Join us as a Technology Application Development (TAD) Manager and become a key member of Group Technology Governance & Change at Barclays. This is an exciting opportunity to shape and evolve the Technology Application Development (TAD) Standard, a critical component of Barclays' technology risk and software delivery framework. You will work at the intersection of engineering, governance, risk and technology transformation, influencing how technology solutions are designed, built, tested and released across the organisation. The role offers significant exposure to senior technology leadership and provides a unique opportunity to drive modern governance practices through automation, engineering excellence and emerging AI capabilities.
To be successful in this role, you will need the following:
- Extensive experience in managing a Risk Controls Standard , measuring KRIs, managing business compliance reports and audit mapping of incidents issues to the Standard controls.
- Strong understanding of modern software delivery and engineering practices, including Agile, DevOps, CI/CD, testing, release management, production operations and software engineering controls.
- Proven ability to define, implement and drive adoption of technology standards, controls or governance frameworks, balancing risk management with effective delivery outcomes.
- Demonstrable experience managing technology risk, audit and regulatory requirements, including remediation of findings, control improvements and strengthening governance effectiveness.
- Strong stakeholder management, attention to details and effective written and verbal communication, with the ability to operate credibly across engineering, architecture, cybersecurity, risk and business 3executive leadership communities.
Some other highly valued skills may include:
- Experience leveraging automation, engineering platforms and data-driven insights to enhance governance effectiveness, compliance and developer experience.
- Knowledge of Cloud, AI and GenAI technologies, with an interest in applying emerging capabilities to modernise software delivery governance and control frameworks.
- Experience supporting large-scale technology transformation programmes and embedding governance across complex organisational environments.
- Strong analytical and communication skills, with the ability to interpret management information, identify trends and articulate recommendations to senior stakeholders.
- Demonstrated ability to adopt AI capabilities to optimise day-to-day activities, improve decision-making and enhance operational efficiency to a high standard.
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 and digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills.
The successful candidate will be based in Knutsford or London.
Purpose of the role
To support the Risk Function in delivering it’s objective of safeguarding the bank's financial and operational stability by proactively identifying, assessing, mitigating, and monitoring risks across various business units and activities.
Accountabilities
- Development of strategic direction for risk, including the implementation of up-to-date methodologies and processes.
- Management of the risk department, including oversight of risk colleagues and their performance, implementation of risk priorities and objectives, oversight of department efficiency and effectiveness.
- Relationship management of risk stakeholders, including identifying relevant stakeholders, and maintenance of the quality of external third-party services.
- Adherence to the Risk policy, standards and frameworks, and maintaining a robust control environment.
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 escalate 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.
