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Senior Delivery Manager – VP

senior · Technology / Software Development

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.

Vice President Expectations

• 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 escalate 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 schedules meet corporate requirements..
• 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 be a subject matter expert within own discipline and will guide technical direction. They will lead collaborative, multi-year assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments. They will train, guide and coach less experienced specialists and provide information affecting long term profits, organisational risks and strategic decisions..
• 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.

Embark on a transformative journey as a Senior Delivery Manager – VP. At Barclays, our vision is clear –to redefine the future of banking and help craft innovative solutions. In this role, you will join the Barclays Digital Platform (XDP) team as we embark on a transformative journey to build a unified digital platform for the bank. This platform will deliver a modern, innovative, and AI-powered experience across Barclays’ digital channels, leveraging cutting-edge technologies to redefine how customers interact with our services. As part of the Infrastructure and AI team, you will play a key role in designing, delivering, and evolving the foundational infrastructure that powers the platform, while enabling AI-driven capabilities that create new and enhanced customer journeys. You will collaborate with teams across Barclays Technology to drive the successful delivery of strategic programs, business outcomes, and critical platform capabilities. This role offers the opportunity to apply and expand your expertise in large-scale infrastructure, platform engineering, and emerging AI technologies within a highly collaborative environment.

To be successful as a Senior Delivery Manager - VP, you should have:

• Proven experience leading and delivering large-scale, enterprise-wide infrastructure programs that require coordination and alignment across multiple teams and stakeholders

• Ample proficiency with Jira, including advanced planning and portfolio management capabilities such as Advanced Roadmaps, for effective cross-team work tracking and delivery management

• Solid experience working within Agile/Scrum environments, including sprint planning, backlog refinement, execution, and stakeholder communication

• Experience leveraging AI tools and prompt engineering techniques to enhance productivity, streamline workflows, and improve delivery outcomes, including tools such as Microsoft Copilot

• Considerable understanding of public cloud platforms and infrastructure services, including AWS, Microsoft Azure, and Google Cloud Platform (GCP), with experience supporting cloud-based solutions and enterprise environments

Other highly valued skills include:

• Demonstrated hands-on experience implementing and managing Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) solutions using tools such as Terraform, AWS CloudFormation, and similar automation frameworks

• Good understanding of CI/CD pipelines and DevSecOps practices, with experience integrating security, automation, and quality controls throughout the software delivery lifecycle

• Proficiency in business intelligence and data visualization tools, including Tableau, with the ability to develop automated dashboards and reporting solutions that support data-driven decision-making

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with a proven ability to engage, influence, and effectively communicate complex technical concepts to senior leaders, business stakeholders, and cross-functional 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 Whippany, NJ office.

Minimum Salary: $155,000

Maximum Salary: $225,000

The minimum and maximum salary/rate information above includes 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.