Portfolio Director

Barclays; Plumstead; Hybrid; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global bank seeks a Portfolio Programme Director to lead a major compliance programme. The role involves end-to-end delivery of complex programmes, strategic stakeholder management, and leveraging technology for compliance improvement. Candidates must possess extensive experience in financial services and exceptional communication skills. This position offers a hybrid working model and is based in London.

Benefits

Pension plan enrollment

Holiday pay

Employee Assistance Programme access

Discounts at shops and restaurants

Qualifications

• Mandatory deep experience within the financial services industry.
• Proven track record of leading multiple, concurrent complex programmes end-to-end.
• Exceptional communication and presentation skills with Group ExCo level stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Drive the entire portfolio lifecycle from definition to execution.
• Run senior Steering Committees with stakeholders, ensuring clear communication.
• Manage competing priorities and dependencies within the organization.

Skills

Deep experience in financial services

Proven track record of leading complex programmes

Exceptional communication skills

Experience in Compliance and Risk processes

Job description

Location : London

Length : 6 months

PAYE only

Overall purpose of the role

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Portfolio Programme Director to join our team in London. To lead and ensure the successful, end-to-end delivery of the Compliance Programme portfolio—a multi-year strategic initiative focused on completely overhauling core compliance processes and leveraging emerging technology. This role serves as the authoritative leader, managing 3-4 highly complex, interdependent programmes concurrently.

Key Accountabilities

• Drive the entire portfolio lifecycle, from problem statement definition to final execution and benefits realization across all constituent programmes
• Design, chair, and run very senior Steering Committees with Group ExCo-1 and Group ExCo stakeholders, providing crystal‑clear strategic communications
• Proactively manage and resolve multiple competing priorities, dependencies, and interdependencies across the organization and beyond
• Identify key trigger points for strategic intervention and clearly present options to ExCo stakeholders to seek escalation, guidance, or action needed for programme success
• Ensure the programmes effectively deploy emerging technology to modernize compliance and risk processes

Key Skills

• Financial Services : Mandatory deep experience within the financial services industry
• Complex Programme Delivery: Proven track record of leading multiple, concurrent complex programmes end‑to‑end
• Executive Presence : Exceptional communication and presentation skills, with extensive experience dealing directly with Group ExCo level stakeholders
• Risk / Compliance Domain (Desirable): Experience in Compliance, Risk & Controls, and / or Emerging Tech programmes is a strong advantage

About Barclays

Barclays is a British universal bank. It is diversified by business, by different types of customers and clients, and by geography. Barclays businesses include consumer banking and payments operations around the world, as well as a top‑tier, full‑service, global corporate and investment bank, all of which are supported by its service company which provides technology, operations and functional services across the Group.

Values

Everything Barclays does is shaped by its five values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship. The Barclays values inform the foundations of its relationships with customers and clients, and they also shape how Barclays measures and rewards the performance of colleagues. Simply put, success is not just about what you achieve, but about how you achieve it.

Diversity

Barclays aims to foster a culture where individuals of all backgrounds feel confident in bringing their whole selves to work, feel included and their talents are nurtured, empowering them to contribute fully to Barclays vision and goals.

Hybrid Working

Barclays is currently in the early stages of implementing a hybrid working environment, which means that many colleagues spend part of their working hours at home and part in the office, depending on the nature of the role they are in. Barclays is flexible on how this works and it may continue to change and evolve. Depending on your team, typically this means that colleagues spend a minimum of between 20% to 60% of their time in the office, which could be over a week, a month or a quarter. However, some colleagues may choose to spend more time in the office over a typical period than their role type requires. Barclays also has a flexible working process where, subject to business needs, all colleagues globally are able to request work patterns to reflect their personal circumstances.

Your Benefits

As a contract employee of Randstad Sourceright, you’ll receive a wide range of financial and personal benefits. There’s enrolment in a pension plan (after 12 weeks on assignment) and holiday pay. You’ll also get 24 / 7 access to an Employee Assistance Programme, designed to help you deal with any problems that could be affecting your home or work life. Plus, there’s discounts at heaps of high street shops, restaurants and entertainment - from Asda to Zizzi Italian restaurants.