Reputation Risk VP

As a Reputation Risk Vice President, you will play a pivotal role in safeguarding Barclays’ reputation by anticipating and addressing external developments that could impact the bank. Working closely with the Managing Director, Reputational Risk, and partnering across businesses and functions, the role involves leading horizon scanning efforts to identify emerging risks stemming from geopolitical shifts, societal trends, and macroeconomic dynamics.

You will monitor global political, security, and economic developments, translating complex external issues into clear, actionable insights for senior leadership, including the Group Executive Committee and Board. You will produce forward-looking scenarios, develop high-quality written materials, and establish early warning indicators to enable timely escalation and informed decision-making. Acting as a trusted advisor, you will ensure a consistent view of risks across the organization and maintain good engagement with senior stakeholders to support proactive reputation risk management.

To be successful as a Reputation Risk Vice President, you should have the following experience:

• Extensive experience in reputational risk, geopolitical analysis, intelligence, or strategic advisory roles within financial services, consulting, government, or international institutions
• Deep knowledge of global geopolitics with proven ability to apply analytical insights to commercial, regulatory, or strategic contexts
• Demonstrated capability to distil complex, high-volume information into clear, senior-level briefings and actionable insights
• Good stakeholder management and influencing skills, with experience engaging senior executives and external networks across multiple regions
• Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment

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 located within either our London or Glasgow office.

Purpose of the role

To provide support to the Chief Risk Officer(S) in the implementation and ongoing effectiveness of the bank's risk management framework across various business units and functions.

Accountabilities

• Implementation support of risk management policies, standards, procedures, and controls across the bank.
• Asessment and promotion of risk management awareness and risk controls and culture.
• Review, challenge and monitoring of the effectiveness of existing risk management practices and identifying areas for improvement.
• Identification of new and emerging risks, and assessing the likelihood and impact of identified risks, and recommending appropriate mitigation strategies.
• Management and operation of associated committees, forum and meetings.
• Maintenance of risk inventories and governance documentation.

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.