Colleague Engagement Lead

Embark on a transformative journey as a Colleague Engagement Lead. At Barclays, our vision is clear – to redefine the future of banking and help craft innovative solutions. In this influential role, you will help shape the colleague experience across a global technology organization, driving engagement, talent development, recognition, and organizational effectiveness. Working closely with senior leaders and key stakeholders, you will play a pivotal part in building a high-performing, inclusive culture that enables colleagues to thrive while supporting Barclays' strategic desires.

This is a unique opportunity to make a visible impact at scale, influencing people strategies that enhance both colleague experience and business performance.

To be successful as a Colleague Engagement Lead - VP, you should have:

• Experience developing and implementing people, teams, or colleague engagement strategies
• Considerable analytical and problem-solving capabilities with the ability to translate data into actionable insights
• Experience producing executive-level reporting, presentations, and business insights
• Excellent stakeholder engagement skills, including the ability to influence senior decision-makers and cross-functional partners
• Ample communication skills with experience creating engaging messages, presentations, and colleague-focused content

Other highly valued skills include:

• Confirmed ability to oversee multiple programs simultaneously and deliver outcomes in a fast-paced environment
• Experience with in employee engagement, communications, HR, COO, or business oversee functions
• Knowledge of team's analytics and colleague data reporting
• Experience using Power BI, SharePoint, or workflow automation tools
• Familiarity with Early Careers, learning and development or colleague experience programs

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, digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills.

This role is located in our Whippany, NJ office.

Minimum Salary: $140,000
Maximum Salary: $200,000

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.

To build strong and effective partnerships with the senior leadership of the organisation, advising on how to engage and influence employees to achieve the business’s goals, through an insight-based employee communications strategy, backed up with outstanding execution capability.

• Leadership communication, using detailed, systematic insight research to help senior leaders understand employee sentiment, and empower them to communicate empathetically with their people.
• Business strategy alignment, building belief in the strategy of the organisation, and the progress being made, with a strong focus on the impact employees have on the client experience.
• Culture and employee proposition communication, designing and implementing communication interventions that influence individual behaviour to create a culture built on the Barclays Mindset; demonstrate why the organisation is a great place to work.
• Change delivery, creating communication interventions that build employee commitment and capability through organisational change.
• Crisis and issues management, working closely with the senior team as part of the management response, focused on the role of employees in engaging clients.
• Capability building, leading and developing a high-performing team, building individual skills and team capabilities.

• To contribute or set strategy, drive requirements and make recommendations for change. Plan resources, budgets, and policies; manage and maintain policies/ processes; deliver continuous improvements and elevate breaches of…