Vp – Front-end/ui

To drive technical excellence and innovation by leading the design and implementation of robust software solutions, providing mentorship to engineering teams, fostering cross-functional collaboration, and contributing to strategic planning to ensure the delivery of high-quality solutions aligned with business objectives

• Provision of guidance and expertise to engineering teams to ensure alignment with best practices and foster a culture of technical excellence
• Contribution to strategic planning by aligning technical decisions with business goals, anticipating future technology trends, and providing insights to optimize product roadmaps
• Design and implementation of complex, scalable, and maintainable software solutions, considering long-term viability and business objectives
• Mentoring and coaching to junior and mid-level engineers to foster professional growth and knowledge sharing, elevating the overall skillset and capabilities of the organization
• Collaboration with business partners, product managers, designers, and other stakeholders to translate business requirements into technical solutions and ensure a cohesive approach to product development
• Innovation within the organization by identifying and incorporating new technologies, methodologies, and industry practices into the engineering process
• To 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
• If managing a team, they define jobs and responsibilities, planning for the department’s future needs and operations, counselling employees on performance and contributing to employee pay decisions/changes
• They may also 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
• 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 be a subject matter expert within own discipline and will guide technical direction
• They will lead collaborative, multi-year assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments
• They will train, guide and coach less experienced specialists and provide information affecting long term profits, organisational risks and strategic decisions
• 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
• 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

• Competitive holiday allowance
• Life assurance
• Private medical care
• Pension contribution