VP, Enterprise Platform Portfolio Lead

Barclays; Whippany (NJ); On-site; USD 155,000 - 225,000; Full time

Job summary

Barclays in Whippany, NJ seeks a VP - Platform Portfolio Lead to define and drive the digital channels platform portfolio strategy, multi-year roadmap, and end-to-end execution. You will partner with senior business and technology leaders to align capabilities with priorities across architecture, engineering, product, risk, and compliance.

You will own enterprise-scale portfolio delivery, balance budgets, and govern complex programs while ensuring security, resilience, and regulatory alignment.

Qualifications

• Proven leadership in delivering enterprise-scale technology portfolios and complex programs, ensuring alignment with strategic objectives.
• Extensive experience managing multi-million technology portfolios with on-time, on-budget delivery and measurable outcomes.
• Executive stakeholder engagement with ability to influence and communicate at senior levels.
• Deep expertise in Agile and scaled delivery frameworks (Scrum, SAFe, Kanban).
• Strong governance, portfolio planning, and data-driven decision-making.

Responsibilities

• Lead portfolio management team, setting portfolio vision and performance.
• Monitor progress, budgets, risks, and portfolio status reporting to senior management.
• Manage portfolio documentation, schedules, book of work, and budgets.
• Facilitate governance and ensure alignment with controls and strategic objectives.
• Manage the Book of Work, dependencies, resources, and risk; enable changemanagement and improvement.
• Collaborate with senior management, project teams, and external partners to meet business needs.
• Develop portfolio processes aligned with governance standards to support project delivery.

Skills

Portfolio leadership

Executive engagement

Agile/SAFe

P&L oversight

Financial services

Technical foundation

Certifications

Vendor management

Change management

Job description

Barclays in Whippany, NJ seeks a VP - Platform Portfolio Lead to define and drive the digital channels platform portfolio strategy, multi-year roadmap, and end-to-end execution. You will partner with senior business and technology leaders to align capabilities with priorities across architecture, engineering, product, risk, and compliance.

You will own enterprise-scale portfolio delivery, balance budgets, and govern complex programs while ensuring security, resilience, and regulatory alignment.