Job Description

Purpose of the role

To collaborate with product owners and other technical teams involved in the product development process and utilise their knowledge of the bank’s technologies to enact the vision defined in the product roadmap.

Accountabilities

· Provision of subject matter expertise to support the collaboration between the product owner and the technical side of product development.
· Support the development and implementation of the product strategy and vision defined in the product roadmap and communicate them with the relevant stakeholders and the development team.
· Collaboration with internal stakeholders to gather and prioritise product requirements and features based on business value and feasibility that are well defined, measurable and secure.
· Development and implementation of assessments to ensure continuous testing and improvement of product quality and performance.
· Monitoring of product performance to identify opportunities for optimisation that meets the banks performance standards.
· Stay abreast of the latest industry technology trends and technologies, to evaluate and adopt new approaches to improve product development and delivery.

Assistant Vice President Expectations

· 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.

Join us as a SRE at Barclays, where you apply software engineering techniques, automation, and best practices in incident response, to ensure the reliability, availability, and scalability of the systems, platforms, and technology through them.

To be successful as SRE you should have:

• Strong Product Ownership experience within complex technology platforms, including defining product vision, roadmap, and measurable outcomes.

• Proven stakeholder management skills, with the ability to translate business needs into clear, prioritised requirements for engineering teams.

• Experience operating in a regulated financial services environment, with a solid understanding of risk, controls, and governance.

Some other highly valued skills may include:

• Experience in Payments technology or transaction monitoring platforms.

• Data‑driven decision making, including use of metrics to assess product performance and drive continuous improvement.

• Familiarity with Agile delivery ways of working and collaboration with distributed teams.

You may be assessed on the 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 in Knutsford.