Risk Manager - Global Networks Services

Embark on a transformative journey as a Risk Manager - Global Networks Services. At Barclays, our vision is clear – to redefine the future of banking and help craft innovative solutions. In this role, you’ll play a key part in strengthening the firm’s risk and controls environment by partnering closely with Technology, CISO, and second-line risk teams. You’ll help identify emerging technology risks, assess control effectiveness, and support continuous improvement across a complex, evolving technology landscape.

To be successful as a Risk Manager - Global Networks Services, you should have experience with:

• Technology risk domains including cybersecurity, cloud, infrastructure, data, and operational resilience
• Risk and control frameworks such as NIST, ISO 27001, COBIT, or SOC 2
• Assessing and challenging technology controls across applications, networks, and cloud environments
• Risk analysis, control testing, and remediation planning to address control gaps
• Communicating technical risks clearly and effectively to business and senior stakeholders

Some other highly valued skills may include:

• Understanding of technology architectures and system design to assess inherent risk in complex environments
• Experience navigating regulatory expectations related to technology, cybersecurity, cloud, and resilience
• Change management and influencing skills to drive adoption of improved risk and control practices
• Project or program coordination skills supporting risk assessments and control uplift initiatives
• A continuous improvement mindset with the ability to identify process gaps and strengthen risk frameworks

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, digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills.

This role is located in Whippany, New Jersey.

Minimum Salary: $150,000

Maximum Salary: $200,000

The minimum and maximum salary/rate information above includes only base salary or base hourly rate. It does not include any other type of compensation or benefits that may be available.

Barclays employees are eligible for a suite of competitive and generous employee benefits, including medical, dental and vision coverage, 401(k), life insurance, and other paid leave for qualifying circumstances.

This position is eligible for an incentive award.

To support the Risk Function in delivering it’s objective of safeguarding the bank's financial and operational stability by proactively identifying, assessing, mitigating, and monitoring risks across various business units and activities.

• Development of strategic direction for risk, including the implementation of up-to-date methodologies and processes.
• Management of the risk department, including oversight of risk colleagues and their performance, implementation of risk priorities and objectives, oversight of department efficiency and effectiveness.
• Relationship management of risk stakeholders, including identifying relevant stakeholders, and maintenance of the quality of external third-party services.
• Adherence to the Risk policy, standards and frameworks, and maintaining a robust control environment.

• 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…