VP Strategy, Planning & Execution

Are you ready to take a strategic leadership role at the heart of UK Corporate Banking? We’re looking for a VP of Strategy, Planning & Execution in London — a role that offers high-impact work, top-table exposure, and diverse skill development.

As a key architect of our corporate banking strategy, you’ll:

✅ Shape, measure, and deliver strategic initiatives that drive success.

✅ Be deeply involved in decision-making at the core of our business.

✅ Develop a broad skill set, working across strategy, execution, and performance measurement.

✅ Enjoy direct engagement with senior leadership, influencing key priorities and outcomes.

Essential Skills/Basic Qualifications:

• Demonstrated skill at strategic planning and execution
• Strong commercial acumen
• An eye for numbers and ability to analyse complex data and convert into strong messaging
• Experience working in Business Management or Strategy roles or Investor Relations roles
• Strong organisation skills and a proactive mindset
• Exceptional stakeholder management capabilities at all levels
• Excellent communication skills with the ability to synthesise complex detailed information for a senior audience
• Proficient in a range of key business tools
• Strong influence and negotiation skills

Desirable skills/Preferred Qualifications:

• Knowledge of UK Corporate Bank and/or Barclaycard Payments
• Organisational awareness across multiple areas of the organisation (how to get things done)
• Proven track record of working across a complex matrix organisation

This is more than a role - it’s an opportunity to lead, learn, and make a real impact.

Purpose of the role

To enable the success of the business and assist senior leaders navigate complex challenges, make informed decisions, and achieve their goals

Accountabilities

• Collaboration with business and senior leadership to develop and implement business strategies that align with organizational goals and regulatory requirements.
• Liaison between different business units and functions, fostering communication and collaboration.
• Management and coordination of strategic initiatives, projects, and change management efforts to optimize business processes and strengthen the control environment.
• Improvement of operational efficiency within the organisation including the identification of areas for improvement, streamlining of processes, and implementation of best practices to enhance productivity and effectiveness.
• Development of performance reporting for key metrics that reinforce the strategic objectives of the division and support the external commitments made. Involvement in aspects of financial analysis and budget management, including assistance in financial planning, forecasting, and monitoring of financial performance against targets.
• Support to business heads in partnership with HR on hiring, workforce planning, joiner/mover/leaver actions.

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.