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Barclays

Portfolio Manager

Knutsford

FULL TIME

September 19, 2024

Join us as Portfolio 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 unparalleled customer experiences.

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

Able to manage a team to support sub pod leads with governance and portfolio management, demonstrating exceptional leadership and coordination skills to ensure seamless execution of all governance and portfolio management activities
Key understanding of change governance processes and managing risks and issues, possessing a comprehensive grasp of these processes to effectively identify, manage, and mitigate potential risks and issues, ensuring smooth transitions and continuity
Attention to detail, maintaining an unwavering focus on precision and accuracy in all tasks, thereby upholding the highest standards of quality and reliability

Some other highly valued skills may include:

Knowledge of the bank’s processes, bringing a deep familiarity with the workflows,which facilitates efficient task management and enhances overall productivity
Understanding of Agile ways of working, showcasing proficiency in Agile methodologies that promote flexibility, collaboration, and continuous improvement, enabling effective adaptation to dynamic environments
Organised, demonstrating exceptional organisational skills that allow for the efficient juggling of multiple tasks and priorities, ensuring timely completion of projects and adherence to deadlines

You may be assessed on 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.

The location of this role is located in Knutsford, United Kingdom
Purpose of the role
To support change delivery managers in the delivery of successful projects, while ensuring that project management processes and practices are aligned with controls and governance standards and that projects are aligned with the organisation's strategic objectives.

Accountabilities

Support to change delivery managers, ensuring their programme is compliant with the Barclays Control Framework, including oversight of controls and governance standards.
Creation and implementation of standardised PMO processes and methodologies that are aligned with controls and governance standards and that support the delivery of successful projects. .
Monitoring of project performance, including tracking of project progress, identification of risks assumptions, issues and dependencies, and creation of report on project status to senior management.
Support of project documentation, including maintenance of project plans, schedules, and budgets, and ensuring that project documentation is up-to-date and accurate.
Facilitation of project governance, including ensuring that projects are aligned with the organisation's strategic objectives, and that project risks assumptions, issues and dependencies are managed effectively.
Provision of change management framework training to project managers and other stakeholders, ensuring that they have the necessary skills and knowledge to deliver successful projects. .
Continuous improvement of project management practices, including identification of areas for improvement and implementation of changes to improve project delivery.

Vice President Expectations

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.

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