Innovation Enablement Lead

Join Barclays as an Innovation Enablement Lead within the Chief Technology Office, where you will play a key role in driving AI-enabled innovation across the bank. You will bring a strong understanding of the innovation lifecycle and be responsible for tracking initiatives across all stages, managing dashboards and reporting, overseeing resource capacity, and ensuring projects and sprints remain on track through effective delivery governance.

You will manage projects rather than being actively involved in delivery, while maintaining a strong interest in emerging technologies. The role supports a wide range of evolving innovation priorities including AI enablement across various functions and platforms, alongside exploring AI tools to enhance team productivity.

• Experience managing the end-to-end lifecycle of applied innovation, ensuring alignment with business objectives and existing frameworks.
• Proven track record of engaging and aligning stakeholders to deliver innovation, including defining opportunities and challenges, setting objectives, establishing governance structures, and aligning strategic priorities, while fostering a culture of collaboration, innovation, and accountability.
• Strong grasp of digital platforms, AI, emerging technologies, and customer innovation with experience of applying strategically to drive innovation.

• Ability to navigate a fast-changing landscape, including shifts in market conditions, fintech disruptions, and emerging technologies. Comfortable adjusting strategies as needed.
• Experience developing and refining repeatable and sustainable processes to enhance efficiency and scalability for innovation, whilst driving Agile adoption to support continuous improvement.
• Deep understanding of regulatory requirements, compliance standards, and risk management practices, ensuring that innovation strategies align with industry regulations.

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 Glasgow Campus.

To collaborate, nurture and drive group innovation with internal and external stakeholders to ensure the bank stays at the forefront of innovation and adapts to the rapidly changing landscape in financial services and increasing customer expectations.

• Collaboration with a range of stakeholders to develop a portfolio of open innovation and strategic initiatives through experimentation, co-creation, access to innovative technology capabilities, products and services and a global innovation ecosystem.
• Development and delivery of frameworks, ideation, training and tools to build a culture of innovation and knowledge sharing to enable new and creative ideas/solutions that deliver on the bank’s strategy.
• Provision of a global platform and curated ecosystem of partners to inform strategy, drive connectivity and new insights.
• Development of the strategic capabilities and programmes for the bank to deliver on its strategy, supporting the exploration, evaluation and execution of innovation and investment opportunities.
• Management and coordination between external stakeholders/partners and the bank, to successfully deliver joint projects and initiatives.
• Deliver thought leadership and insights to inform strategic decision making and organisational readiness, in conjunction with regular research, identifying emerging technologies and trends.
• Development and management of key metrics including key partnerships, innovation initiatives and impact through regular assessments to calculate the return on investment and identify any potential risks and issues.

• 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 elevate breaches of policies/procedures.
• If managing a team,…