Cloud & AI Governance Manager

Join us as a Cloud and AI Governance Manager role and be responsible for supporting the design, execution, and ongoing enhancement of Barclays’ enterprise cloud and AI governance processes. The main purpose of this role is to help oversee all public cloud adoption, making sure it aligns with Barclays’ Policies, Standards, and Controls as outlined in the Cloud Controls Framework (CCF) and wider governance processes like AI. A core responsibility is the operational management of key governance forums to ensure cloud usage is consistently risk‑assessed, appropriately approved, and compliant with Barclays’ risk appetite. The role ensures end‑to‑end governance processes (attestations, regulatory notifications, risk assessments, evidence reviews, and approvals) operate seamlessly as part of BAU, promoting consistency, transparency, and accountability across all Public Cloud and AI deployments.

Key Skills

• Strong governance orientation, with demonstrated experience operating or supporting structured governance forums, approval processes, and risk‑based decision‑making.

• Deep understanding of laws, rules, and regulations, preferably relevant to cloud adoption in financial services (e.g., PRA, FCA, EBA, DORA etc).

• Proven experience in regulatory engagement, including preparing evidence, responding to regulatory queries, and supporting audits or inspections.

• Strong working knowledge of Enterprise Risk Management Framework (ERMF) structures.

Desirable Skills

• Knowledge of industry cloud governance and security frameworks (e.g., NIST CSF, ISO 27001/2, CSA CCM, COBIT, ITIL).

• Familiarity with cloud service provider models (AWS, Azure, GCP)

• Experience supporting control uplift programmes or remediation cycles linked to audit, or cloud migration programmes.

This role is based in Knutsford.

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

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.

Assistant Vice President Expectations

• To advise and influence decision making, contribute to policy development and take responsibility for operational effectiveness. Collaborate closely with other functions/ business divisions.
• Lead a team performing complex tasks, using well developed professional knowledge and skills to deliver on work that impacts the whole business function. Set objectives and coach employees in pursuit of those objectives, appraisal of performance relative to objectives and determination of reward outcomes
• 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 lead collaborative assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments. They will identify new directions for assignments and/ or projects, identifying a combination of cross functional methodologies or practices to meet required outcomes.
• Consult on complex issues; providing advice to People Leaders to support the resolution of escalated issues.
• Identify ways to mitigate risk and developing new policies/procedures in support of the control and governance agenda.
• Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work done.
• Perform work that is closely related to that of other areas, which requires understanding of how areas coordinate and contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the organisation sub-function.
• Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategy.
• Engage in complex analysis of data from multiple sources of information, internal and external sources such as procedures and practises (in other areas, teams, companies, etc).to solve problems creatively and effectively.
• Communicate complex information. 'Complex' information could include sensitive information or information that is difficult to communicate because of its content or its audience.
• Influence or convince stakeholders 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.