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Date live: Mar. 30, 2026

Business Area: Control

Area of Expertise: Change

Reference Code: JR-0000101227

Contract: Permanent

Join Barclays in the Office of Legal Obligations (OLO) in a high impact role focused on rethinking how complex regulatory and control processes are designed, executed, and scaled. Our Control Mapping Operations (CMO) Program Support - AVP is built for someone who is energized by AI enabled problem solving, process transformation, and strategic simplification and change management, and who wants to help shape the future of control mapping operations rather than just operate within it.  This is a strategic enablement and process innovation position, sitting at the intersection of regulation, controls, data, and emerging technology - with the mandate to challenge existing ways of working and make them smarter, faster, and more scalable. In this role, you will help reengineer how control mapping and obligation analysis are performed, using a combination of structured judgment, advanced analytics, and AI enabled tooling. You will work closely with senior stakeholders to turn fragmented, manual, and highly detailed processes into clear, repeatable, insight driven operating models. A core part of the role is identifying where AI and advanced analytics can meaningfully augment human judgment - improving speed, consistency, and transparency. You will play a key role in shaping how OLO scales its work, supports regulatory change, and enables better decision making through high quality insight.  

To be successful in your role as Control Mapping Operations (CMO) Program Support - AVP you should have:

  • Experience in process redesign, strategic analysis, or transformation-oriented roles

  • A strong interest in AI and advanced analytics, with firsthand experience using these tools to improve outcomes

  • The ability to simplify complexity without oversimplifying risk, applying sound judgment in ambiguous or evolving situations

  • Support senior management and ExCo presentations by translating complex, abstract concepts into clear, concise, and decision focused management level materials

  • Experience working in, alongside, or closely with internal consulting, advisory, strategy, or transformation teams, or a clear consulting style approach to problem solving within a corporate environment

Other highly valued skills include: 

  • Demonstrated experience using AI enabled tools, data analytics, or visualization platforms to drive insight and efficiency

  • Strong understanding of regulatory and control environments, paired with a commercial, forward-looking perspective

  • Advanced critical thinking skills, with the ability to move between detail and strategy seamlessly

  • Excellent written and verbal communication, particularly in storytelling with data and insight

  • Emerging leadership capability - influencing expertise, curiosity, and collaboration rather than hierarchy

You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in this role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen, strategic thinking, digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills.

This role is located in Whippany, NJ.

Minimum Salary: $ 115,000.00

Maximum Salary: $ 155,000.00

The minimum and maximum salary/rate information above include only base salary or base hourly rate. It does not include any other type of compensation or benefits that may be available.

Barclays employees are eligible for a suite of competitive and generous employee benefits, including medical, dental and vision coverage, 401(k), life insurance, and other paid leave for qualifying circumstances.

This position is eligible for an incentive award.

Purpose of the role

To support the organisation, achieve its strategic objectives by the identification of business requirements and solutions that address business problems and opportunities. 

Accountabilities

  • Identification and analysis of business problems and client requirements that require change within the organisation.
  • Development of business requirements that will address business problems and opportunities.
  • Collaboration with stakeholders to ensure that proposed solutions meet their needs and expectations.
  • Support the creation of business cases that justify investment in proposed solutions.
  • Conduct feasibility studies to determine the viability of proposed solutions.
  • Support the creation of reports on project progress to ensure proposed solutions are delivered on time and within budget.
  • Creation of operational design and process design to ensure that proposed solutions are delivered within the agreed scope.
  • Support to change management activities, including development of a traceability matrix to ensure proposed solutions are successfully implemented and embedded in the organisation.

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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