Embark on a transformative journey as a Technology Project Manager. At Barclays, our vision is clear,to redefine the future of banking and help craft innovative solutions. This position has high visibility and will be working closely with US Payment regulatory Schemes (FED and CHIPS), and Low value ACH scheme to mentor the business Critical and regulatory projects/initiatives. Working closely with the senior stakeholders & program managers in the organization to guide the US Cash roll-out vision and industry wide changes for Barclays.

To be successful as a Technology Project Manager, you should have:

Experience using Agile (Scrum, Kanban), Service First, JIRA, Confluence, MS Project, or other project tracking tools

Good project planning skills, stakeholder management across business, IT, and regulatory teams, along with an excellent experience with executive reporting, and cross-functional collaboration across various teams

Experience in managing the payment gateways, understanding of the network designs, ISO 20022, SWIFT

The ability to handle large-scale integrations and migrations across the critical payment applications

Experience carrying out Identification, assessment, and mitigation of risks associated with technical projects to prepare the bank for potential challenges

Other highly valued skills include:

Familiarity with ACH processing platforms (e.g., Fiserv PEP+, ACI Worldwide, FIS solutions), and NACHA rules

Working experience with US payment Schemes FED, CHIPS, and ACH

Identify ways to mitigate risk and develop new policies/procedures in support of strengthening the controls and governance

Experience in disaster recovery and Familiarity with operational resilience in payment systems and payment gateways

Understanding of High value US payment core processing

You may be assessed on the 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.

This role is located in Whippany, New Jersey.

Purpose of the role

To manage the efficient delivery of large-scale technical projects and capabilities across the bank and collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to understand their needs and expectations throughout the software product lifecycle, adhering to agreed time, budget and quality requirements. 

Accountabilities

Management of the delivery, resource allocation and improvement of complex technical project capabilities across the bank using Agile/Scrum methodologies for planning, stand-ups, demos, retrospectives and the execution of sprints.Collaboration with customers and business teams to manage and implement customer trails to support the proposal of technically feasible solutions, and effort and timeline expectations.Collaboration with software engineers, quality teams, product managers and other engineering teams to deliver high-quality products and features through the software project lifecycle aligned to the banks objectives, regulation and security policies.Identification, assessment, and mitigation of risks associated with technical projects to prepare the bank for potential challenges.Management of change requests and communication with stakeholders throughout the project lifecycle.Management of vendor relations involved in technical projects to ensure they deliver according to agreed terms.Stay abreast of the latest industry technology trends and technologies, to evaluate and adopt new approaches to improving deliver outcomes and to foster a culture of continuous learning, technical excellence and growth.

Assistant Vice President Expectations

Consult on complex issues; providing advice to People Leaders to support the resolution of escalated issues.Identify ways to mitigate risk and developing new policies/procedures in support of the control and governance agenda.Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work done.Perform work that is closely related to that of other areas, which requires understanding of how areas coordinate and contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the organisation sub-function.Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategy.Engage in complex analysis of data from multiple sources of information, internal and external sources such as procedures and practises (in other areas, teams, companies, etc).to solve problems creatively and effectively.Communicate complex information. 'Complex' information could include sensitive information or information that is difficult to communicate because of its content or its audience.Influence or convince stakeholders 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.