CDO Business Domain Partner

Join us as a Chief Data Office Business Domain Partner at Barclays, where you will be responsible for fostering a strong partnership with the Data Domain Owner (Managing Director), acting as their trusted business partner. You will work closely with senior leaders to understand business needs and challenges, identifying areas that require remediation and escalating critical issues when necessary. Your role will involve ensuring alignment between business goals and data strategies, guiding the organisation through complex data-related transformations and providing insights to drive effective decision-making at the highest levels.

To be successful as a Chief Data Office Business Domain Partner, you should have:

• Stakeholder management experience at all levels, up to Managing Director, within the organisation, with excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience in data risk management within the business risk appetite.
• Strong attention to detail and problem-solving skills.
• Data governance expertise, including metadata management, master data management, data lineage and data quality.
• Experience managing delivery through a matrix organisation.

Some other highly valued skills may include:

• Knowledge of UK Corporate Banking and Global Transaction Banking.
• DAMA International Certified Data Management Professional qualification.

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 hybrid and can be based in Northampton, Knutsford, or Glasgow.

Purpose of the role

To enable effective data governance, risk management, and compliance within the bank, acting as a liaison between business units and the Data & Records Management (DRM) function, translating business needs into actionable strategies and ensuring efficient implementation of DRM.  

Accountabilities

• Partnership with the local business unit to ensure successful implementation of data & records governance frameworks as appropriate to the needs of the business unit.
• Provision of guidance and support on records classification, retention, storage, retrieval and disposal to business units.
• Monitoring local data quality and records metrics and identify areas for improvement.
• Identification of opportunities for data improvement and optimisation.
• Partnership with the relevant business unit to support their data priorities and ensure appropriate decisions related to data & records are embedded in their BAU decision making and change programs.

Vice President Expectations

• 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.