IT Sourcing Team Lead - Fraud, CRA & CC

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

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking an IT Sourcing Team Lead to enhance third-party spend strategies. This role involves collaborating with stakeholders to optimize sourcing processes, executing RFPs, and ensuring compliance throughout the sourcing cycle. The ideal candidate will possess strong negotiation and communication skills, along with a background in project planning and stakeholder management. Join a dynamic team that values integrity, service, and excellence, and contribute to the continuous improvement of sourcing effectiveness in a rapidly evolving environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in project planning and stakeholder management is crucial.
• Strong negotiation and communication skills are highly valued.

Responsibilities

• Optimize third-party spend requirements through strategic sourcing.
• Plan and execute sourcing events, ensuring compliance and risk management.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to identify sourcing needs and develop RFPs.

Skills

Project planning

Stakeholder management

Strong negotiation skills

Contract negotiations

Strong communication skills

Job description

Join us as an IT Sourcing Team Lead - Fraud, CRA & CC at Barclays, to optimize and address Barclays' third-party spend requirements. This includes defining, developing, and implementing approaches for relevant spend categories, collaborating closely with the business, and executing strategic sourcing and buying channel development/optimization.

To be successful, you should have experience with:

• Project planning
• Stakeholder management
• Strong negotiation skills

Additional valued skills include:

• Contract negotiations and deal execution
• Strong communication skills

You may be assessed on critical skills such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen, strategic thinking, digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills.

This role can be based in Glasgow, Northampton, or Knutsford.

Purpose of the role

To optimize and address Barclays' third-party spend requirements through defining, developing, and implementing strategies for relevant categories, working closely with the business, and executing strategic sourcing and channel development/optimization.

Accountabilities

1. Profile spend in the category area; understand business strategy, requirements, cost levers, and opportunities. Collaborate with stakeholders to identify sourcing needs, develop RFPs, and ensure alignment with bank priorities.
2. Plan and execute sourcing events, including RFPs/RFXs, and negotiate to meet business needs for value, speed, compliance, and risk.
3. Monitor controls and compliance requirements throughout the sourcing cycle, including regulatory engagement, controls, audits, and data quality.
4. Develop, implement, and operate policies and procedures aligned with standards, compliance, and regulations.
5. Identify and deliver opportunities to improve sourcing effectiveness, control, and efficiency, including channel optimization techniques.
6. Stay updated on industry trends through conferences, training, and market research.

Vice President Expectations

• Contribute to strategy, drive requirements, and recommend changes. Manage resources, budgets, and policies; ensure continuous improvement.
• If managing a team, define roles, plan for future needs, counsel employees, and lead specialists, balancing strategic and tactical priorities.
• Demonstrate leadership behaviors: Listen, Energize, Align, Develop (LEAD).
• For individual contributors, serve as a subject matter expert, guide technical direction, and mentor less experienced colleagues.
• Advise stakeholders and senior management on functional and cross-functional impacts.
• Manage risks and strengthen controls.
• Understand organizational functions to support business goals.
• Collaborate across areas to stay aligned with business strategies.
• Develop solutions through analytical thinking and research.
• Build and maintain trusting relationships using influencing and negotiating skills.

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