HR Target Operating Model Project Manager - 12-Month FTC

Barclays UK; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial institution is seeking a Vice President to manage change projects in the HR Target Operating Model transformation programme. The ideal candidate will have extensive project management and change management experience, a solid understanding of HR functions, and the ability to engage stakeholders at executive levels. Responsibilities include managing project plans, teams, and risks to ensure successful project delivery. This role is based in the UK with opportunities for candidates in both Glasgow and London.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in project management and change management within complex organisational environments.
• In-depth understanding of HR functions and processes, including their role in business transformation.
• Solid knowledge of Agile principles and experience applying an operational Agile model in project delivery.
• Demonstrated ability to engage and influence stakeholders at executive level, ensuring alignment and buy-in.
• Capacity to work independently, managing priorities and delivering outcomes with minimal supervision.

Responsibilities

• Manage change projects to help the organisation achieve its strategic objectives.
• Development and management of project plans outlining scope, objectives, and timelines.
• Communication with stakeholders to ensure they are informed about project progress.
• Management of project teams, ensuring they are properly resourced.
• Creation of reports on project progress to ensure solutions are delivered on time and budget.
• Management of project risks, ensuring risks are identified and mitigated as necessary.

Skills

Project management

Change management

Stakeholder engagement

Agile principles

Job description

In this role, you will be responsible for delivering the HR Target Operating Model (TOM) transformation programme and managing specific programme workstreams. You will engage with HR stakeholders to deliver the HR TOM and support the HR TOM Programme Director by taking ownership of specific programme and project outputs, ensuring they align with the desired design. You will understand the programme budget and assist the HR TOM Programme Director in defining and delivering programmes of work that meet strategic objectives while managing associated risks. You will lead workstreams from initiation to closure, including handover to BAU and benefits realisation/measurement. Additionally, you will perform scenario modelling and planning against the baseline, leveraging data and analytics. You will establish appropriate governance structures to resolve or elevate risks and issues in line with established Barclays standards. You will own stakeholder management to enable successful implementation and adoption of new ways of working and facilitate negotiation/mediation between different stakeholders to aid the decision‑making process.

To be successful in this role, you should have the following experience:

• Proven experience in project management and change management within complex organisational environments
• In‑depth understanding of HR functions and processes, including their role in business transformation
• Solid knowledge of Agile principles and experience applying an operational Agile model in project delivery
• Demonstrated ability to engage and influence stakeholders at executive level, ensuring alignment and buy‑in
• Capacity to work independently, managing priorities and delivering outcomes with minimal supervision

Some other highly valued skills may include:

• Experience in designing and implementing Target Operating Models within HR or related business functions

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

The preferred location for this role is Glasgow but would consider applications from London.

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

• To 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 elevate breaches of policies/procedures.
• If managing a team, they define jobs and responsibilities, planning for the department’s future needs and operations, counselling employees on performance and contributing to employee pay decisions/changes. They may also 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.
• If the position has leadership responsibilities, People 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.
• OR for an individual contributor, they will be a subject matter expert within 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 specialisation to complete assignments. They will train, guide and coach less experienced specialists and provide information affecting long‑term profits, organisational 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 your team does.
• Demonstrate comprehensive understanding of the organisation 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.