Job Description

Purpose of the role

To drive the bank's data strategy and maximising the value of its data assets by overseeing all aspects of data and records management.  

Accountabilities

• Development and implementation of Barclays Data & Records Management strategy aligned with the bank's business objectives and regulatory requirements.
• Defining and enforcement of data governance policies and procedures to ensure data integrity, security, and compliance.
• Development and implementation of data management systems and technologies.
• Driving a consistent approach for managing and using data across the business.
• Partnering with stakeholders to drive improvements in the understanding, use and quality of data.

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.

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.

Accountable for establishing and maintaining world-class data and records management, ensuring Barclays data assets are trusted, compliant, well-managed and available to drive business value.

Accountabilities:

• Development and implementation of Barclays Data & Records Management strategy aligned with the Corporate bank's business objectives and regulatory requirements.
• Defining and enforcement of data, records and NFRR governance policies and procedures to ensure data integrity, security, and compliance.
• Development and implementation of data management systems and technologies, driving automation and preventative controls approach.
• Driving a consistent approach for managing and using data across the business including AI models.
• Partnering with stakeholders to drive improvements in the understanding, use and quality of data.
• Partner with Data Execution, Data Product, and Technology leads to ensure delivery remains outcome-led, strategically coherent, and execution risk is actively managed.

Skills:

• Proven track record as a senior data governance leader (CDO, Chief Data & Governance Officer, Director of Data Governance) in a regulated financial services or other highly regulated environment, ideally in an Wholesale / Corporate environment.
• Deep expertise in enterprise data governance frameworks, data quality management, and metadata management.
• Strong understanding of Regulatory requirements (eg FCA) and data protection legislation (GDPR, PSD2, Consumer Duty, PCI DSS).
• Demonstrable experience operating in a product-led organisation, influencing without direct technical ownership.
• Excellent executive stakeholder management, with experience engaging at Senior Stakeholder level on data risk and governance matters.
• Proven ability to build and lead high-performing teams in a fast-paced technology environment.
• Strong understanding of how data governance enables — rather than inhibits — AI, analytics, and platform delivery.