Project Manager

Job Title : Project Manager

Location : Pune

About Barclays

Barclays is a British universal bank. We are diversified by business, by different types of customers and clients, and by geography.

Our businesses include consumer banking and payments operations around the world, as well as a top-tier, full service, global corporate and investment bank, all of which are supported by our service company which provides technology, operations and functional services across the Group.

Risk and Control Objective

Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work you do.

Working Flexibly

We’re committed to providing a supportive and inclusive culture and environment for you to work in. This environment recognises and supports ways to balance your personal needs, alongside the professional needs of our business.

Providing the opportunity for all our employees, globally to work flexibly empowers each of us to work in a way that suits our lives as well as enabling us to better service our customers’ and clients’ needs.

Whether you have family commitments or you’re a carer, or whether you need study time or wish to pursue personal interests, our approach to working flexibly is designed to help you balance your life.

If you would like some flexibility, then please discuss this with the hiring manager, and your request will be reviewed subject to business needs

Hybrid Working

Structured hybrid role :

At Barclays, we offer a hybrid working experience that blends the positives of working alongside colleagues at our onsite locations, together with working from home.

We have a structured approach where colleagues work at an onsite location on fixed, anchor’, days of the week, for a minimum of two days a week or more, as set by the business area (or nearest equivalent if working part-time hours).

Please discuss the working pattern requirements for the role you are applying for with the hiring manager. Please note that as we continue to embed our hybrid working environment, we remain in a test and learn phase, which means that working arrangements may be subject to change on reasonable notice to ensure we meet the needs of our business.

Introduction :

Responsible for the overall management control and delivery of Business Critical projects within the SWIFT Gateway Infrastructure Portfolio, including scheduled systems releases, and other key Projects (including mandatory / regulatory).

What will you be doing?

• Overall responsibility for the successful delivery of the project to plan, budget and agreed quality and governance standards.
• Manage suppliers in line with agreed contractual obligations, milestones and quality standards.
• Provide effective communications and relationship building with key senior stakeholders within technology, operations and product and provide Project status reporting that is accurate, informative and timely.
• Own and drive the effective governance of the Project.
• Own and drive the Project planning framework, ensuring that plans are developed and tracked to appropriate standards.
• Control the Project scope, ensuring that rigorous change control is exercised.
• Ensure the project meets the expected requirements and that acceptance and handover to business as usual are managed against agreed acceptance criteria and to a defined plan.
• Define project budgets, obtain funding and track actual expenditure to ensure the project remains on track from a financial perspective.

What we’re looking for :

• Must have a track record of managing business or technical Projects in the financial services.
• Strong Project mobilisation / initiation / planning experience in addition to management of established Projects.
• Must be able to demonstrate excellent stakeholder management, communication and presentation skills at Senior Management / Director level, with strong and influential personal credibility.
• Leadership skills with evidence of managing medium-large teams across a range of disciplines and locations.
• Demonstrable record of managing Project budgets effectively, and delivering within budgetary constraints
• Relevant Experience 10 to 14 years

Skills that will help you in the role :

• Knowledge of SWIFT and SWIFT infrastructures.
• Has operated in roles facing off directly to senior Stakeholders. A track record of successfully managing stakeholder relationships is definitely preferred.
• Previous experience of managing payments related projects.
• Ability to manage and deliver Projects in a business that is undergoing a high degree of organisational and strategic change.
• Formal external qualification / accreditation to Prince II or PMI methodologies, or at least experience of Prince II / PMI in a project environment.

Where will you be working?

Pune

Be More at Barclays

At Barclays, each day is about being more as a professional, and as a person. Be More @ Barclays’ represents our core promise to all current and future employees.

It’s the characteristic that we want to be associated with as an employer, and at the heart of every employee experience.

We empower our colleagues to Be More Globally Connected, working on international projects that improve the way millions of customers handle their finances.

Be More Inspired by working alongside the most talented people in the industry, and delivering imaginative new solutions that are redefining the future of finance.

Be More Impactful by having the opportunity to work on cutting-edge projects, and Be More Valued for who you are.

Interested and want to know more about Barclays? Visit home.barclays / who-we-are / for more details.

Purpose, Values and Mindset

We deploy finance responsibly to support people and businesses, acting with empathy and integrity, championing innovation and sustainability, for the common good and the long term.

Our values underpin everything we do : Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship.

Respect

We harness the power of diversity and inclusion in our business, trust those we work with, and value everyone's contribution.

Integrity

We operate with honesty, transparency and fairness in all we do.

Service

We act with empathy and humility, putting the people and businesses we serve at the centre of what we do.

Excellence

We champion innovation, and use our energy, expertise and resources to make a positive difference.

Stewardship

We prize sustainability, and are passionate about leaving things better than we found them.

Our Mindset shapes how we take action, living by our Values, driven by our Purpose, always with our customers and clients at the heart of what we do;

our Mindset is to Empower, Challenge and Drive.

Empower

Trust and support each other to deliver. Make decisions with those closest to the topic. Include diverse perspectives. Celebrate success and learn from failure.

Challenge

Question whether things can be done better. Use insights based on data to inform decisions. Be curious about how we can adapt and improve.

Speak up and be open to alternative viewpoints.

Drive

Focus on outcomes. Deliver with pace. Be passionate and ambitious about what we do. Take personal responsibility. Actively build collaborative relationships to get things done.

Architecture and Design