Job Description Summary
As a Vice President in Barclays’ Group Strategy team, you will develop and challenge Group and business unit strategies, delivering measurable impact on strategic projects that drive value across the Firm, in a unique role which provides direct exposure to senior management, while also mentoring junior talent. This role offers the opportunity to shape your career as a leader at Barclays, fostering an enterprise‑wide mindset and influencing the Bank’s future direction.
You will lead high-impact projects that define Barclays’ long-term direction, working on topics such as growth strategy, portfolio optimisation, market entry, and capital allocation. This role provides an opportunity to influence decisions at the highest level and drive change across the enterprise.
Accountabilities
* Strategic Advisory: Partner with Group Executives to address complex business challenges and opportunities, providing independent, fact-based recommendations that inform key decisions.
* Enterprise‑Wide Impact: Shape strategies that optimise performance across business units, balancing short‑term priorities with long‑term growth objectives.
* Problem Solving & Analysis: Structure ambiguous problems, develop hypotheses, and apply advanced analytical techniques – including financial modelling and market analysis – to generate insights.
* Market & Competitive Intelligence: Monitor industry trends, benchmark peers, and synthesize external insights to anticipate shifts and identify opportunities.
* Stakeholder Engagement: Build trusted relationships with senior leaders across the bank, influencing outcomes through clear communication and compelling storytelling.
* Leadership & Development: Mentor junior team members, fostering a culture of excellence and continuous improvement.
* Provision of strategic advice: Provide strategic advice to Group Executives to support the decision‑making process of business challenges and opportunities.
* Development and implementation of strategic advisory incentives: Grow and optimise the bank’s operations through market research and analysis.
* Collaboration with various stakeholder groups: Identify the appropriate strategic direction to meet the needs of Barclays clients and investors.
* Development of financial models: Support strategic recommendations and transactions through financial data analysis and consideration of transaction impact.
* Management of transactions, negotiations, transaction structure development and post‑transaction integration.
* Collaboration with internal stakeholders: Maintain client relationships and develop new relationships to identify opportunities.
* Identification of industry trends: Maintain peer benchmarking and developments related to strategic advisory services by attending conferences, participating in training and conducting market research.
Vice President Expectations
* Proven experience in corporate strategy, management consulting, or investment banking, with a track record of delivering impact at scale.
* Exceptional problem‑solving skills, with the ability to structure complex issues and develop innovative solutions.
* Strong financial acumen and proficiency in building and interpreting financial models.
* Ability to influence and communicate effectively with senior stakeholders.
* Collaborative mindset and ability to lead cross‑functional teams in a fast‑paced environment.
* 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 elevate breaches of policies/processes.
* Team leadership. Define jobs and responsibilities, plan for the department’s future needs and operations, counsel employees on performance and contribute to employee pay decisions/changes. Lead specialists to influence department operations, balancing short- and long‑term goals and ensuring budgets and schedules meet corporate requirements.
* People Leadership behaviours. Demonstrate a clear set of leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thrive: Listen and be authentic; Energise and inspire; Align across the enterprise; Develop others.
* Subject‑matter expert. Guide technical direction, lead collaborative, multi‑year assignments, guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for inclusion of specialised areas, train and coach less experienced specialists and provide information affecting long‑term profits, organisational risks and strategic decisions.
* Advise key stakeholders. Include functional leadership teams and senior management on functional and cross‑functional areas of impact and alignment.
* Risk management. Manage and mitigate risks through assessment in support of the control and governance agenda.
* Leadership and accountability. Manage and strengthen controls in relation to the work your team does.
* Comprehensive understanding of organisational functions. Contribute to achieving the business goals.
* Collaborate with other areas of work. Keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategies.
* Create solutions. Use sophisticated analytical thought and compare/select complex alternatives. Perform in‑depth analysis with interpretative thinking to define problems and develop innovative solutions.
* Incorporate research outcomes. Include the outcomes of extensive research in problem‑solving processes.
* Build trusted relationships. Partnerships with internal and external stakeholders to accomplish key business objectives, using influencing and negotiating skills to achieve outcomes.
Why Join Us?
You will work on intellectually challenging projects that span geographies and business lines, in an environment that values analytical rigor, creativity, and collaboration.
You may be assessed on key critical skills relevant for success in the role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen, strategic thinking and digital and technology, as well as job‑specific technical skills.
Purpose of the Role
To provide independent and balanced advice and counsel to senior stakeholders through problem identification, solving and decision‑making practices.
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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