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Date live: Aug. 19, 2025

Business Area: Chief Information Security Office

Area of Expertise: Technology

Reference Code: JR-0000060074

Contract: Permanent

Join us as a IDS Policy Governance Manager at Barclays, responsible for supporting the successful delivery of Location Strategy projects to plan, budget, agreed quality and governance standards. You'll spearhead the evolution of our digital landscape, driving innovation and excellence. You will harness cutting-edge technology to revolutionise our digital offerings, ensuring unparalleled customer experiences.

To be successful as a IDS Policy Governance Manager you should have experience with:

1.Maintain control posture & control remediation for ensuring that GTIS Networks Operates a Secure environment

  • Ensure oversight of control effectiveness of all related controls within GTIS Networks to the required control level

  • Identify any GTIS Network control gaps or deficiencies and ensure these are addressed within an acceptable time frame

  • Align GTIS remediation initiatives and monitor these to ensure improvements to control posture 

  • Educate teams across GTIS Network on the control requirement and procedures to be adopted

2.Undertake ongoing risk assessment, review, acceptance of GTIS Network controls for adhering to Cyber Security Standards

  • Review relevant GTIS Cyber control issues and assess implications and agree risk treatment within GTIS including identification of plans to address risk

  • Ensure that all issues relating to Cyber Security are addressed in a timely manner and monitor overall level of open issues

3.Manage Network Security Governance

  • Support ongoing activities on Network security Governance (IDS, DNS, Firewall, Proxy)

  • Manage Change review and Security exceptions on critical network security products – Firewall, Proxy, IDS, DNS

  • Support any remediation activity on Network security

  • Provide Governance support on new security products

4.Stakeholder relationships

  • Act as the interface within GTIS Networks on issues relating to Cyber Security and provide the required clarification and interface back into CSO team   

  • Build positive relationships and liaise collaboratively across teams to achieve security objectives

5.Security program and Security Requirements 

  • Contribute to the deliveryof GTIS Network components for all related Security improvement programs for improving processes and control

  • Collaborate with CISO on security projects to impacting security processes

6.Audit & Regulatory assessments

  • Support the assessment of GTIS environments and acts as a point of reference to audit, completion of regulatory assessment or questionnaires relating to Cyber Security

7.Education & Awareness

  • Champion ongoing awareness on Security and understanding of Security Strategy within GTIS

  • Ensure control requirements for Cyber Security are understood 

  • Act as a positive influencer on CISO objectives within GTIS

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 based in Pune.

Purpose of the role

To provide a primary liaison service between the business, technology, and security functions. In order to ensure the confidentiality, integrity and availability of information, and support the mitigation of security risk. 

Accountabilities

  • Collaboration with stakeholders to understand their security requirements in business processes and IT projects, to enhance overall risk management.
  • Execution of risk assessments to identify and prioritise potential cybersecurity threats that could impact the banks operations and data and guide the implementation of mitigation strategies and communicate findings to relevant findings to relevant senior stakeholders.
  • Collaboration with business units to develop and implement security policies and procedures for the banks operations aligned to the risk management framework.
  • Management of the implementation, testing and monitoring of security controls across the banks IT systems to ensure the effectiveness of controls and mitigation of risk.
  • Execution of training content and sessions to educate employees, enhance cybersecurity awareness and provide guidance on safe online practices.
  • Management of complex cybersecurity incidents by collaborating with IT teams and response experts to effectively resolve cases through analysis, expertise support and project supervision.
  • Identification of emerging cybersecurity trends, threats, and new technologies to address potential risks by advocating the adoption of new security solutions.

Assistant Vice President Expectations

  • To advise and influence decision making, contribute to policy development and take responsibility for operational effectiveness. Collaborate closely with other functions/ business divisions.
  • Lead a team performing complex tasks, using well developed professional knowledge and skills to deliver on work that impacts the whole business function. Set objectives and coach employees in pursuit of those objectives, appraisal of performance relative to objectives and determination of reward outcomes
  • 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 lead collaborative assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments. They will identify new directions for assignments and/ or projects, identifying a combination of cross functional methodologies or practices to meet required outcomes.
  • Consult on complex issues; providing advice to People Leaders to support the resolution of escalated issues.
  • Identify ways to mitigate risk and developing new policies/procedures in support of the control and governance agenda.
  • Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work done.
  • Perform work that is closely related to that of other areas, which requires understanding of how areas coordinate and contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the organisation sub-function.
  • Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategy.
  • Engage in complex analysis of data from multiple sources of information, internal and external sources such as procedures and practises (in other areas, teams, companies, etc).to solve problems creatively and effectively.
  • Communicate complex information. 'Complex' information could include sensitive information or information that is difficult to communicate because of its content or its audience.
  • Influence or convince stakeholders 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.

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