Tech Lead/Delivery Lead

Job Description

Purpose of the role

To lead and manage engineering teams, providing technical guidance, mentorship, and support to ensure the delivery of high-quality software solutions, driving technical excellence, fostering a culture of innovation, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to align technical decisions with business objectives.

Accountabilities

• 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.
• Evaluation and enhancement of engineering processes, tools, and methodologies to increase efficiency, streamline workflows, and optimize team productivity.
• 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.
• Enforcement of technology standards, facilitate peer reviews, and implement robust testing practices to ensure the delivery of high-quality solutions.

Assistant Vice President Expectations

• To 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. Set objectives and coach employees in pursuit of those objectives, appraisal of performance relative to objectives and determination of reward outcomes
• 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 lead collaborative assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments. They will identify new directions for assignments and/ or projects, identifying a combination of cross functional methodologies or practices to meet required outcomes.
• Consult on complex issues; providing advice to People Leaders to support the resolution of escalated issues.
• 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. 'Complex' information could include sensitive information or information that is difficult to communicate because of its content or its audience.
• Influence or convince stakeholders 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.

What will you be doing?

Barclays Services Corp. seeks Tech Lead/Delivery Lead in Whippany, NJ (multiple positions available):

• As part of a global financial services organization, analyze business needs and develop software application for Transactions Monitoring system, applying principles and techniques of computer software development, engineering, and mathematical analysis.
• Design, architect, and configure Actimize Suspicious Activity Monitoring (SAM) solutions.
• Oversee technical implementation for current SAM8 system improvements by coordinating with offshore and onsite team members.
• Prepare and install solutions by determining and designing system specifications, standards, and programming.
• Lead, design, and orchestrate new system development based on business requirements.
• Achieve system stability by providing solution to production supporting team.
• Provide technical guidance and lead project teams during different project implementation phases.
• Liaise between internal and external business and development teams.
• Guide quality assurance team by providing technical design and testing approach of upcoming system feature.
• Lead offshore teams and manage business expectation on system enhancements.
• Drive solution design effort of projects and oversee every step of implementation.
• Determine technical feasibility by evaluating requirements and analysis as well as proposed solutions.
• Determine and manage project scope, benefits, and risks.
• Analyze efforts around project feasibility, associated cost, budget, and resourcing.
• Architect system enhancements with available latest technologies and vendor products.
• Ensure projects are delivered within scope, budget, and time constraints.
• Document, maintain, and modify applications specifications within project teams and internal policies and procedures.
• Build use cases, test cases, and prepare certification strategy & execution plan.
• Document and demonstrate solutions by implementing documentation, diagrams, code guideline, and comments.

This position is eligible for incentives pursuant to Barclays Employee Referral Program.