Operational Readiness Manager

jobs.barclays

Sunderland, United Kingdom
Hybrid (minimum of 2-3 days per week in the office)
Strong experience delivering operational readiness
Proven people leadership experience with coaching
Experience within commercial issuing or cards environments
The Operational Readiness Manager role at Barclays involves managing strategic change initiatives to enhance operational efficiency in a regulated environment. The ideal candidate will have strong leadership experience and a background in operational readiness, particularly within commercial issuing or payments environments

Job Summary

  • This role plays a critical part in ensuring all Issuing change is operationally ready, compliant, and safely embedded before go-live.
  • You will co-lead operational readiness and support the Vice President for Commercial Issuing change, ensuring initiatives are delivered safely and compliantly.
  • The position combines people leadership with hands-on delivery of large, complex change initiatives while leading a team of analysts.

Matching Summary

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The Operational Readiness Manager role at Barclays involves managing strategic change initiatives to enhance operational efficiency in a regulated environment. The ideal candidate will have strong leadership experience and a background in operational readiness, particularly within commercial issuing or payments environments.

Skills & Requirements

Must-have

  • Strong experience delivering operational readiness
  • Proven people leadership experience with coaching
  • Experience within Commercial Issuing or Cards environments
  • Understanding of risk controls governance and delivery
  • Ability to assess impacts across customers processes technology

Nice-to-have

  • Exposure to process improvement approaches
  • Familiarity with tooling for change delivery
  • Ability to drive cultural change and embed new ways
  • Translate operational processes into technical requirements

Key Requirements

  • Strong experience in regulated operations environment
  • Proven people leadership experience
  • Experience in Commercial Issuing Cards or Payments
  • Understanding of technology change lifecycles

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