Programme Director - 2 Roles

Grade: Director
Location: Radbroke OR Northampton
Barclays Overview
Barclays is a British universal bank. We are diversified by business, by different types of customers and clients, and by geography. Our businesses include consumer banking and payments operations around the world, as well as a top-tier, full service, global corporate and investment bank, all of which are supported by our service company which provides technology, operations and functional services across the Group.
We are an equal opportunity employer and we are opposed to discrimination on any grounds.
Working Flexibly
We’re committed to providing a supportive and inclusive culture and environment for you to work in. This environment recognises and supports ways to balance your personal needs, alongside the professional needs of our business. Providing the opportunity for all our employees, globally to work flexibly empowers each of us to work in a way that suits our lives as well as enabling us to better service our customers’ and clients’ needs. Whether you have family commitments or you’re a carer, or whether you need study time or wish to pursue personal interests, our approach to working flexibly is designed to help you balance your life. If you would like some flexibility, then please discuss this with the hiring manager, and your request will be reviewed subject to business needs.
Hybrid Working
At Barclays, we offer a hybrid working experience that blends the positives of working alongside colleagues at our onsite locations, together with working from home.We have a structured approach where colleagues work at an onsite location on fixed, ‘anchor’, days of the week, for a minimum of two days a week or more, as set by the business area (or nearest equivalent if working part-time hours). Please discuss the working pattern requirements for the role you are applying for with the hiring manager. Please note that as we continue to embed our hybrid working environment, we remain in a test and learn phase, which means that working arrangements may be subject to change on reasonable notice to ensure we meet the needs of our business.
About Corporate & Investment Bank SI Planning & Execution
Corporate & Investment Bank SI Planning & Execution is a highly skilled and diverse team responsible for identifying, setting objectives for and managing delivery of projects across the Corporate & Investment Bank.We collaborate with most Groups within Barclays and have teams based in London, New York, Prague, Glasgow, Knutsford, Northampton and Whippany.
We are on a journey to plan and deliver the strategic change which creates the Corporate & Investment Bank of tomorrow. Our team of motivated change practitioners know how to make change happen and are empowered to:
Align investment in change to customer and shareholder objectives
Drive ambitious delivery plans to achieve business outcomes
Protect our customers and the firm by anticipating and reducing risk
Creating a team that attracts and retains remarkable people in an inclusive environment
As a member of our team, you will have the opportunity to work closely with industry leaders, can participate in how they make decisions and then be given the trust to turn those decisions into action - to make them come to life.
Overall purpose of role
The Programme Manager is fundamental to our mission to create an environment of effective delivery and has a broad range of business and technical skills to create a high level outcome for the stakeholder.The ideal Programme Manager is someone who can:
Oversee delivery of multiple projects/workstream packages, ensuring they achieve their outcomes to plan
Manage business case and programme governance
Ensure that programmes deliver agreed outcomes
Monitors and proactively manages financials, RAIDs and resource requirements
Partners the Accountable Executive
Delivers in line with Policies and Standards
Key Accountabilities
E2E planning and delivery management to agreed plan
Business case management
Change management
Governance and reporting
Outcomes and benefits management
Risk and issue management
Programme Resource plan and capacity management
Stakeholder and communications management
Stakeholder Management and Leadership
Stakeholders reach is mainly internal and spans across multiple internal areas, potentially firmwide
Great interpersonal skills are fundamental to building relationships
The role will also be required to lead working teams of varying levels within the organisation and that do not report into the role
Decision-making and Problem Solving
The role will involve the set up of programmes and/or underlying workstreams from initiation, through to ownership of planning and execution/delivery.This will require elements of advanced problem solving, evaluative judgement and analysis.
Risk and Control Objective
Ensure that all activities and duties are carried out in full compliance with regulatory requirements, Enterprise Wide Risk Management Framework and internal Barclays Policies and Policy Standards.
Person Specification
Essential Skills/Basic Qualifications:
Ability to effectively communicate with, influence and manage stakeholders at all levels, taking account of their levels of influence and interest.
Ability to identify, define, evaluate, plan, track and realise the outcomes and benefits of change initiatives. This includes undertaking a realistic assessment of what is achievable by when.
Ability to identify and monitor risks and issues, to plan and implement appropriate responses for mitigation or resolution, including escalations and early resolution
Capacity to inspire, coach and empower others to deliver on a shared vision and outcomes for transformational change: setting an example and building strong relationships.
Desirable skills/Preferred Qualifications:
Experience of delivering complex change
Experience of delivering F2B transformational change (client, business, operations, technology – with medium to high degree of technology change)
Ability of delivering transformation change in Corporate, Cards and Payments
Experience of delivering change using agile techniques
Knowledge of Barclays standard change delivery processes
Purpose, Values and Mindset
We deploy finance responsibly to support people and businesses, acting with empathy and integrity, championing innovation and sustainability, for the common good and the long term.
Our values underpin everything we do: Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship.
Respect
We harness the power of diversity and inclusion in our business, trust those we work with, and value everyone's contribution.
Integrity
We operate with honesty, transparency and fairness in all we do.
Service
We act with empathy and humility, putting the people and businesses we serve at the centre of what we do.
Excellence
We champion innovation, and use our energy, expertise and resources to make a positive difference.
Stewardship
We prize sustainability, and are passionate about leaving things better than we found them.
Our Mindset shapes how we take action, living by our Values, driven by our Purpose, always with our customers and clients at the heart of what we do; our Mindset is to Empower, Challenge and Drive.
Empower
Trust and support each other to deliver. Make decisions with those closest to the topic. Include diverse perspectives. Celebrate success and learn from failure.
Challenge
Question whether things can be done better. Use insights based on data to inform decisions. Be curious about how we can adapt and improve. Speak up and be open to alternative viewpoints.
Drive
Focus on outcomes. Deliver with pace. Be passionate and ambitious about what we do. Take personal responsibility. Actively build collaborative relationships to get things done.
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