Product and Proposition Manager

As a Product and Proposition Manager, you will play a pivotal role in shaping how we safeguard and manage our Business customers’ money. You will be responsible for identifying opportunities to optimise our products and the processes, ensuring they are efficient, resilient and aligned to our customer needs.

A key part of the role involves analysing, interrogating and manipulating data to uncover insights that drive smarter decision‑making. You will translate those insights into practical ways to ope rationalise activities and improve end‑to‑end work streams, helping us evolve our product offering and deliver better outcomes for customers and colleagues.

To be successful as a Product and Proposition Manager, you should have experience with:

• Data interrogation, manipulation and analytics, using insights to inform decisions and shape product direction.
• Commercial acumen with the ability to interpret data, define what “good” looks like, and translate insights into clear strategic actions.
• Solid project management experience including coordinating cross‑functional teams, embedding tasks into delivery pipelines, and ope rationalising ideas into tangible outcomes.

Some other highly valued skills may include:

• Detailed financial experience in Banking.
• Product experience.

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 can be based in either Northampton or London.

To manage and develop existing and new products and/or services; and where applicable, ownership of related customer and colleague journeys, develops the product strategy, drive change through Barclays execution teams, make key decisions in the product lifecycle and own associated outcomes for customers, colleagues and the bank, achieved through appropriate service level agreements, regulatory compliance, risk management and controls.

• Development of customer level strategies & solutions that are tailored to customers’ needs.
• Subject Matter Expert in the applicable Product/Proposition team and be able to confidently guide and advise stakeholders at all levels in the Bank on the application of existing and new products/propositions and related customer and colleague journeys.
• Development of product propositions, and/or service strategy, define the priorities for delivering the outcomes needed to deliver the strategy and lead execution of the priorities.
• Development of different commercial and business models through a strong understanding of the financial drivers of the P&L for the relevant segment/ proposition/ journey.
• Evaluation of the technical feasibility, legal compliance, and potential risks associated with the development and launch of the new product.
• Monitoring of market trends and analysis feedback from internal employees and target customers through prototypes, user testing sessions, and beta programs to identify areas for improvement to refine the product / process before launch.
• Management of comprehensive launch plans and technical deployments for products that establish rollout timelines, marketing strategies, training initiatives and communication channels to promote the launch new products effectively.
• Monitoring of key metrics such as adoption rates, usage patterns, customer satisfaction (including complaints), and revenue generation to assess the product's performance against set goals.

• To advise and influence decision making, contribute to policy development and take responsibility for operational effectiveness. Collaborate closely with other functions/ business divisions.
• Lead a team performing complex tasks, using well developed professional knowledge and skills to deliver on work that impacts the whole business function. Set objectives and coach employees in pursuit of those objectives, appraisal of performance relative to objectives and determination of reward outcomes
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