Technical Delivery Manager

Technical Skills:

• Lead IT Architecture & Strategy – Define and evolve the technology architecture, ensuring scalability, security, and alignment with business objectives.

• Manage & Develop Teams – Build and lead high-performing technology team, fostering a culture of innovation, collaboration, and continuous improvement. Stakeholder Engagement – Partner with senior leadership, business units, and external vendors to align technology strategy with business needs.

• Drive Technology Adoption – Champion the implementation and adoption of emerging technologies, ensuring smooth integration and business value realization.

• Governance & Compliance – Establish best practices for IT governance, risk management, and compliance with industry standards.

• Operational Excellence – Oversee the stability, resilience, and efficiency of IT infrastructure, optimizing performance and cost-effectiveness.

Soft Skills:

• Strategic Thinking – Ability to align technology initiatives with business objectives and long-term goals.

• Leadership & Team Development – Inspire, mentor, and grow a high-performing team while fostering a culture of collaboration and accountability.

• Stakeholder Management – Strong ability to engage, influence, and build relationships with executives, business leaders, and cross-functional teams.

• Problem-Solving & Decision-Making – Quickly assess complex challenges, identify solutions, and make informed, data-driven decisions.

• Communication & Storytelling –  Translate technical concepts into business value for non-technical stakeholders and present ideas effectively.

• Adaptability & Resilience – Thrive in fast-paced environments, manage ambiguity, and pivot strategies as needed.

• Negotiation & Conflict Resolution – Handle differing viewpoints, align stakeholders, and drive consensus on key initiatives.

• Innovation Mindset – Stay curious, embrace new ideas, and encourage experimentation to drive continuous improvement.

Purpose of the role

To manage the efficient delivery of large-scale technical projects and capabilities across the bank and collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to understand their needs and expectations throughout the software product lifecycle, adhering to agreed time, budget and quality requirements. 

Accountabilities

• Management of the delivery, resource allocation and improvement of complex technical project capabilities across the bank using Agile/Scrum methodologies for planning, stand-ups, demos, retrospectives and the execution of sprints.
• Collaboration with customers and business teams to manage and implement customer trails to support the proposal of technically feasible solutions, and effort and timeline expectations.
• Collaboration with software engineers, quality teams, product managers and other engineering teams to deliver high-quality products and features through the software project lifecycle aligned to the banks objectives, regulation and security policies.
• Identification, assessment, and mitigation of risks associated with technical projects to prepare the bank for potential challenges.
• Management of change requests and communication with stakeholders throughout the project lifecycle.
• Management of vendor relations involved in technical projects to ensure they deliver according to agreed terms.
• Stay abreast of the latest industry technology trends and technologies, to evaluate and adopt new approaches to improving deliver outcomes and to foster a culture of continuous learning, technical excellence and growth.

Director Expectations

• To manage a business function, providing significant input to function wide strategic initiatives. Contribute to and influence policy and procedures for the function and plan, manage and consult on multiple complex and critical strategic projects, which may be business wide..
• They manage the direction of a large team or sub-function, leading other people managers and embedding a performance culture aligned to the values of the business. Or for an individual contributor, they lead organisation wide projects and act as deep technical expert and thought leader, identifying new ways of working and collaborating cross functionally. They will train, guide and coach less experienced specialists and provide information affecting long term profits, organisational risks and strategic decisions..
• Provide expert advice to senior functional management and committees to influence decisions made outside of own function, offering significant input to function wide strategic initiatives.
• Manage, coordinate and enable resourcing, budgeting and policy creation for a significant sub-function.
• Escalates breaches of policies / procedure appropriately.
• Foster and guide compliance, ensure regulations are observed that relevant processes in place to facilitate adherence.
• Focus on the external environment, regulators, or advocacy groups to both monitor and influence on behalf of Barclays, when appropriate.
• Demonstrate extensive knowledge of how the function integrates with the business division / Group to achieve the overall business objectives.
• Maintain broad and comprehensive knowledge of industry theories and practices within own discipline alongside up-to-date relevant sector / functional knowledge, and insight into external market developments / initiatives.
• Use interpretative thinking and advanced analytical skills to solve problems and design solutions in often complex/ sensitive situations.
• Exercise management authority to make significant decisions and certain strategic decisions or recommendations within own area.
• Negotiate with and influence stakeholders at a senior level both internally and externally.
• Act as principal contact point for key clients and counterparts in other functions/ businesses divisions.
• Mandated as a spokesperson for the function and business division.

All Senior 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.

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.