PBWM Technology Lending Lead

Barclays; Greater London; On-site; GBP 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Barclays is seeking a Director-level engineering leader in Greater London to set the technology strategy for Lending/Credit platforms and to lead cross-functional teams. You will mentor engineers, guide architectural direction, and ensure alignment with business objectives.

You will communicate with credit stakeholders at all levels and foster a culture of engineering excellence, transformation, and collaboration across the org.

Qualifications

• Leadership of engineering teams delivering software solutions.
• Ability to translate business needs into technical strategies.
• Drive engineering maturity and transformation across teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead engineering teams effectively, fostering collaboration and high performance.
• Oversee timelines, allocation, risk and prioritization to deliver solutions on time and within budget.
• Mentor team members, conduct reviews, provide feedback and drive growth.
• Evaluate and enhance engineering processes, tools, and methodologies for efficiency.
• Collaborate with product managers and designers to translate requirements into technical solutions.

Skills

Lending/Credit tech

Technology strategy

Large org collaboration

Credit stakeholder communication

Engineering transformation

Job description

• Experiernce in Lending/Credit technology
• Setting out a clear technology strategy
• Understands how to work as part of a larger org i.e. reuse of systems that might be available elsewhere
• Ability to talk to credit teams at all levels
• Good understanding of engineering mindset and engineering transformation i.e. building team maturity

• Experiernce in Lending/Credit technology
• Setting out a clear technology strategy
• Understands how to work as part of a larger org i.e. reuse of systems that might be available elsewhere
• Ability to talk to credit teams at all levels
• Good understanding of engineering mindset and engineering transformation i.e. building team maturity

Purpose of the role

To lead and manage engineering teams, providing technical guidance, mentorship, and support to ensure the delivery of high-quality software solutions, driving technical excellence, fostering a culture of innovation, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to align technical decisions with business objectives.

Accountabilities

• Lead engineering teams effectively, fostering a collaborative and high-performance culture to achieve project goals and meet organizational objectives.
• Oversee timelines, team allocation, risk management and task prioritization to ensure the successful delivery of solutions within scope, time, and budget.
• Mentor and support team members' professional growth, conduct performance reviews, provide actionable feedback, and identify opportunities for improvement.
• Evaluation and enhancement of engineering processes, tools, and methodologies to increase efficiency, streamline workflows, and optimize team productivity.
• Collaboration with business partners, product managers, designers, and other stakeholders to translate business requirements into technical solutions and ensure a cohesive approach to product development.
• Enforcement of technology standards, facilitate peer reviews, and implement robust testing practices to ensure the delivery of high-quality solutions.

Director Expectations

• To manage a business function, providing significant input to function wide strategic initiatives. Contribute to and influence policy and procedures for the function and plan, manage and consult on multiple complex and critical strategic projects, which may be business wide..
• They manage the direction of a large team or sub-function, leading other people managers and embedding a performance culture aligned to the values of the business. Or for an individual contributor, they lead organisation wide projects and act as deep technical expert and thought leader, identifying new ways of working and collaborating cross functionally. They will train, guide and coach less experienced specialists and provide information affecting long term profits, organisational risks and strategic decisions..
• Provide expert advice to senior functional management and committees to influence decisions made outside of own function, offering significant input to function wide strategic initiatives.
• Manage, coordinate and enable resourcing, budgeting and policy creation for a significant sub-function.
• Escalates breaches of policies / procedure appropriately.
• Foster and guide compliance, ensure regulations are observed that relevant processes in place to facilitate adherence.
• Focus on the external environment, regulators, or advocacy groups to both monitor and influence on behalf of Barclays, when appropriate.
• Demonstrate extensive knowledge of how the function integrates with the business division / Group to achieve the overall business objectives.
• Maintain broad and comprehensive knowledge of industry theories and practices within own discipline alongside up-to-date relevant sector / functional knowledge, and insight into external market developments / initiatives.
• Use interpretative thinking and advanced analytical skills to solve problems and design solutions in often complex/ sensitive situations.
• Exercise management authority to make significant decisions and certain strategic decisions or recommendations within own area.
• Negotiate with and influence stakeholders at a senior level both internally and externally.
• Act as principal contact point for key clients and counterparts in other functions/ businesses divisions.
• Mandated as a spokesperson for the function and business division.

All Senior 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.

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.