Program Manager
Wilmington, DE

As a Barclays Program Manager, you will be responsible for directing complex, highly visible programs or projects that cut across the business, operations, and technology. This is an opportunity to develop a plan, evaluate potential risks and benefits, collaborate with business partners to land on the best solutions, and drive team to deliver through completion. Coordinating overall project documentation across all bank functions including requirements, meeting agendas, meeting minutes, weekly status reports, will also be part of your role.

Barclays is one of the world's largest and most respected financial institutions, established in 1690, with a legacy of success, quality, and innovation. We've helped millions of individuals and businesses thrive, creating financial and digital solutions that the world now takes for granted. An important and growing presence in the USA, we offer careers providing endless opportunity.

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.

What will you be doing?

• Spearheading large projects with multiple business, operations, and technology stakeholders
• Organizing project delivery cadence and running effective discussions together with senior leadership and project team
• Coordinating overall project documentation across all bank functions including requirements, meeting agendas, meeting minutes, weekly status reports
• Defining, creating, and updating project plan; tracking upcoming deliverables and ensure completion of project milestones and tasks
• Driving financial accountability and transparency through budget management, monitoring and reporting of forecast vs. actuals
• Ensuring projects are completed according to time and budget schedules, and that objectives conform to line of business' overall standards, operations objectives
• Managing a team of tech and operations project managers
• Leveraging project management best practices

What we’re looking for:

• Several years project management experience, managing projects and teams; Experienced in SAFE Agile/RTE role
• Proven ability to manage and influence resources to deliver to intended outcomes in a matrixed environment
• Self-motivated, quick, and assertive
• Detail-oriented and organized

Skills that will help you in the role:

• Over four years’ experience working in Financial Services
• Budget management experience
• Knowledge and understanding of Agile methodologies and tools(JIRA, Confluence)
• PMP/PMI/RTE certification, LEAN is a plus

Where will you be working?

Barclays' Wilmington campus includes two beautiful buildings located along the historic Wilmington Riverfront. A glance out our windows reveal a scenic look at the Christina River, along with a growing riverfront community of luxury apartments, shops, and restaurants. Additionally, the Wilmington train station is a short walk away making travel from New York and Washington, DC convenient.

We’re a global, vital and highly respected financial organisation with an inspiring Purpose. Operating in 50 countries and employing around 83,000 people across the world, we help communities, individuals and businesses thrive. And we’ve created financial solutions and technology that the world now takes for granted. A career with us can offer incredible variety, depth and breadth of experience, and the chance to learn from some of the best minds in technology and finance.