VP Partner Solutions

Join Barclays as a VP Partner Solutions. At Barclays, our vision is clear –to redefine the future of banking and help craft innovative solutions. In this role, you will be responsible for managing key partnership relationships and shaping the strategic direction of digital product initiatives across the organization. You will provide critical support to senior banking leadership while overseeing partnership‑related risk management.

You will bring deep expertise in mobile product development, particularly in digital wallets and card‑based capabilities. Additionally, you will drive the delivery of new features end‑to‑end, working closely with external partners and cross‑functional teams.

To be successful as a VP Partner Solutions, you should have:

• Proven experience in mobile product management, specifically within digital wallet or card‑based ecosystems.
• Ample background in partnership management, including working with external partners outside the Barclays environment.
• Solid project management experience.
• Experience delivering digital capabilities from concept to launch.

• Excellent stakeholder and relationship‑building abilities across senior leadership and partner organizations.
• Strategic thinker with the ability to translate complex business needs into actionable product plans.
• Ample communication and collaborative skills to coordinate effectively across diverse 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 our Wilmington, DE office.

To manage partnership relationship management and set the strategic direction. Provide support to the bank's senior management team, and to manage partnership relationship management risk across the organisation.

• Development of strategic direction for partnership relationship management, including the implementation of up to date methodologies and processes.
• Management of partnership relationship management, including oversight of colleagues and their performance, implementation of departmental goals and objectives, oversight of department efficiency and effectiveness.
• Relationship management of partnership relationship management stakeholders, including identifying relevant stakeholders and maintenance of the quality of external third party services.
• Development and implementation of policies and procedures for partnership relationship management.
• Management of partnership relationship management risk, including identification of potential risks, development of strategies to mitigate those risks, and maintenance of alignment between the bank’s partnership relationship management and compliance functions.
• Monitoring the financial performance of the partnership relationship management department, including revenue, profitability, and cost control.
• Conducting thorough market research to understand market trends, competitive landscape, and regulatory changes to identify market opportunities.

• Advise key stakeholders, including functional leadership teams and senior management on functional and cross functional areas of impact and alignment.
• Manage and mitigate risks through assessment, in support of the control and governance agenda.
• Demonstrate leadership and accountability for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work your team does.
• Demonstrate comprehensive understanding of the organisation functions to contribute to achieving the goals of the business.
• Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategies.
• Create solutions based on sophisticated analytical thought comparing and selecting complex alternatives. In-depth analysis with interpretative thinking will be required to define problems and develop innovative solutions.
• Adopt and include the outcomes of extensive research in problem solving processes.
• Seek out, build and maintain trusting relationships and partnerships with internal and external stakeholders in order to accomplish key business objectives, using influencing and negotiating skills 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.