Director - USCB Stress Testing

Barclays•Wilmington, DE

About The Position

The purpose of the role is to develop strategic infrastructure requirements, onboard current model suite & new quantitative model methodologies, redevelop models based on monitoring, IVU feedback and business changes, and perform validation processes. This involves delivering advanced model analytics, improving stability, and bringing consistency in calculation approaches. The role also includes leading technical engagements with QA and IVU for strategic redevelopment projects, providing model execution, output analysis, and lifecycle management capabilities for both forecasting and BAU models, and implementing process improvements through enhanced controls, automation, and improved analytics. Key activities include recalibration, sensitivity analysis, and root cause analysis. The Director will also address execution issues with IT and QA, perform UAT, catalogue issues, identify potential improvements for model redevelopment, and author technical documentation with QA.

Requirements

Strong understanding of the US Credit Card market.
Ability to manage a business function, providing significant input to function wide strategic initiatives.
Ability to contribute to and influence policy and procedures for the function.
Ability to plan, manage and consult on multiple complex and critical strategic projects, which may be business wide.
Ability to 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.
Ability to lead organisation wide projects and act as deep technical expert and thought leader, identifying new ways of working and collaborating cross functionally.
Ability to train, guide and coach less experienced specialists and provide information affecting long term profits, organisational risks and strategic decisions.
Ability to 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.
Ability to manage, coordinate and enable resourcing, budgeting and policy creation for a significant sub-function.
Ability to escalate breaches of policies / procedure appropriately.
Ability to foster and guide compliance, ensure regulations are observed that relevant processes in place to facilitate adherence.
Ability to 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.
Act as spokesperson for the function and business division.
Foster a culture of continuous learning and professional growth by ensuring team members have access to appropriate training, development opportunities, mentorship, and career progression pathways aligned with organizational objectives and individual aspirations.
Drive the adoption and application of AI-enabled solutions to enhance analytical capabilities, automate manual processes, improve operational efficiency, and deliver data-driven insights that support business decision-making.
Lead the development and execution of a globally integrated operating model that drives synergies across functions, optimizes resource utilization, and enables continuous follow-the-sun support across multiple business use cases, accelerating delivery, enhancing scalability, improving stakeholder outcomes, and ensuring consistent, high-quality service.
Demonstrate clear set of leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver to a consistently excellent standard.
Demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship.
Demonstrate the Barclays Mindset – to Empower, Challenge and Drive.

Nice To Haves

AI-enabled solutions

Responsibilities

Deliver advanced model analytics, improve stability and bring consistency in calculation approach.
Lead technical engagements with QA and IVU for strategic redevelopment project on behalf of FTC.
Provide model execution, output analysis and lifecycle management capabilities across use cases for both forecasting and BAU models.
Implement process improvements though enhanced controls, automation and improved analytics.
Deliver advanced model analytics (Recalibration, Sensitivity, root cause analysis etc.).
Address execution issues with IT and QA.
Perform UAT as part of model productionisation.
Catalogue issues and potential improvements for model redevelopment.
Author technical documentation with QA.
Manage a business function, providing significant input to function wide strategic initiatives.
Contribute to and influence policy and procedures for the function.
Plan, manage and consult on multiple complex and critical strategic projects, which may be business wide.
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.
Lead organisation wide projects and act as deep technical expert and thought leader, identifying new ways of working and collaborating cross functionally.
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.
Escalate 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.
Act as a spokesperson for the function and business division.
Foster a culture of continuous learning and professional growth by ensuring team members have access to appropriate training, development opportunities, mentorship, and career progression pathways aligned with organizational objectives and individual aspirations.
Drive the adoption and application of AI-enabled solutions to enhance analytical capabilities, automate manual processes, improve operational efficiency, and deliver data-driven insights that support business decision-making.
Lead the development and execution of a globally integrated operating model that drives synergies across functions, optimizes resource utilization, and enables continuous follow-the-sun support across multiple business use cases, accelerating delivery, enhancing scalability, improving stakeholder outcomes, and ensuring consistent, high-quality service.