Change Delivery Specialist

Join us as a Change Delivery Specialist at Barclays, where you will help drive a strategic Talent transformation agenda at the heart of IB Technology.

In this Change Delivery Specialist role, you will sharpen your project management, stakeholder engagement and communication skills while partnering with colleagues across IB Tech.

This Change Delivery Specialist role sits at the centre of the Technology Transformation Office and offers an exciting opportunity to help drive Talent  and people focused transformation initiatives across IB Technology. You will support programmes that shape how IB Tech attracts, develops and engages its people, working closely with stakeholders across teams and locations globally. The role provides hands on exposure to project management, stakeholder engagement, and change delivery, allowing you to rapidly build core skills through real delivery responsibility.

Alongside transformation initiatives, you will also support volunteer led programmes, coordinate internal communications, drive feedback initiatives, support engagement activities and events, and manage reporting. We are looking for a highly motivated, organised and disciplined individual who enjoys working with people, brings structure to complexity, and consistently delivers ahead of schedule. You will play a key role in keeping momentum across multiple workstreams, ensuring progress is clear, coordinated and impactful. This is a strong career building opportunity for someone in the Prague talent market who wants visibility, learning and long term growth within IB Tech transformation.

To be successful as a Change Delivery Specialist, you should have:

• Strong organisational and delivery skills, with the ability to manage multiple workstreams, bring structure to complexity, and deliver consistently against deadlines
• Effective communication and stakeholder engagement skills, with experience working across teams, locations, and different seniority levels
• Hands‑on experience or strong capability in project management, change delivery, or programme coordination focused on people‑centric initiatives

Some other highly valued skills may include:

• Experience supporting people‑, talent‑, or culture‑focused initiatives (e.g. engagement, development, or feedback programmes)
• Exposure to coordinating internal communications, events, or volunteer‑led initiatives
• Experience with reporting, tracking progress, and maintaining clear visibility of delivery across initiatives

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 will be based in our Prague office.

Purpose of the role

To manage change projects that help the organisation achieve its strategic objectives, while ensuring that projects are delivered on time, within budget, in control and in compliance with regulatory requirements and internal policies and procedures. 

Accountabilities

• Management of change projects within the organisation, ensuring that they are delivered on time, within scope, budget, and to the required quality standards.
• Development and management of project plans that outline the scope, objectives, timelines, and resource requirements for change projects.
• Communication with stakeholders, including senior management, project teams, and external partners, to ensure that they are informed about project progress and that their needs and expectations are being met.
• Management of project teams, ensuring that they are properly resourced and that they have the necessary skills and expertise to deliver on project objectives.
• Management of project budgets, ensuring that projects are delivered within the agreed budget.
• Creation of reports on project progress to ensure that proposed solutions are delivered on time and within budget.
• Management of project risks, ensuring that risk, assumptions, issues and dependencies are identified, assessed, and mitigated as necessary.
• Facilitation of change management activities, including training and communication, to ensure that change projects are successfully implemented and embedded in the organisation.

Analyst Expectations

• To perform prescribed activities in a timely manner and to a high standard consistently driving continuous improvement.
• Requires in-depth technical knowledge and experience in their assigned area of expertise
• Thorough understanding of the underlying principles and concepts within the area of expertise
• They lead and supervise a team, guiding and supporting professional development, allocating work requirements and coordinating team resources.
• 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 develop technical expertise in work area, acting as an advisor where appropriate.
• Will have an impact on the work of related teams within the area.
• Partner with other functions and business areas.
• Takes responsibility for end results of a team’s operational processing and activities.
• Escalate breaches of policies / procedure appropriately.
• Take responsibility for embedding new policies/ procedures adopted due to risk mitigation.
• Advise and influence decision making within own area of expertise.
• Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work you own or contribute to. Deliver your work and areas of responsibility in line with relevant rules, regulation and codes of conduct.
• Maintain and continually build an understanding of how own sub-function integrates with function, alongside knowledge of the organisations products, services and processes within the function.
• Demonstrate understanding of how areas coordinate and contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the organisation sub-function.
• Make evaluative judgements based on the analysis of factual information, paying attention to detail.
• Resolve problems by identifying and selecting solutions through the application of acquired technical experience and will be guided by precedents.
• Guide and persuade team members and communicate complex / sensitive information.
• Act as contact point for stakeholders outside of the immediate function, while building a network of contacts outside team and external to the organisation.

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.