Essential
* Influencing skills - The ability to influence beyond immediate line management, provide convincing cases for change, and demonstrate strong thought leadership.
* Leadership experience in transformational roles within Credit Risk and/or Market Risk.
* Organisational and planning skills.
* Understanding the importance and value of data.
* Data Modelling skills.
* Strong domain knowledge in Market Risk / Credit Risk.
Purpose of the role
To lead the development and execution of the bank's Data & Analytics strategy, aligned with the bank's overall business goals and risk appetite, ensuring data is used effectively to drive business growth, optimise operations, and mitigate risks.
Accountabilities
* Enable Business or Function Unit Strategy by fostering a comprehensive understanding of data utilization, providing thought leadership on best practices and new capabilities to achieve Business outcomes.
* Ensure adherence to data policies, standards, and controls, and contribute to improving Data Quality supporting various use cases.
* Partner with Business or Function leadership to define and prioritize data use cases, develop business data products, and realize their benefits.
* Prioritize activities related to Data and Analytics, challenging end-to-end design and architecture.
Director Expectations
* Manage a business function, contributing to strategic initiatives, policies, and procedures; oversee multiple complex projects that may span the entire business.
* Lead a large team or sub-function, fostering a performance-driven culture, or lead organization-wide projects as a technical expert and thought leader, coaching less experienced specialists.
* Provide expert advice to senior management and committees, influencing decisions beyond the immediate function.
* Manage resourcing, budgeting, and policy creation for a significant sub-function.
* Ensure compliance with policies and regulations, escalating breaches appropriately.
* Monitor and influence external environment, regulators, and advocacy groups as appropriate.
* Demonstrate extensive knowledge of the function's integration with the business to achieve objectives.
* Stay current with industry theories, practices, and external developments.
* Use advanced analytical skills to solve complex problems and design solutions.
* Make strategic decisions within their area of authority.
* Negotiate and influence stakeholders at senior levels.
* Act as principal contact for key clients and cross-functional counterparts.
* Serve as a spokesperson for the function and division.
All Senior Leaders are expected to embody the LEAD behaviours: Listen and be authentic, Energise and inspire, Align across the enterprise, Develop others.
All colleagues should demonstrate the Barclays Values: Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence, and Stewardship, and embody the Barclays Mindset: Empower, Challenge, and Drive.
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