Strategy and Governance Chief of Staff - Director

Strategy and Governance Chief of Staff - Director

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• Drive the operating rhythm of the COO organization, setting agendas, actions, and governance processes to enable efficient and transparent decision‑making.
• Influence senior stakeholders across businesses, regions and functions, managing sensitive and confidential matters with sound judgment and discretion.
• Bring order and structure to ambiguity, balancing competing priorities, anticipating needs, and ensuring the COO’s focus stays on what matters most.
• Provide commercial and operational insight grounded in banking, risk, finance or transformation, aligning issues with business performance goals.
• Lead or coordinate multi‑functional teams, driving cross‑departmental initiatives with accountability and follow‑through.
• Manage colleague engagement planning, communication channels and coordination across different departments and teams.
• Own key projects and strategic initiatives on behalf of senior executives, monitoring progress and providing regular updates.
• Improve operational efficiency, identifying areas for improvement and implementing best practices to enhance productivity and effectiveness.
• Develop performance reporting for key metrics, providing financial analysis, budgeting, forecasting and monitoring against targets.
• Support senior leadership on resourcing, talent development and succession planning, including diversity initiatives.
• Support risk and control oversight, crisis management, contingency planning and business continuity.
• Implement a robust governance framework, preparing board materials, organising meetings and ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements.

• Executive leadership experience, managing the operating rhythm of a COO organization.
• Strong influencing skills, adept at managing sensitive and confidential matters with discretion.
• Exceptionally structured delivery and prioritisation, balancing ambiguity and competing priorities.
• Commercial and operational grounding in banking, risk, finance or transformation.
• Experience leading or coordinating multi‑functional teams and driving cross‑departmental initiatives.

All senior leaders are expected to demonstrate a clear set of leadership behaviours:
Listen, Energise, Align, Develop. Barclays values include Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship, and the Barclays mindset of Empower, Challenge and Drive.