Pathway Portfolio PMO: Regulatory Change Leader

Barclays; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading banking institution is seeking an Assistant Vice President for its Pathway Portfolio PMO in Glasgow. This role involves supporting change delivery managers, ensuring project management practices meet governance standards, and driving continuous improvement in project delivery. Candidates should possess a proactive mindset, strong communication skills, and experience in regulatory or control remediation projects.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in regulatory/control remediation projects.
• Familiarity with AI-enabled automation tools is a plus.
• Understanding of Change Delivery Management policies.

Responsibilities

• Support change delivery managers in project delivery.
• Create and implement standardized PMO processes.
• Monitor project performance and report status to management.
• Facilitate project governance aligned with strategic objectives.
• Provide change management framework training.

Skills

Precision in reporting

Proactive mindset

PMO process enhancement

Strong communication

Job description

The Pathway Portfolio PMO at Barclays supports the delivery of some of the bank’s most significant regulatory and control remediation initiatives. This role is central to ensuring quality outcomes through independent oversight, continuous improvement, and high-quality reporting. The portfolio is reviewed weekly by the Group Executive Committee and regularly reported to senior governance bodies and regulators.

Pathway is a Group-wide portfolio overseeing the delivery of some of the bank’s most significant regulatory and control remediation Change initiatives. It supports the successful delivery of quality outcomes through independent check and challenge and sharing of learnings and read across of Change delivery best practice. There is continued focus across Pathway on assurance, the closure and validation of regulatory and/or control issues, and the sustainability of delivered outcomes. Group Executive Committee reviews status weekly, including visibility of emerging trends to enable prompt support and intervention at senior levels. The team also provides regular updates on the Pathway portfolio to Monthly Business Reviews and to the Group Risk Committee, Group Controls Committee and Board Audit Committee as well as Regulators.

To be successful as a Pathway Portfolio PMO, you should have:

• Precision in reporting and insight generation from complex data.

• Proactive mindset with a drive for continuous improvement.

• Experience enhancing PMO processes, including automation.

• Strong communication and stakeholder management up to Director level.

Some other highly valued skills may include:

• PMO experience in regulatory/control remediation projects.

• Familiarity with AI-enabled automation tools.

• Understanding of Change Delivery Management policies and controls.

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 is based in Glasgow or Knutsford.

Purpose of the role

To support change delivery managers in the delivery of successful projects, while ensuring that project management processes and practices are aligned with controls and governance standards and that projects are aligned with the organisation's strategic objectives.

Accountabilities

• Support to change delivery managers, ensuring their programme is compliant with the Barclays Control Framework, including oversight of controls and governance standards.
• Creation and implementation of standardised PMO processes and methodologies that are aligned with controls and governance standards and that support the delivery of successful projects..
• Monitoring of project performance, including tracking of project progress, identification of risks assumptions, issues and dependencies, and creation of report on project status to senior management.
• Support of project documentation, including maintenance of project plans, schedules, and budgets, and ensuring that project documentation is up-to-date and accurate.
• Facilitation of project governance, including ensuring that projects are aligned with the organisation's strategic objectives, and that project risks assumptions, issues and dependencies are managed effectively.
• Provision of change management framework training to project managers and other stakeholders, ensuring that they have the necessary skills and knowledge to deliver successful projects..
• Continuous improvement of project management practices, including identification of areas for improvement and implementation of changes to improve project delivery.

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.