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The candidate for this role is expected to work in a high-intensity, result-oriented team environment as the Change and Strategy partner for UK Corporate Operations. As a leader in change agendas, you will be responsible for leading change initiatives impacting approximately 1,500 colleagues in UKC Ops in India. Based out of Noida, you are expected to collaborate effectively with global counterparts to drive organizational change, ensuring seamless transitions and employee adoption in alignment with strategic goals. This role involves people management responsibilities, where you are expected to demonstrate initiative, consistently deliver excellence, and contribute to the development of colleagues. This position offers the opportunity to grow as a leader and make a significant immediate impact for proactive, tenacious individuals eager to showcase their capabilities in senior management. The ideal candidate should possess a high degree of self-motivation and energy, a proven ability to drive results, and a track record of setting and achieving goals within deadlines. Key Accountabilities: Your responsibilities in this role will encompass various areas, including but not limited to: - Workforce planning, demand forecasting, and budgeting for cost savings - Implementing hiring controls, managing early career demand, in-role promotions, diversity initiatives, and attrition - Business contingency planning, location strategy, succession planning, restacking, and hybrid work initiatives - Monitoring, tracking, reviewing, and reporting key metrics to ensure adherence to targets - Ensuring governance on essentials such as mandatory training, block leaves, and office time - Providing strategic insights, findings, and recommendations to enable leadership decision-making with appropriate metrics on an ad-hoc and periodic basis - Collaborating with senior leadership, global partners, and project managers across UK Corporate Operations to execute defined plans - Identifying and escalating any obstacles, facilitating buy-in from multiple stakeholders to progress collectively - Ensuring change management processes are carried out in a controlled and robust manner with rigorous checks and challenges - Serving as the senior contact and escalation point for all change initiatives and governance exercises - Facilitating the dissemination of leadership messages and timely communication of important information to broader colleague groups - Engaging with global leadership and the strategy team in UK Corporate COO to drive the change agenda and align key messages in the India Organization with global priorities - Retaining, acquiring, and developing talent by setting and maintaining high performance management standards, encouraging a commercial mindset, and supporting growth while identifying and intervening early as needed Director Expectations: As a Director, you are expected to: - Manage a business function, contribute significantly to function-wide strategic initiatives, and influence policies and procedures - Lead a large team or sub-function, embedding a performance culture aligned with business values or act as a deep technical expert and thought leader for individual contributors - Provide expert advice to senior management, manage resourcing, budgeting, and policy creation, and foster compliance in significant sub-functions - Focus on external environments, regulators, or advocacy groups to monitor and influence on behalf of Barclays - Demonstrate extensive knowledge of how the function integrates with the business division to achieve overall business objectives - Utilize interpretative thinking and advanced analytical skills to solve problems in complex situations - Negotiate and influence stakeholders internally and externally at a senior level, acting as a principal contact point for key clients and counterparts in other functions/business divisions - Demonstrate a set of leadership behaviors to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and consistently deliver excellence, based on the LEAD model (Listen, Energize, Align, Develop) Overall Purpose of the Role: The purpose of this role is to enable the success of the business by assisting senior leaders in navigating complex challenges, making informed decisions, and achieving their goals. Accountabilities: - Collaborate with business and senior leadership to develop and implement strategies aligned with organizational goals and regulatory requirements - Serve as a liaison between different business units and functions, fostering communication and collaboration - Manage and coordinate strategic initiatives, projects, and change management efforts to optimize business processes and strengthen the control environment - Improve operational efficiency by identifying areas for enhancement, streamlining processes, and implementing best practices - Develop performance reporting for key metrics that support strategic objectives and assist in financial planning and monitoring against targets - Support business heads in partnership with HR on hiring, workforce planning, and other related actions Director Expectations: - Manage a business function, contribute significantly to function-wide strategic initiatives, and influence policies and procedures - Lead a large team or sub-function, embedding a performance culture or act as a deep technical expert and thought leader - Provide expert advice to senior management and committees, manage resourcing, budgeting, and policy creation - Foster compliance, focus on external environments, and demonstrate extensive industry knowledge - Utilize advanced analytical skills to solve problems in complex situations and make significant decisions within your area of responsibility - Negotiate and influence stakeholders internally and externally at a senior level, acting as a principal contact point for key clients and counterparts in other functions/business divisions Leadership Behaviors and Values: All Senior Leaders are expected to demonstrate leadership behaviors based on the LEAD model (Listen, Energize, Align, Develop) to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver consistently excellent results. Additionally, all colleagues are expected to embody the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence, and Stewardship, as well as demonstrate the Barclays Mindset of Empower, Challenge, and Drive in their behaviors and actions.,
