Change Delivery Manager - Director

About the role

Barclays is looking for a Change Delivery Manager (Director) in its Group Economic Crime business, based in London, Northampton or Glasgow. The role leads and oversees transformational change initiatives, managing projects and programmes that drive strategic improvements and ensure change is implemented successfully across the organisation. It is a permanent position.

Key responsibilities

• Manage change projects so they are delivered on time, within scope and budget, to the required quality standards and in compliance with regulatory requirements and internal policies.
• Own and govern the portfolio, keeping it aligned to strategic objectives and business outcomes, and oversee delivery, risks, dependencies and performance.
• Establish and maintain portfolio governance, controls and reporting, and keep roadmaps and priorities aligned to strategic themes.
• Influence senior stakeholders, remove barriers and create accountability for value realisation.
• Develop project plans covering scope, objectives, timelines and resources; communicate progress to stakeholders, including senior management and external partners.
• Manage project teams, budgets and risks, and run change management activities such as training and communication.
• As a Director, contribute to function-wide strategy, advise senior management and committees, and lead a large team or sub-function, or act as a deep technical expert and thought leader.

Required profile

• Strong technical understanding of AML products, services and processes.
• Ability to manage a business function, lead a large team or sub-function, or lead organisation-wide projects as a technical expert.
• Extensive knowledge of how the function fits with the business division and the Group, and of industry theory and practice.
• Advanced analytical skills, management authority to make significant decisions, and the ability to negotiate and influence at senior level.
• Legal right to work in the UK; sponsorship may be needed.

Required skills

• Strategic portfolio management and investment prioritisation
• Executive stakeholder engagement and influencing
• Lean governance and outcome-based delivery leadership
• Risk, dependency and portfolio performance management
• Financial and capacity planning
• Facilitation of senior stakeholder alignment and decision forums