To lead and manage engineering teams, providing technical guidance, mentorship, and support to ensure the delivery of high-quality software solutions, driving technical excellence, fostering a culture of innovation, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to align technical decisions with business objectives-
Accountabilities
- Lead engineering teams effectively, fostering a collaborative and high-performance culture to achieve project goals and meet organizational objectives-
- Oversee timelines, team allocation, risk management and task prioritization to ensure the successful delivery of solutions within scope, time, and budget-
- Mentor and support team members professional growth, conduct performance reviews, provide actionable feedback, and identify opportunities for improvement-
- Evaluation and enhancement of engineering processes, tools, and methodologies to increase efficiency, streamline workflows, and optimize team productivity-
- Collaboration with business partners, product managers, designers, and other stakeholders to translate business requirements into technical solutions and ensure a cohesive approach to product development-
- Enforcement of technology standards, facilitate peer reviews, and implement robust testing practices to ensure the delivery of high-quality solutions-
Director Expectations
- To manage a business function, providing significant input to function wide strategic initiatives- Contribute to and influence policy and procedures for the function and plan, manage and consult on multiple complex and critical strategic projects, which may be business wide--
- They manage the direction of a large team or sub-function, leading other people managers and embedding a performance culture aligned to the values of the business- Or for an individual contributor, they lead organisation wide projects and act as deep technical expert and thought leader, identifying new ways of working and collaborating cross functionally- They will train, guide and coach less experienced specialists and provide information affecting long term profits, organisational risks and strategic decisions--
- Provide expert advice to senior functional management and committees to influence decisions made outside of own function, offering significant input to function wide strategic initiatives-
- Manage, coordinate and enable resourcing, budgeting and policy creation for a significant sub-function-
- Escalates breaches of policies / procedure appropriately-
- Foster and guide compliance, ensure regulations are observed that relevant processes in place to facilitate adherence-
- Focus on the external environment, regulators, or advocacy groups to both monitor and influence on behalf of Barclays, when appropriate-
- Demonstrate extensive knowledge of how the function integrates with the business division / Group to achieve the overall business objectives-
- Maintain broad and comprehensive knowledge of industry theories and practices within own discipline alongside up-to-date relevant sector / functional knowledge, and insight into external market developments / initiatives-
- Use interpretative thinking and advanced analytical skills to solve problems and design solutions in often complex/ sensitive situations-
- Exercise management authority to make significant decisions and certain strategic decisions or recommendations within own area-
- Negotiate with and influence stakeholders at a senior level both internally and externally-
- Act as principal contact point for key clients and counterparts in other functions/ businesses divisions-
- Mandated as a spokesperson for the function and business division-
All Senior 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