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PMO Lead – Strategic Workforce Planning (SWP)

Canary Wharf, 1 Churchill PlacePosted Today
Full-timeonsite

Job Description

Job Description

Purpose of the role

To support the bank's decision-making processes by providing timely, accurate, and insightful information through designing, developing, and maintaining management reports, compelling visualisations and dashboards that effectively communicate key performance indicators (KPIs), data insights and trends across various business units.

Accountabilities

  • Design and development of comprehensive reports and dashboards utilisng best practices in data visualisation principles and design aesthetics to ensure clarity, accuracy, and accessibility.

  • Design, development and implementation of automated report generation processes and visualisation methodologies for improved efficiency and timeliness. 

  • Identification and analysis of business requirements to define report content and format.

  • Maintenance and updating of existing reports and dashboards to reflect changing business needs, including co-ordination of reporting template releases and related administrative tasks.

  • Development of robust processes & controls for collating input data, performing exploratory data analysis & data cleansing and seeking signoffs as required. 

  • Engagement with stakeholders as needed to ensure up to date data is incorporated into reporting and visualisations. 

Assistant Vice President Expectations

  • To advise and influence decision making, contribute to policy development and take responsibility for operational effectiveness. Collaborate closely with other functions/ business divisions.
  • Lead a team performing complex tasks, using well developed professional knowledge and skills to deliver on work that impacts the whole business function. Set objectives and coach employees in pursuit of those objectives, appraisal of performance relative to objectives and determination of reward outcomes
  • If the position has leadership responsibilities, People 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.
  • OR for an individual contributor, they will lead collaborative assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments. They will identify new directions for assignments and/ or projects, identifying a combination of cross functional methodologies or practices to meet required outcomes.
  • 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.

The PMO Lead – Strategic Workforce Planning (SWP) will play a pivotal role in leading the programme management and governance of Barclays’ SWP capability, ensuring the successful delivery of pilot initiatives and their evolution into a scalable, enterprise-wide, data-driven workforce planning model. Aligned to business, HR and Finance priorities, this role will position SWP as a cross-functional capability that connects organisational strategy with workforce demand and supply planning, and supports transformation execution. The role holder will be responsible for establishing governance structures, overseeing end-to-end programme delivery across multiple workstreams (including operating model design, data and analytics, and technology enablement), and ensuring adherence to change standards and controls. They will drive robust performance reporting and executive-level insights, coordinate senior stakeholders across functions, and proactively manage risks and dependencies. In addition, the PMO Lead will support adoption and continuous improvement of SWP practices, enabling consistent ways of working and supporting the rollout and scaling of workforce planning across the enterprise.

To be successful as a PMO Lead, you should have the following experience:

  • Extensive PMO / programme management experience within complex transformation environments
  • Demonstrated success working across HR, Finance, and Technology stakeholders
  • Robust governance, planning, and delivery capability
  • Highly effective stakeholder management and communication skills

Some other highly valued skills may include

  • Experience in Workforce Planning, HR transformation, or People Analytics
  • Knowledge of Strategic Workforce Planning concepts (e.g. scenario planning, demand/supply modelling)
  • Exposure to Workday Adaptive Planning or equivalent platforms

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 within either our London or Glasgow office.

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