Strategy & Transformation Vice President

Transform at Scale – At Barclays, we’re committed to shaping the future of financial services through bold, enterprise-wide change. In your role as Strategy & Transformation Vice President, you’ll oversee strategic projects that align with our business targets, delivering operational excellence, cost efficiency, and notable experiences for our customers and colleagues. Your role is pivotal in achieving measurable outcomes through effective governance, stakeholder engagement, and disciplined execution of multi-layered, cross functional programs.

Acting as a catalyst for innovation and continuous improvement, you’ll help us remain agile and well positioned in a rapidly evolving market.

To be successful in your role as Strategy & Transformation Vice President should have:

• Demonstrated experience in guiding large scale transformation programs within a multi layered, matrixed organization

• A commanding executive presence with the ability to influence senior stakeholders and build alignment across diverse teams

• Proficiency in strategic planning, program governance, and benefit realization for enterprise projects. Lean Kaizen / Six Sigma experience, certification desired

Other highly valued skills may include:

• Experience in leveraging emerging technologies and data-driven insights to accelerate transformation

• Background in financial services or regulated industries with an understanding of compliance and risk frameworks

• Demonstrated ability to foster a culture of innovation and continuous improvement across global teams

You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in this 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 Whippany, NJ, secondary location Wilmington, DE.

Applies to Whippany, NJ only

Minimum Salary: $

Maximum Salary: $

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 manage the implementation of strategic change initiatives to enhance the banks operational efficiency.

• Management of strategic operational changes and initiatives to enhance the bank's operational efficiency and effectiveness, including the identification and assessment of changes on people, processes, and systems.
• Collaboration with internal stakeholders, including business leaders, project managers and SMEs to support business operation team and promote alignment between operations with the bank’s objectives.
• Development and implementation of change management strategies and effectively communicate the strategies so they are understood and adopted by stakeholders.
• Management and development of KPIs to measure the effectiveness of business functions, utilising data and technology to support the identification of areas that require improvement.
• Comply with all regulatory requirements and internal policies related to change management.
• Provision of guidance and support to stakeholders throughout the operational change management process through training and coaching.

• 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 policies/procedures..
• If managing a team, they define jobs and responsibilities, planning for the department’s future needs and operations, counselling employees on performance and contributing to employee pay decisions/changes. They may also lead a number of specialists to influence the operations of a department, in alignment with strategic as well as tactical priorities, while balancing short and long term goals and ensuring that budgets and…