Innovation Enablement Manager

3761 Barclays - BX - UK; Glasgow; Hybrid; GBP 75,000 - 105,000; Full time

Job summary

Barclays in Glasgow is seeking an Innovation Enablement Manager to bridge strategic innovation priorities, human-centered design, and the technical capabilities required to deliver them. Translate emerging opportunities into experiments, pilots, and roadmaps that bring future customer and colleague experiences to life through practical pilots and enablement initiatives.

Works closely with design, technology, platform, and business teams to enable rapid testing, learning, and scaling of new

Qualifications

• Translate innovation strategies and objectives into practical experiments and roadmaps.
• Lead pilots, proofs of concept, and experimentation programmes to validate ideas.
• Collaborate across business, product, engineering, and platform teams.
• Identify and assess emerging technologies with business impact.
• Understand platform architecture, APIs, and cloud services to engage with engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Translate strategies into experiments and capability requirements.
• Design, govern, and scale pilots and proofs of concept.
• Partner with stakeholders to align priorities and deliver outcomes.
• Develop and manage an innovation roadmap and portfolio.

Skills

Strategy translation

Experimentation & pilots

Stakeholder collaboration

Emerging technologies awareness

Technical literacy

Innovation portfolio management

Tools

APIs

Cloud platforms

Modern delivery practices

Job description

Job Description Purpose of the role

To collaborate, nurture and drive group innovation with internal and external stakeholders to ensure the bank stays at the forefront of innovation and adapts to the rapidly changing landscape in financial services and increasing customer expectations.

Accountabilities

Collaboration with a range of stakeholders to develop a portfolio of open innovation and strategic initiatives through experimentation, co-creation, access to innovative technology capabilities, products and services and a global innovation ecosystem. Development and delivery of frameworks, ideation, training and tools to build a culture of innovation and knowledge sharing to enable new and creative ideas/solutions that deliver on the bank’s strategy. Provision of a global platform and curated ecosystem of partners to inform strategy, drive connectivity and new insights. Development of the strategic capabilities and programmes for the bank to deliver on its strategy, supporting the exploration, evaluation and execution of innovation and investment opportunities. Management and coordination between external stakeholders/partners and the bank, to successfully deliver joint projects and initiatives. Deliver thought leadership and insights to inform strategic decision making and organisational readiness, in conjunction with regular research, identifying emerging technologies and trends. Development and management of key metrics including key partnerships, innovation initiatives and impact through regular assessments to calculate the return on investment and identify any potential risks and issues.

Assistant Vice President Expectations

To advise and influence decision making, contribute to policy development and take responsibility for operational effectiveness. Collaborate closely with other functions/ business divisions. Lead a team performing complex tasks, using well developed professional knowledge and skills to deliver on work that impacts the whole business function. Set objectives and coach employees in pursuit of those objectives, appraisal of performance relative to objectives and determination of reward outcomes. 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 lead collaborative assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments. They will identify new directions for assignments and/ or projects, identifying a combination of cross functional methodologies or practices to meet required outcomes. Consult on complex issues; providing advice to People Leaders to support the resolution of escalated issues. Identify ways to mitigate risk and developing new policies/procedures in support of the control and governance agenda. Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work done. Perform work that is closely related to that of other areas, which requires understanding of how areas coordinate and contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the organisation sub-function. Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategy. Engage in complex analysis of data from multiple sources of information, internal and external sources such as procedures and practises (in other areas, teams, companies, etc).to solve problems creatively and effectively. Communicate complex information. 'Complex' information could include sensitive information or information that is difficult to communicate because of its content or its audience. Influence or convince stakeholders 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.

Innovation Enablement Manager

Join us as Barclays as an Innovation Enablement Manager, where you will act as the bridge between strategic innovation priorities, human‑centred design, and the technical capabilities required to deliver them. Translates emerging opportunities, user needs, and business innovation objectives into experimentation, platform, and capability roadmaps, bringing future customer and colleague experiences to life through practical pilots, proofs of concept, and innovation enablement initiatives. Works closely with design, technology, platform, and business teams to enable rapid testing, learning, and scaling of new opportunities, ensuring innovative ideas are validated, adopted, and converted into measurable business outcomes.

To be successful as Innovation Enablement Manager, you should have:

• Strategy & Vision-to-Execution Translation Ability to translate innovation strategies, business objectives, emerging customer needs, and future‑state propositions into practical experiments, capability requirements, operating models, platform enhancements, and implementation roadmaps that can be tested, validated, and scaled.


• Experimentation & Pilot Delivery Experience designing, leading, and governing pilots, proofs of concept, and experimentation programmes to validate hypotheses, assess value, and inform investment decisions.


• Stakeholder & Technology Collaboration Strong ability to work across business, product, engineering, architecture, and platform teams to align priorities, manage dependencies, and deliver innovation outcomes.


• Some other highly-valued skills may include:


• Emerging Technology Awareness Interest in, and understanding of, emerging technologies such as AI, GenAI, cloud platforms, digital engineering, and automation, with the ability to identify business applications.


• Technical Literacy Understanding of platform architecture, APIs, cloud services, data flows, security considerations, and modern technology delivery practices sufficient to engage credibly with engineering teams.


• Innovation Portfolio & Roadmap Management Experience prioritising opportunities, shaping capability investments, and balancing short‑term experimentation needs with longer‑term strategic platform development.


• 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.

This role will be based in Glasgow. #LI-Hybrid

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