Vice President Transformation

Join Barclays as Vice President Transformation where you'll play a pivotal role by closely working with business stakeholders, operations users, controls team, technology teams, UAT test manager and all other stakeholders to understand current business process and work, to design Target Operating Model and associated requirements documentation for Wholesale Lending migration to Loan IQ platform. At Barclays, we're building the bank of tomorrow. Your role will also have the responsibility of supporting all governance activities to ensure robust planning, scheduling, documentation and signoffs are delivered.

To be successful in this role, you should have,

• Prior experience of rolling out strategic and tactical change across a large organization, understanding of Target Operating Model (TOM) and ability to understand and document detailed processes.

• Good knowledge of Corporate and IB loan products and their attributes and familiarity with key IT/ systems.

• Ability to drive strategic Business process design, associated workflow and documentation.

• Experience of tools for documentation including JIRA and Confluence.

• Experience of managing team members to support required deliveries.

• Good communication skills along with an ability to translate written instruction into action items.

Some other highly valued skills may include,

• Lending /Servicing knowledge across all debt products.

• Experience of using Loan IQ.

• Experience of working in a Corporate/Investment Banking/consulting.

• Knowledge and experience of working closely with IT, Transformation & Change area using Agile project management.

• Proficiency in MS Office applications like Excel, Word and Power Point.

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

This role is based in our Chennai office.

Purpose of the role

To manage the implementation of strategic change initiatives to enhance the banks operational efficiency. 

Accountabilities

• Management of strategic operational changes and initiatives to enhance the bank's operational efficiency and effectiveness, including the identification and assessment of changes on people, processes, and systems.
• Collaboration with internal stakeholders, including business leaders, project managers and SMEs to support business operation team and promote alignment between operations with the bank’s objectives.
• Development and implementation of change management strategies and effectively communicate the strategies so they are understood and adopted by stakeholders.
• Management and development of KPIs to measure the effectiveness of business functions, utilising data and technology to support the identification of areas that require improvement.
• Comply with all regulatory requirements and internal policies related to change management.
• Provision of guidance and support to stakeholders throughout the operational change management process through training and coaching.

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.