Strategy Transformation & Oversight Lead - Sanctions

About the role

Barclays is looking for a Strategy Transformation & Oversight Lead in Bournemouth to lead the second-line oversight of its first-line sanctions controls. The role covers the oversight of customer and transaction screening, the governance of sanctions risk management frameworks, and the delivery of strategic transformation initiatives within the Sanctions Strategy, Transformation and Oversight function.

Key responsibilities

• Lead the team responsible for second-line oversight of first-line sanctions activities, including governance, effectiveness and performance of customer and transaction screening controls and their filtering technologies.
• Provide leadership to a team of sanctions subject-matter experts covering Trade Finance, Securities Services and emerging products such as digital assets and tokenised deposits.
• Support the Global Head of Sanctions and help shape the sanctions agenda, operating model and governance framework.
• Drive oversight of sanctions risk management frameworks, policies, standards and controls, aligned to regulatory expectations, geopolitical developments and industry best practice.
• Engage with senior stakeholders across Compliance, Financial Crime, Operations, Technology and business leadership teams.
• Identify and deliver strategic transformation initiatives to improve the effectiveness, efficiency and scalability of the sanctions control environment.
• Support the evolution of screening methodologies, control design and data quality standards.

Required profile

• Demonstrated experience leading large, complex sanctions or financial crime teams and building specialist functions.
• Proven experience leading transformation, change management and control enhancement programmes in a regulated financial services environment.
• Experience engaging at Executive Committee and senior leadership level, and acting as a principal contact and spokesperson for the function.
• Strong strategic, analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to turn regulatory requirements into practical operating models.

Required skills

• Deep technical expertise in sanctions screening systems, filtering technologies and customer and transaction screening controls.
• Knowledge of sanctions risk management frameworks, governance, controls and regulatory expectations across global financial institutions.
• Excellent stakeholder management and influencing capabilities.