Digital Transformation and Solution Architecture - VP

Barclays; Whippany (NJ); On-site; USD 170,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

401(k) plan

Life insurance

Paid leave

Job summary

Barclays in Whippany, NJ seeks a Digital Transformation and Solution Architecture - VP to drive architectural strategy behind cloud modernization, delivering scalable, secure solutions that accelerate the bank's digital journey.

You will influence executives, oversee large migration programs, define long-term strategy, and apply CI/CD, IaC, and platform engineering to accelerate secure modernization while aligning with risk and governance.

Qualifications

• Experience leading cloud modernization programs.
• Ability to influence executives and drive consensus.
• Strong background in AWS and secure cloud architectures.
• Experience with enterprise-scale transformation programs.

Responsibilities

• Provide SME support to align product roadmap with technical delivery.
• Develop and communicate product strategy and vision to stakeholders.
• Collaborate with stakeholders to prioritise features based on value and feasibility.
• Develop assessments for continuous testing and performance improvements.
• Monitor product performance and identify optimization opportunities.
• Stay informed on industry tech trends to improve delivery.

Skills

Cloud architecture leadership

Migration program management

Stakeholder influence

Security and governance

Cloud-native design & AWS

Tools

AWS

CI/CD

Infrastructure as Code

Enterprise integration

Job description

Embark on a transformative journey as a Digital Transformation and Solution Architecture - VP. At Barclays, our vision is clear –to redefine the future of banking and help craft innovative solutions. In this pivotal leadership role, you will drive the architectural strategy behind our cloud modernization efforts, shaping scalable, secure, and resilient solutions that accelerate Barclays' digital transformation journey. You will work alongside senior technology and business supporters to modernize critical platforms, leverage cloud-native capabilities, and deliver innovative customer experiences that support the future of banking. This is a unique opportunity to influence enterprise-wide technology strategies, support high-impact transformation programs, and leave a lasting mark on one of the world's leading financial institutions.

To be successful as a Digital Transformation and Solution Architecture - VP, you should:

• Design and govern secure, scalable, resilient, and cost-effective AWS solutions, including cloud-native architectures, disaster recovery, and enterprise integration
• Oversee large scale migration programs, including workload assessment, modernization, migration planning, and portfolio transformation while minimizing risk
• Define long-term architecture strategy, align technology investments with business targets, and drive modernization roadmaps
• Influence senior executives, present architectural recommendations, build consensus, and drive outcomes across business and technology teams
• Leverage CI/CD, Infrastructure as Code, cloud security, observability, APIs, event-driven architecture, and platform engineering to accelerate secure modernization

Other Highly Valued Skills Include

• Ensure cloud solutions meet security, regulatory, resilience, and governance requirements through partnership with Risk, Cyber Security, Compliance, Legal, and Audit teams
• Build business cases, optimize cloud costs, oversee technology investments, and demonstrate measurable value from modernization programs
• Build and mentor high-performing architecture and engineering teams, establish standards, and foster a culture of innovation and continuous improvement

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: $170,000

Maximum Salary: $230,000

• 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 collaborate with product owners and other technical teams involved in the product development process and utilise their knowledge of the bank’s technologies to enact the vision defined in the product roadmap.

Accountabilities

• Provision of subject matter expertise to support the collaboration between the product owner and the technical side of product development.
• Support the development and implementation of the product strategy and vision defined in the product roadmap and communicate them with the relevant stakeholders and the development team.
• Collaboration with internal stakeholders to gather and prioritise product requirements and features based on business value and feasibility that are well defined, measurable and secure.
• Development and implementation of assessments to ensure continuous testing and improvement of product quality and performance.
• Monitoring of product performance to identify opportunities for optimisation that meets the banks performance standards.
• Stay abreast of the latest industry technology trends and technologies, to evaluate and adopt new approaches to improve product development and delivery.

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.