Description:
As a Barclays Programme Manager you will lead the end-to-end delivery of strategic technology programmes for Barclays Payments. This involves you managing complexity, owning multiple work streams, managing dependencies across the programme and wider portfolio and landing change across a complex estate. It’s your chance to showcase your excellent team leadership skills as well as stakeholder management , whilst managing expectations of senior stakeholders, including director level colleagues.
Barclays is one of the world's largest and most respected financial institutions, with 329 years of success, quality and innovation behind us. We offer careers that provide endless opportunity – helping millions of individuals and businesses thrive, and creating financial and digital solutions that the world now takes for granted.
What will you be doing?
- Planning and leading significant software delivery programmes of work and Identify dependencies ensuring alignment with other business areas/functions
- Helping to develop a business case for outcomes from its inception through to prioritisation into the execution backlog
- Liaising and building relationships with key stakeholders across the Business, Operations and Technology to create buy in and understand impacts of the change
- Preparing the business and technology for change through comprehensive and methodical planning and forecasting of effort required
- Measuring and reporting progress in line with identified and appropriate governance
- Ensure all relevant documentation is created and evidenced to the satisfaction of control boards, ensuring agreement to proceed to the next phase of the project
- Communicating to all stakeholders to gain appropriate approvals and consensus
- Ensuring that the project cost, quality and time are managed within the approved project scope and plan
What We’re Looking For
- Proven track record managing significantly risky software delivery programmes of work crossing multiple areas and stakeholders with aggressive timescales.
- Team and line management experience
- Good knowledge of the card payments industry (preferred) or overall understanding of the Financial Services Industry.
- PM or Agile certification (preferred) or relevant industry experience.
Skills That Will Help You In The Role
- Ability to manage priorities, multi-task and flawlessly execute at speed Software Project Delivery
- Significant experience of Project Risk management
- Expert in Project Communication - making oneself understood, sharing information, listening to and encouraging others to get involved.
- Exceptional stakeholder management, with the ability to influence business decisions and to drive analysis and problem solving of complex operational and technology issues