PMO, IB Planning & Execution APAC

Join us as a PMO, IB Planning & Execution APAC at Barclays, where you'll spearhead the evolution of our digital landscape, driving innovation and excellence. You'll harness cutting-edge technology to revolutionise our digital offerings, ensuring unparalleled customer experiences. As a part of the team, you will deliver technology stack, using strong analytical and problem solving skills to understand the business requirements and deliver quality solutions. This role is key to ensuring APAC initiatives are being managed, reported and delivered in line with global standards and polices. The ideal PMO is someone who can ensure programme delivery is managed in line with the relevant Policies and Standards, using standard processes and tooling to improve the level and likelihood of successful outcomes. Provide complete, accurate initiative reporting, including programme financials management and analysis for Project/ Programme Managers to manage delivery.  Drive best practice in line with Policies and Standards. Pre-empt risks and challenge efficiency. Support an environment of effective delivery and has a broad range of business and technical skills. Programme resourcing, financials management, analysis, and MI reporting.

To be successful as a PMO, IB Planning & Execution APAC, you should have experience with:

• Solid understanding of project / programme management methodologies and governance.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to work with and present to senior stakeholders, both locally and globally.
• Highly proficient with Microsoft PowerPoint and Excel with analytical thinking. Experience with project financials tracking, management and analysis.

Some other highly valued skills may include:

• Previous experience in Project Manager / PMO /Portfolio role.
• Ability to master and navigate new subject domains and processes quickly. Experience with programme management tools  (e.g. Navigator, Jira, Confluence).
• Professional qualifications e.g. PRINCE2, PMP, CFA, FRM .
• Financial product & business process knowledge.

You may be assessed on 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 out of Pune.

Purpose of the role

To support change delivery managers in the delivery of successful projects, while ensuring that project management processes and practices are aligned with controls and governance standards and that projects are aligned with the organisation's strategic objectives. 

Accountabilities

• Support to change delivery managers, ensuring their programme is compliant with the Barclays Control Framework, including oversight of controls and governance standards.
• Creation and implementation of standardised PMO processes and methodologies that are aligned with controls and governance standards and that support the delivery of successful projects.  .
• Monitoring of project performance, including tracking of project progress, identification of risks assumptions, issues and dependencies, and creation of report on project status to senior management.
• Support of project documentation, including maintenance of project plans, schedules, and budgets, and ensuring that project documentation is up-to-date and accurate.
• Facilitation of project governance, including ensuring that projects are aligned with the organisation's strategic objectives, and that project risks assumptions, issues and dependencies are managed effectively.
• Provision of change management framework training to project managers and other stakeholders, ensuring that they have the necessary skills and knowledge to deliver successful projects.  .
• Continuous improvement of project management practices, including identification of areas for improvement and implementation of changes to improve project delivery.

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.