Tech Lead Central Risk Book - VP

Barclays•New York, NY

3d•$170,000 - $230,000•Onsite

About The Position

Embark on a transformative journey as a Tech Lead Central Risk Book - VP. At Barclays, our vision is clear – to redefine the future of banking and help craft innovative solutions. In this role, you will drive the development of critical risk platforms that underpin strategic planning across the organization, directly contributing to Barclays’ resilience, regulatory excellence, and growth ambitions. This role offers the opportunity to work at the intersection of innovative technology and front-office risk governance, collaborating with talented global teams to solve intricate business tasks at scale. If you are passionate about innovation, strategic influence, and making a measurable impact in a world-class financial institution, this is your chance to shape the future of risk technology at Barclays.

Requirements

Demonstrate experience in designing and implementing high-performance, scalable Java applications leveraging AI-assisted agentic coding tools, with considerable knowledge of industry-aligned programming languages, frameworks, and secure coding practices
Support cross-functional collaboration with traders, quants, and business stakeholders to define requirements, devise solution strategies, and deliver business-aligned technology solutions
Apply sophisticated evaluative thinking to solve multi-dimensional problems, assess and mitigate risks, and make strategic choices that impact long-term outcomes
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.
Adopt and include the outcomes of extensive research in problem solving processes.
Seek out, build and maintain trusting relationships and partnerships with internal and external stakeholders in order to accomplish key business objectives, using influencing and negotiating skills to achieve outcomes.
Demonstrate influence behaviors aligned with listening authentically, energizing teams, aligning across the enterprise, and developing others while upholding organizational values
Risk and controls
Change and transformation
Business acumen
Strategic thinking
Digital and technology
Job-specific technical skills

Nice To Haves

Experience with real-time risk and PnL component and integration with quantitative libraries in financial services environments
Validated ability to provide second-level application support and work directly with trading desks on revenue-generating business projects
Ample influencing and negotiating skills to build trusting partnerships with internal and external stakeholders across the enterprise
Demonstrated experience of staying current with industry technology trends and actively contributing to organizational technology communities

Responsibilities

Lead and manage engineering teams, providing technical guidance, mentorship, and support to ensure the delivery of high-quality software solutions.
Drive technical excellence, foster a culture of innovation, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to align technical decisions with business objectives.
Lead engineering teams effectively, fostering a collaborative and high-performance culture to achieve project goals and meet organizational objectives.
Oversee timelines, team allocation, risk management and task prioritization to ensure the successful delivery of solutions within scope, time, and budget.
Mentor and support team members' professional growth, conduct performance reviews, provide actionable feedback, and identify opportunities for improvement.
Evaluate and enhance engineering processes, tools, and methodologies to increase efficiency, streamline workflows, and optimize team productivity.
Collaborate with business partners, product managers, designers, and other stakeholders to translate business requirements into technical solutions and ensure a cohesive approach to product development.
Enforce technology standards, facilitate peer reviews, and implement robust testing practices to ensure the delivery of high-quality solutions.
Contribute or set strategy, drive requirements and make recommendations for change.
Plan resources, budgets, and policies; manage and maintain policies/ processes; deliver continuous improvements and escalate breaches of policies/procedures.
Define jobs and responsibilities, planning for the department’s future needs and operations, counselling employees on performance and contributing to employee pay decisions/changes.
Lead a number of specialists to influence the operations of a department, in alignment with strategic as well as tactical priorities, while balancing short and long term goals and ensuring that budgets and schedules meet corporate requirements.
Demonstrate leadership behaviors to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver to a consistently excellent standard.
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.
Adopt and include the outcomes of extensive research in problem solving processes.
Seek out, build and maintain trusting relationships and partnerships with internal and external stakeholders in order to accomplish key business objectives, using influencing and negotiating skills to achieve outcomes.
Drive the development of critical risk platforms that underpin strategic planning across the organization.
Ensure and develop software developers while fostering a culture of technical excellence, code quality, and knowledge sharing through mentorship and code reviews.
Drive strategic technical direction and oversee long running projects, making recommendations for change while balancing short and long-term goals.
Apply sophisticated evaluative thinking to solve multi-dimensional problems, assess and mitigate risks, and make strategic choices that impact long-term outcomes.
Provide second-level application support and work directly with trading desks on revenue-generating business projects.
Actively contribute to organizational technology communities.