VP - Tech Risk & Cyber

Barclays; Pune District; On-site; INR 3,000,000 - 6,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Barclays is seeking a Vice President to lead Tech Risk & Cyber, based in Pune. The role focuses on assessing the integrity and effectiveness of internal controls to mitigate operational, financial, and reputational risk.

You will collaborate with business units to document control assessments and findings, identify weaknesses, and drive remediation aligned to policy and regulatory standards. Strong leadership and strategic thinking are essential.

Qualifications

• Excellent analytical and problem solving skills with the ability to assess complex issues and develop practical solutions.
• Strong technical background with sound knowledge of Cybersecurity, Technology Risk, and Risk Management principles.
• Extensive experience in governance, risk reporting, control oversight, and assurance activities.
• Strong understanding of Cybersecurity, Technology Risk, and Operational Resiliency standards and frameworks.
• Experience managing and interpreting risk and control metrics including KPIs, KRIs, KCIs.
• Proven ability to identify cyber risks, assess control weaknesses, and support remediation activities.
• Ability to leverage modern AI tools and automation to improve productivity and reporting.
• Strong stakeholder management and relationship-building capabilities.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills for technical and non-technical audiences.

Responsibilities

• Assess integrity and effectiveness of the bank's internal controls to support risk mitigation.
• Collaborate with stakeholders across business units to document controls and findings.
• Identify weaknesses and promote continuous improvement of the control framework.
• Develop reports communicating findings and recommendations to control owners and senior management.
• Execute reviews to test effectiveness of controls per policies and regulatory requirements.
• Ensure adherence to Barclays Controls Framework and appropriate assessment methodologies.

Skills

Analytical skills

Cybersecurity

Technology Risk

Risk Management

Risk metrics

AI tools

Stakeholder management

Communication

Job description

Job Description

Purpose of the role

To assess the integrity and effectiveness of the banks internal control framework to support the mitigation of risk and protection of the banks operational, financial, and reputational risk.

Accountabilities

• Knowledge of business areas, products, processes and platforms to be able to assess risk
• Collaboration with various stakeholders across the bank and business units to improve overall control effectiveness through detailed documentation of control assessments, procedures, and findings.
• Identification and investigation of potential weaknesses and issues within internal controls to promote continuous improvement and risk mitigation aligned to the bank’s control framework, prioritised by its severity to disrupt bank operations.
• Development of reports to communicate key findings from risk assessment including control weaknesses and recommendations to control owners, senior management, and other stakeholders.
• Execution of reviews to determine the effectiveness of the bank’s internal controls framework aligned to established and evolving policies, regulation, and best practice.
• Implementation of adherence to the Barclays Controls Framework and set appropriate methodology of assessing controls against the Controls Framework.

Vice President Expectations

• To contribute or set strategy, drive requirements and make recommendations for change. Plan resources, budgets, and policies; manage and maintain policies/ processes; deliver continuous improvements and elevate breaches of policies/procedures..
• If managing a team, they define jobs and responsibilities, planning for the department’s future needs and operations, counselling employees on performance and contributing to employee pay decisions/changes. They may also lead a number of specialists to influence the operations of a department, in alignment with strategic as well as tactical priorities, while balancing short and long term goals and ensuring that budgets and schedules meet corporate requirements..
• 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 be a subject matter expert within own discipline and will guide technical direction. They will lead collaborative, multi-year assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments. They will train, guide and coach less experienced specialists and provide information affecting long term profits, organisational risks and strategic decisions..
• Advise key stakeholders, including functional leadership teams and senior management on functional and cross functional areas of impact and alignment.
• Manage and mitigate risks through assessment, in support of the control and governance agenda.
• Demonstrate leadership and accountability for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work your team does.
• Demonstrate comprehensive understanding of the organisation functions to contribute to achieving the goals of the business.
• Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategies.
• Create solutions based on sophisticated analytical thought comparing and selecting complex alternatives. In-depth analysis with interpretative thinking will be required to define problems and develop innovative solutions.
• Adopt and include the outcomes of extensive research in problem solving processes.
• Seek out, build and maintain trusting relationships and partnerships with internal and external stakeholders in order to accomplish key business objectives, using influencing and negotiating skills 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.

Join us as a VP - Tech Risk & Cyber. At Barclays, we don’t just adapt to the future, we create it. As a VP - Tech Risk & Cyber you will support the organisation, achieve its strategic objectives by the identification of business requirements and solutions that address business problems and opportunities.

To be a successful VP - Tech Risk & Cyber you should have experience with:

• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to assess complex issues, evaluate impacts, and develop practical solutions.

• Strong technical background with sound knowledge of Cybersecurity, Technology Risk, and Risk Management principles.

• Extensive experience in governance, risk reporting, control oversight, and assurance activities.

• Strong understanding of Cybersecurity, Technology Risk, and Operational Resiliency standards and frameworks.

• Experience managing and interpreting risk and control metrics, including KPIs, KRIs, and Key Control Indicators (KCIs).

• Proven ability to proactively identify cyber risks, assess control weaknesses, and support remediation activities.

• Ability to leverage modern AI tools and automation capabilities to improve productivity, reporting, and operational effectiveness.

• Strong stakeholder management, influencing, and relationship-building capabilities.

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to communicate complex technical and risk-related concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.

Additional relevant skills given below are highly valued:

• Good understanding of Wealth Management, Private Banking, Investment Banking, or Financial Services operating environments.

• Knowledge of industry risk and security frameworks.

• Experience working within Cybersecurity, Technology Risk, Operational Risk, Controls, or Resilience functions in a global financial institution.

• Strong coordination and organizational skills, with the ability to work effectively within a small team supporting a complex and highly regulated function.

You may be assessed on 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 Pune.