Senior Project Manager - VP

Embark on a transformative journey as a Senior Project Manager - VP. At Barclays, our vision is clear –to redefine the future of banking and help craft innovative solutions. You will work with the Corporate and Payment Portfolio Execution Team, a multidisciplinary organization responsible for driving the bank’s most strategic and complex change programs. Programme Blue US was launched to enhance the Corporate Bank’s offering by building on foundational technology and developing new capabilities that support a consistent, strategic international cash‑management experience for clients worldwide. In this role, you will contribute to expanding and improving client channels, introducing new product functionalities, enabling smart billing and strategic reporting, and delivering the automation and scalability necessary to stay competitive in the market and advance the growth goals of the ICB/GTB businesses.

To be successful as a Senior Project Manager - VP, you should have:

• Proven leadership of large, complex change programmes, with the ability to set direction, drive execution, and inspire cross‑functional teams

• Exceptional project and programme management capability, including planning, governance, risk management, dependency management, and delivery discipline

• Outstanding communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to engage, influence, and gain buy‑in from senior executives and diverse functional partners

• Ability to work across global teams, navigating multiple regions, cultures, and regulatory contexts effectively

Other highly valued skills may include: 

• Deep understanding of financial services transformation; prior experience in Corporate business and subject matter experience in FX, Liquidity and Payments Product suite highly advantageous but not essential

• Certification or direct experience with Agile methodology as Release Train Engineer or otherwise highly preferred

• Ample problem‑solving and decision‑making skills, with a history of delivering outcomes in fast‑moving or ambiguous environments

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 our Whippany, NJ office.

Minimum Salary: $155,000

Maximum Salary: $225,000

The minimum and maximum salary/rate information above includes 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

Facilitates and coordinates Agile Release Trains (ARTs) to ensure that multiple teams within a program are aligned and delivering value efficiently. To manage dependencies, remove impediments, and oversee the planning and execution of Program Increments. Foster collaboration across teams, ensures alignment with business objectives, and drives continuous improvement in large-scale Agile environments.

Accountabilities

• Facilitate Agile Planning and Events: Accountable to ensure readiness across scope, content and logistics to deliver value through facilitation of team of teams events.     
• Support Planning Execution: Monitor planning execution, facilitate periodic synchronization events, and support cross-team backlog refinement to ensure strategic alignment to business goals.     
• Coach Cross-Team Agile: Provide coaching to teams and Scrum Masters on cross-team agile principles, team events, and practices    
• Mitigate Risks: Identify and track cross-team dependencies and risks, ensuring mitigation to support delivery of outcomes. Accountable to remove blockers.    
• Stakeholder Management: Facilitate stakeholder collaboration (e.g., business stakeholders, product teams, vendors), build trust with stakeholders, and drive stakeholder alignment    
• Champion Ways of Working:  Champion Ways of Working and Agile culture, creating a safe and trusting environment for team members to share ideas and take appropriate risks    
• Coordinate Interlock and Dependency Management: Drive partnership and synchronization across teams to facilitate release management across stakeholder groups. Accountable for effective readiness and communication     
• Optimize Flow: Drive towards relentless improvement and ensure value delivery by monitoring delivery status, ensuring technology use and data quality, addressing bottlenecks, and serving as a point of escalation    
• Metrics and Reporting: Track and report key metrics to provide representation at required leadership and governance forums and to ensure continuous delivery improvement