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Project Manager

Project Manager

Barclays • Northampton, England, United Kingdom
4 days ago
Job type
  • Full-time
Job description
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 Project Manager, where our vision is clear to deliver a multi-faceted and strategic transformation programme for both customers and colleagues. You'll leverage both traditional and Agile methodologies to support end-to-end activities across Pricing to Billing Automation, shaping delivery plans, managing risks and dependencies, and driving execution across business, technology, and operational teams to deliver successful outcomes at scale.

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

  • Structured Planning and Sequencing: Builds outcome led plans using both Agile methodology and traditional approaches, validating scope, resources, and assumptions early while effectively managing dependencies and the critical path.
  • Rigorous RAIDs Management: Takes clear have responsibility for of risks, assumptions, issues, and dependencies, with defined accountability, structured escalation, and a ample focus on removing blockers to maintain progress.
  • Outcome Focused Problem Solving: Actively resolves issues using structured thinking, responding quickly to risks maintaining delivery momentum.

Some other highly valued skills may include:

  • Agile Delivery Experience: Ample experience delivering through Agile methodology, working within iterative, sprint-based environments across cross-functional teams while effectively balancing pace with governance and control requirements.
  • GTB Domain Knowledge (Payments, FX, Liquidity): Good understanding of key Global Transaction Banking (GTB) products and processes, with awareness of stakeholder impacts across pricing, transaction processing, and billing flows.
  • Corporate Change Framework and Governance: Familiar with structured change frameworks, governance forums, and control requirements, ensuring compliance while maintaining delivery momentum.

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 will be based in either our Northampton or London office.
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