Project Manager (Mainframe Lead)

Join us as a Project Manager (Mainframe Lead). At Barclays, we don t just embrace change - we drive it and help craft innovative solutions. The primary role of Barclaycard Testing team is the delivery and support of various Barclaycard Applications such as Triumph, Debt Manager, TRACS, PEGA, Woolwich, etc, performing the maintenance & support activities required to ensure the high levels of availability demanded by the Banks key applications. The role includes project delivery and support work, incident resolution via Service First and Disaster Recovery activities. There is a focus on continuous review of processes with intention to automate as much as possible and decrease the amount of manual work required.

To be successful as a Project Manager (Mainframe Lead) , you should have experience with:

• Provides assistance to colleagues while working on projects requiring Infrastructure support. Proactive identification of possible major incidents. Provides the governance, technical authority, leadership, and direction necessary for the resolution of technical issues.
• Subject matter expert in one or more key area and can represent the whole of the Infrastructure Component to a wider audience. Can act as a contact person for the area for new high scope infrastructural changes.
• Provides direction for technology within specialist area. Demonstrates broad-based view of business issues and activities. Demonstrates excellent influencing skills to input into the platform strategy for Barclays.
• Outstanding problem diagnosis using analytical skills. Excellent leadership and stakeholder management skills have worked in high pressure environment - can influence technical decisions and senior stakeholders.
• Has expert knowledge of REXX, extensive DB2 and application process knowledge. and he has expert knowledge of the TWS scheduling tool.

Some other highly valued skills may include:

• Continuously improves personal technical knowledge and acts as a SME within area. Shares the knowledge by delivering presentations outside of the platform and external to the Bank.
• Provides expert guidance on infrastructure design solutions for team and external business partners. Works un-supervised and directs a team. Set challenging timeframes for delivery of the results for the team and delivers to it.
• Motivates and inspires others by providing a vision of shared objectives. Extremely influential to others on the knowledge sharing aspect about the platform and how information should be communicated outside of the team and actively does so. Fully motivated in resolving skills shortages within the market and acts on it. Puts service above everything and drives resolution of the problems.

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.

This role is based in our Chennai office.

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.

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.