AVP Project Manager

Job Description

Purpose of the role

To manage change projects that help the organisation achieve its strategic objectives, while ensuring that projects are delivered on time, within budget, in control and in compliance with regulatory requirements and internal policies and procedures. 

Accountabilities

• Management of change projects within the organisation, ensuring that they are delivered on time, within scope, budget, and to the required quality standards.
• Development and management of project plans that outline the scope, objectives, timelines, and resource requirements for change projects.
• Communication with stakeholders, including senior management, project teams, and external partners, to ensure that they are informed about project progress and that their needs and expectations are being met.
• Management of project teams, ensuring that they are properly resourced and that they have the necessary skills and expertise to deliver on project objectives.
• Management of project budgets, ensuring that projects are delivered within the agreed budget.
• Creation of reports on project progress to ensure that proposed solutions are delivered on time and within budget.
• Management of project risks, ensuring that risk, assumptions, issues and dependencies are identified, assessed, and mitigated as necessary.
• Facilitation of change management activities, including training and communication, to ensure that change projects are successfully implemented and embedded in the organisation.

Assistant Vice President Expectations

• 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
• If the position has leadership responsibilities, People Leaders are expected to demonstrate a clear set of leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver to a consistently excellent standard. The four LEAD behaviours are: L – Listen and be authentic, E – Energise and inspire, A – Align across the enterprise, D – Develop others.
• OR for an individual contributor, they will lead collaborative assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments. They will identify new directions for assignments and/ or projects, identifying a combination of cross functional methodologies or practices to meet required outcomes.
• Consult on complex issues; providing advice to People Leaders to support the resolution of escalated issues.
• Identify ways to mitigate risk and developing new policies/procedures in support of the control and governance agenda.
• Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work done.
• Perform work that is closely related to that of other areas, which requires understanding of how areas coordinate and contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the organisation sub-function.
• Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategy.
• Engage in complex analysis of data from multiple sources of information, internal and external sources such as procedures and practises (in other areas, teams, companies, etc).to solve problems creatively and effectively.
• Communicate complex information. 'Complex' information could include sensitive information or information that is difficult to communicate because of its content or its audience.
• Influence or convince stakeholders 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.

Join us as a “AVP Project Manager" at Barclays, where you'll spearhead the evolution of our digital landscape, driving innovation and excellence. You'll harness cutting-edge technology to revolutionise our digital offerings, ensuring unapparelled customer experiences.

You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in role, such as experience with, skills to meet business requirement as well as job-specific skillsets.

To be successful as a “AVP Project Manager ", you should have experience with:

  Basic/ Essential Qualifications:

• Project & Programme Delivery Management :Proven experience leading complex change initiatives through planning, execution and delivery phases, including development and management of project plans, milestones, dependencies, budgets, governance, status reporting, RAIDs, and steering committee updates.
• Execution & Delivery Leadership :Demonstrated ability to drive programmes to successful outcomes by proactively managing risks, resolving issues, removing impediments, managing critical dependencies, and executing recovery/re-planning activities where required.
• Regulatory Reporting Change Management: Experience delivering Finance and/or Regulatory Reporting change initiatives, with an understanding of the end-to-end reporting lifecycle, regulatory obligations, data lineage, controls, and reporting frameworks.
• End-to-End Testing Management: Strong experience defining and leading E2E/UAT testing across multiple systems and stakeholder groups, including test strategy, test planning, test data management, entry/exit criteria, execution governance, defect triage, and reporting.
• Finance and Technology Bridging Capability :Ability to operate effectively across Finance, Technology, Data and Business teams, translating business requirements into delivery outcomes and ensuring alignment across workstreams.
• Technology & Data Understanding :Working knowledge of system architectures, data flows, interfaces, data transformation processes, and integration patterns, with the ability to challenge technology teams and assess delivery impacts and dependencies.
• Stakeholder Management & Influencing: Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to build credibility, collaborate, influence and constructively challenge senior stakeholders across Finance, Technology, Operations and Business functions.
• Governance, Risk & Control Management :Experience establishing and managing robust governance frameworks, including RAID management, escalation processes, decision forums, regulatory milestones, and management reporting.
• Change Management Expertise :Strong understanding of project and change management lifecycles, including requirements, design, build, testing, implementation, and post-production support, with appreciation of interdependencies across programmes.
• Agile Delivery: Experience working within Agile/SAFe delivery environments, including backlog management, sprint planning, iteration tracking, dependency management, and use of Jira and related tooling.
• Communication & Documentation Skills :Excellent written and verbal communication skills with the ability to produce high-quality project documentation, executive-level updates, governance materials, test artefacts, and stakeholder communications.
• Self-Starter with Strong Ownership: Highly proactive and delivery-focused individual capable of working independently, rapidly learning new domains, managing ambiguity, and driving outcomes with minimal supervision.

Desirable skillsets/ good to have:

• Accounting & Finance Knowledge :Understanding of accounting principles, financial products, financial data structures, and finance operating models.
• Business Analysis Skills: Ability to facilitate requirements gathering, process analysis, impact assessments, solution evaluation, and business process documentation.
• Data Management & Data Quality Experience :Exposure to data governance, data lineage, data controls, reconciliation processes, and regulatory reporting data remediation initiatives.
• Regulatory Transformation Experience :Prior experience supporting large-scale regulatory remediation, migration, redomiciliation, platform replacement, or target operating model transformation programmes.

This role is based out of Noida.