Senior Solution Train Engineer - VP

Embark on a transformative journey as a Senior Solution Train Engineer - VP. At Barclays, our vision is clear –to redefine the future of banking and help craft innovative solutions. In this role, you will lead large‑scale agile transformation across Barclays Corporate Data Services. You will orchestrate cross‑functional teams to build a next‑generation, real‑time data‑streaming ecosystem supporting Digital Channels, Cash Management, and Payments, fully aligned to SAFe 6.0. Your leadership will drive end‑to‑end value delivery, unifying fragmented corporate data into near real‑time, actionable insights that fuel decision‑making for a world‑class financial institution.

To be successful as a Senior Solution Train Engineer - VP, you should have:

• Demonstrated experience as a change practitioner with a considerable record of delivering measurable business outcomes and collaborating effectively across functional boundaries

• Proven ability to lead and execute complex data programs, with hands‑on oversight of financials, risk, resourcing, and delivery execution

• Background in real‑time data pipelines, API architecture, and AI solution design

• Technical fluency with AWS cloud‑native services, Snowflake, Cortex AI, and Confluent

• Extensive, practical experience working within Scaled Agile environments, supported by SAFe 6.0 (or equivalent) certification

• Skilled in managing senior‑level stakeholders and building trusted partnerships

Other highly valued skills include:

• Comfortable operating across large, complex business units

• Brings experience within the Payments industry and/or Corporate Banking / Transaction Banking

• Skilled in Product Management and Product Ownership at scale

• Proven ability to lead large, complex teams within a matrix management environment

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