associated with technical projects to prepare the bank for potential challenges.
5. Manage change requests and communicate with stakeholders throughout the project lifecycle.
6. Manage vendor relations involved in technical projects to ensure delivery according to agreed terms.
7. Stay updated on industry technology trends to evaluate and adopt new approaches, fostering a culture of continuous learning, technical excellence, and growth.

Vice President Expectations

1. Contribute to or set strategy, drive requirements, and recommend changes. Plan resources, budgets, and policies; manage and maintain policies/processes; deliver continuous improvements; escalate breaches of policies/procedures.
2. If managing a team, define roles and responsibilities, plan for future needs, counsel employees on performance, and contribute to pay decisions. Lead specialists to influence operations, balance short and long-term goals, and ensure budgets and schedules meet requirements.
3. If in a leadership role, demonstrate leadership behaviors: Listen and be authentic, Energise and inspire, Align across the enterprise, Develop others.
4. For individual contributors, serve as a subject matter expert, guide technical direction, lead multi-year assignments, and mentor less experienced team members.
5. Advise stakeholders, including leadership, on functional and cross-functional impacts and alignment.
6. Manage and mitigate risks, demonstrate leadership in risk management, and strengthen controls.
7. Understand organizational functions to contribute to business goals.
8. Collaborate across support areas to stay aligned with business strategies.
9. Develop solutions through sophisticated analytical thought, comparing complex alternatives, and incorporating research outcomes.
10. Build and maintain trusting relationships with stakeholders to achieve key objectives, using influencing and negotiating skills.

All colleagues are expected to embody the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence, and Stewardship, and to demonstrate the Barclays Mindset of Empower, Challenge, and Drive.