Transaction Banking Project Manager, AVP

Barclays•New York, NY

2d•Onsite

About The Position

The purpose of this role is to manage change projects that help the organisation achieve its strategic objectives, ensuring projects are delivered on time, within budget, in control, and in compliance with regulatory requirements and internal policies and procedures. As a Transaction Banking Project Manager, AVP at Barclays, you will be a key support in transformational change efforts, developing and owning key products across Cash Management and Trade. This role requires strong change delivery knowledge combined with product ownership, demanding significant leadership in both stakeholder engagement and end-to-end product lifecycle management. You will play a critical role in shaping the future of the transaction banking offerings by bringing innovative products to market.

Requirements

Experience with driving end-to-end project delivery, from ideation and planning through execution.
Transaction banking experience, with an understanding of the product development life cycle, business readiness, and end-to-end business process mapping.
Proficiency in project management tools and techniques such as Microsoft Suite, Copilot, Visio, Jira, Confluence.

Nice To Haves

Relevant certifications such as Agile, CAPM, PMP are advantageous.
Change agility and problem solving, comfortable with shifting priorities and challenging status quo.
Ample verbal and written communications skills to manage stakeholder expectations through clear project reporting, RAID management, and action closure.
Thorough attention to detail and demonstrable organizational abilities to ensure project documents are complete and auditable.
Analytical skills to support business requirements definition, new/updated process development, and user acceptance testing execution.
Key critical skills relevant for success in this role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen strategic thinking and digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills.

Responsibilities

Manage change projects within the organisation, ensuring they are delivered on time, within scope, budget, and to the required quality standards.
Develop and manage project plans that outline the scope, objectives, timelines, and resource requirements for change projects.
Communicate with stakeholders, including senior management, project teams, and external partners, to ensure they are informed about project progress and that their needs and expectations are being met.
Manage project teams, ensuring they are properly resourced and have the necessary skills and expertise to deliver on project objectives.
Manage project budgets, ensuring projects are delivered within the agreed budget.
Create reports on project progress to ensure proposed solutions are delivered on time and within budget.
Manage project risks, ensuring that risk, assumptions, issues and dependencies are identified, assessed, and mitigated as necessary.
Facilitate change management activities, including training and communication, to ensure that change projects are successfully implemented and embedded in the organisation.
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 (if the position has leadership responsibilities).
Set objectives and coach employees in pursuit of those objectives, appraise performance relative to objectives and determine reward outcomes (if the position has leadership responsibilities).
Lead collaborative assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments (for an individual contributor).
Identify new directions for assignments and/or projects, identifying a combination of cross functional methodologies or practices to meet required outcomes (for an individual contributor).
Consult on complex issues; providing advice to People Leaders to support the resolution of escalated issues (for an individual contributor).
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.
Influence or convince stakeholders to achieve outcomes.