Job Description

Purpose of the role

To support the implementation of major changes and improvements to the organisations IT service management practices by driving strategic initiatives to modernize, transform and future-proof how the bank delivers and supports technology services. 

Accountabilities

• Establishment of KPIs to measure the success and impact of specific transformation programmes, and actively monitor KPIs to identify the ongoing effectiveness of the initiative, improvement areas with the IT service management framework, and mitigate any potential issues.
• Analysis of emerging IT service management tools and platforms to discover if they can support the banks transformation goals and future needs.
• Manage the selection and seamless implementation of new tools and platforms into the IT service management processes, while overseeing the migration of data from legacy systems, to improve system efficiency and reduce manual workload.
• Development and communication of change management strategic initiatives, visions and goals through workshops, sessions, and various communication channels to highlight the benefits and impact of modernising, transforming, and future-proofing the way the bank delivers and supports its technology services.
• Prioritisation of the bank’s initiatives based on their impact on the bank’s goals, resource availability and feasibility, and develop and monitoring a clear execution plan for each transformation project to ensure a successful implementation.

Vice President Expectations

• 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.

Join us as a ITSM Product Owner within Barclaycard Payments- Own the ITSM platform as a product, ensuring it provides a single, integrated system of record and enables automated, scalable service operations aligned to the Tech Ops operating model. 

You will be translating operating model into workflows, automation, and tooling that are embedded into engineering ways of working- demonstrating ability to adapt in this greenfield organisation.

To be successful as a ITSM Product Owner, you should have experience with;

• End-to-end ITSM (IT Service Management) product ownership (Incident, Problem, Change, Request, CMDB, Software & Hardware Asset Management, Knowledge) with clear service outcomes
• Experience owning an ITSM platform (e.g. JiraSM, ServiceNow, BMC Helix) roadmap and backlog
• Ability to define and deliver Day 0 to matures ITSM capability in a greenfield or transformation environment
• Experience in People Management

Some other highly valued skills may include;

• Exposure to SRE practices and integration of ITSM with CI/CD pipelines
• Experience building service management for fintech / high-growth digital platforms
• Demonstable sakeholder management skills across Product, Engineering, and Operations leadership

You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen strategic thinking and digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills

The successful candidate will be based in London. Our offices are located at 1 Churchill Place and 7 Westferry Circus (new BPL office).

This role is 3 days per week office-based presence expected. Weekend and evening working may be required on occasion.

Barclays’ payments acceptance business provides critical infrastructure to the UK economy, processing billions of pounds of payments annually for both small businesses and domestic and international corporate clients.

In April 2025, we announced a long-term partnership with Brookfield Asset Management to grow and transform the payments acceptance business by broadening the range of services offered, enhancing the experience for both existing and prospective clients. Leveraging extensive client relationships and deep experience of UK payments, we will create an environment of continuous innovation - activated by Brookfield’s global private equity expertise in payments, technology, operational transformation and corporate carve-outs - to ensure the business is strategically positioned for long-term growth.

Barclays will invest approximately £400m in the new business, the majority of which will be incurred during the first three years. Performance-linked incentives will drive greater alignment between the partners, underpinning the long-term commitment to the transformation. Barclays and Brookfield will work to create a standalone entity over time, continuing to use the Barclaycard Payments (BPL) brand and acting as the sole payments acceptance services provider to Barclays’ clients for a minimum of ten years.

For more information on our partnership with Brookfield, please visit Barclays.com.