Private Banking Executive Manager

Barclays; Greater London; On-site; GBP 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Barclays in London is seeking a Private Banking Executive Manager to lead a team of Private Bank Executives supporting high‑value clients, delivering an outstanding client experience and ensuring seamless service across the client journey.

You will coach, develop, and guide the team, uphold KYC/AML controls, collaborate with Investments, Lending, Operations, Risk and Compliance, and drive improvements in processes and client outcomes.

Qualifications

• Experience leading client-facing teams in Private Banking or Wealth Management.
• Proven ability to manage complex client relationships and escalation.
• Strong knowledge of KYC, AML, and risk management policies.
• Experience collaborating with Investments, Lending, Operations, Risk and Compliance.

Responsibilities

• Oversee daily operations of Private Bank Executives.
• Coach and develop team to deliver exceptional client service.
• Ensure adherence to risk, compliance, and regulatory standards.
• Drive process improvements and efficiency.
• Partner with Private Bankers and stakeholders to deliver client outcomes.

Skills

Leadership

People management

Risk management

KYC AML compliance

Stakeholder management

Job description

Private Banking Executive Manager | Barclays | London.
Join us as a Private Bank Executive Manager, where you'll lead a team of Private Bank Executives who support the day‑to‑day needs of high‑value clients. You'll be responsible for delivering an exceptional client experience, driving operational excellence, and ensuring the team provides seamless support across every stage of the client journey. Your leadership will be key to enhancing service quality, supporting Private Bankers, and helping the business build deeper, longer‑lasting client relationships.
In this role, you'll coach, develop, and inspire your team, helping them navigate complex client requests while maintaining the highest standards of service, risk management, and regulatory compliance. You'll act as an escalation point for more sensitive or complex client situations, providing guidance and ensuring issues are resolved effectively. Alongside this, you'll identify opportunities to improve processes, increase efficiency, and enhance the overall client and colleague experience.
You'll work closely with colleagues across Investments, Lending, Operations, Risk, and Compliance to ensure clients receive coordinated and consistent support. You'll oversee key control activities, maintain high standards of KYC and AML compliance, and take ownership for service delivery, team performance, and operational outcomes.

To succeed as a Private Banking Executive Manager, you should have experience in:

• Leading and developing client‑facing teams within Private Banking, Wealth Management, or a similar financial services environment.
• Managing complex client relationships and acting as an escalation point for sensitive service or operational matters.
• Operating within regulated environments and ensuring policies relating to KYC, AML, and risk management are consistently applied.
• Building strong partnerships with Private Bankers and internal stakeholders to deliver outstanding client outcomes.

Other Valuable Skills Include

• Strong leadership and coaching capabilities, with a track record of developing high‑performing teams.
• The ability to identify opportunities for improvement, implement change, and drive measurable enhancements to service delivery.
• A strong understanding of operational risk, controls, and governance, with a commitment to maintaining high standards of compliance.
• Excellent organisational and problem‑solving skills, with the ability to balance client needs, team priorities, and business objectives.
• A proactive and detail‑oriented approach, with the confidence to make decisions and take ownership of outcomes.

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 London.

Purpose of the role

To manage relationship support initiatives and set the strategic direction. Provide support to the bank's senior management team, and to manage relationship support risk across the organisation.

Accountabilities

• Development of strategic direction for relationship support, including the implementation of up to date methodologies and processes.
• Management of relationship support initiatives, including oversight of colleagues and their performance, implementation of departmental goals and objectives, oversight of department efficiency and effectiveness.
• Relationship management of relationship support stakeholders, including identifying relevant stakeholders, and maintenance of the quality of external third party services.
• Development and implementation of policies and procedures for relationship support.
• Management of relationship support risk, including identification of potential risks, development of strategies to mitigate those risks, and maintenance of alignment between the bank’s relationship support and compliance functions.
• Monitoring the financial performance of relationship support teams, including revenue, profitability, and cost control.
• Conducting thorough market research to understand market trends, competitive landscape, and regulatory changes to identify market opportunities.

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.