Role Overview
We are seeking a highly skilled Enterprise Architect to spearhead the evolution of our digital landscape at Barclays Bank. As a key member of our team, you will drive innovation and excellence, harnessing cutting-edge technology to revolutionise our digital offerings and ensure unparalleled customer experiences.
Key Responsibilities
* Develop and evolve the bank's technology architecture through relevant solutions, strategies, and execution plans aligned to and prioritized by business and technology objectives.
* Collaborate with stakeholders, including Enterprise Architecture teams and other developers, to provide subject matter expertise and share knowledge to foster continuous improvement and deliver on technical needs.
* Motivate and lead a diverse collection of technologists, business, and operations teams, and enterprise leaders, to align business & technology strategy & standards, identifying opportunities and connecting people.
* Assess new technologies to address current and future business needs, through a combination of curiosity and problem-solving skills.
* Determine the optimal solutions while balancing continuous requirements imposed by compliance, governance, security, and funding, through deep understanding of the business and customer outcomes and maintaining a strong and steady grasp on the underlying technologies.
* Monitor and analyse the performance, resiliency, and stability of applications to identify and resolve issues and communicate and document key findings to stakeholders.
* Comply with applicable regulatory standards and identify industry developments that may impact the bank's operations and controls to enhance the bank's application portfolio.
* Support engineering and architecture community initiatives to mentor team members, streamline operations, share, and grow knowledge.
Vice President Expectations
* Advise key stakeholders, including functional leadership teams and senior management, on functional and cross-functional areas of impact and alignment.
* Manage and mitigate risks through assessment, in support of the control and governance agenda.
* Demonstrate leadership and accountability for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work your team does.
* Demonstrate comprehensive understanding of the organisation functions to contribute to achieving the goals of the business.
* Collaborate with other areas of work, for business-aligned support areas, to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategies.
* Create solutions based on sophisticated analytical thought, comparing and selecting complex alternatives. In-depth analysis with interpretative thinking will be required to define problems and develop innovative solutions.
* Adept at adopting and including the outcomes of extensive research in problem-solving processes.
* Seek out, build, and maintain trusting relationships and partnerships with internal and external stakeholders to accomplish key business objectives, using influencing and negotiating skills 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.