Colleague Engagement Lead

Barclays; Whippany (NJ); On-site; USD 140,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental and vision

401(k)

Incentive award eligibility

Paid leave

Job summary

Barclays is seeking a Colleague Engagement Lead in Whippany, NJ to drive the colleague experience across a global technology organization. You will influence senior leaders, develop engagement strategies, and deliver data-driven insights and executive reporting to improve business performance and culture.

The role requires strong stakeholder management, communication, and analytical skills, with experience in Power BI and organizational analytics.

Qualifications

• Experience designing colleague engagement strategies.
• Ability to translate data into actionable insights.
• Proven track record producing exec-level reports and insights.

Responsibilities

• Lead engagement programs across Barclays' global technology organization.
• Partner with senior leaders to shape colleague experience and culture.
• Own executive reporting and business insights to support decisions.
• Build a high-performing, inclusive culture aligned to Barclays' Mindset.

Skills

Engagement strategy

Stakeholder management

Data analytics

Executive reporting

Communication skills

Tools

Power BI

SharePoint

Workflow automation

Job description

Embark on a transformative journey as a Colleague Engagement Lead. At Barclays, our vision is clear - to redefine the future of banking and help craft innovative solutions. In this influential role, you will help shape the colleague experience across a global technology organization, driving engagement, talent development, recognition, and organizational effectiveness. Working closely with senior leaders and key stakeholders, you will play a pivotal part in building a high-performing, inclusive culture that enables colleagues to thrive while supporting Barclays' strategic desires. This is a unique opportunity to make a visible impact at scale, influencing people strategies that enhance both colleague experience and business performance.

To be successful as a Colleague Engagement Lead - VP, you should have:

• Experience developing and implementing people, teams, or colleague engagement strategies
• Considerable analytical and problem-solving capabilities with the ability to translate data into actionable insights
• Experience producing executive-level reporting, presentations, and business insights
• Excellent stakeholder engagement skills, including the ability to influence senior decision-makers and cross-functional partners
• Ample communication skills with experience creating engaging messages, presentations, and colleague-focused content

Other Highly Valued Skills Include

• Confirmed ability to oversee multiple programs simultaneously and deliver outcomes in a fast-paced environment
• Experience within employee engagement, communications, HR, COO, or business oversee functions
• Knowledge of team's analytics and colleague data reporting
• Experience using Power BI, SharePoint, or workflow automation tools
• Familiarity with Early Careers, learning and development or colleague experience programs

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, digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills.

This role is located in our Whippany, NJ office.

Minimum Salary: $140,000

Maximum Salary: $200,000

The minimum and maximum salary/rate information above include only base salary or base hourly rate. It does not include any other type of compensation or benefits that may be available.

Barclays employees are eligible for a suite of competitive and generous employee benefits, including medical, dental and vision coverage, 401(k), life insurance, and other paid leave for qualifying circumstances.

This position is eligible for an incentive award.

Purpose of the role

To build strong and effective partnerships with the senior leadership of the organisation, advising on how to engage and influence employees to achieve the business’s goals, through an insight-based employee communications strategy, backed up with outstanding execution capability.

Accountabilities

• Leadership communication, using detailed, systematic insight research to help senior leaders understand employee sentiment, and empower them to communicate empathetically with their people.
• Business strategy alignment, building belief in the strategy of the organisation, and the progress being made, with a strong focus on the impact employees have on the client experience.
• Culture and employee proposition communication, designing and implementing communication interventions that influence individual behaviour to create a culture built on the Barclays Mindset; demonstrate why the organisation is a great place to work.
• Change delivery, creating communication interventions that build employee commitment and capability through organisational change.
• Crisis and issues management, working closely with the senior team as part of the management response, focused on the role of employees in engaging clients.
• Capability building, leading and developing a high-performing team, building individual skills and team capabilities.

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.