Decision Intelligence Lead

Overview

Join us as a Decision Intelligence Lead at Barclays where you'll be primarily responsible for acting as an analytics advisor and business partner to senior stakeholders across Barclays UK (BUK), embedding Decision Intelligence across the business. In this role you will identify, evaluate and frame commercial opportunities and risks, look for opportunities to transform the way that BUK consumes analytics and AI, and lead a virtual team to deliver insights which drive decision making across BUK, creating value for customers, colleagues, the community, and the company.

To be successful as a Decision Intelligence Lead, you should have:

• Proven experience in analytics, data science, or AI leadership roles
• Good strategic thinking and ability to align Decision Intelligence with business goals
• Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills at senior leadership level
• Advanced knowledge of analytics methodologies, data science techniques, and AI applications
• Demonstrated experience translating complex analytical insights into actionable business recommendations
• Exceptional communication skills (verbal, written, and presentation)
• Experience leading and developing high-performing technical teams
• Excellent problem-solving abilities with a focus on business outcomes
• Project management experience for complex analytical projects
• Understanding of data governance, ethics, and regulatory considerations

Some other highly valued skills may include:

• Experience at a large Consulting firm (preferably Analytics consulting)
• Experience in the financial services industry
• Advanced degree in a quantitative field (Statistics, Computer Science, Mathematics, etc.)
• Knowledge of emerging technologies and trends in AI and machine learning
• Experience with change management and digital transformation
• Business strategy development experience
• Experience with agile methodologies
• Professional certifications in relevant fields (PMP, data science certifications, etc.)
• Experience with enterprise-level data platforms and architectures
• Published research or thought leadership in analytics or AI
• Experience mentoring junior analysts and data scientists

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 can be based in either London, Northampton or Glasgow.

To provide independent and balanced advice and counsel to senior stakeholders through problem identification, solving and decision making practices.

• Provision of strategic advice to Group Executives to support the decision-making process of business challenges and opportunities.
• Development and implementation of strategic advisory incentives to grow and optimise the bank’s operations, through market research and analysis.
• Collaboration with various stakeholder groups to identify the appropriate strategic direction type to meet the needs of Barclays clients and investors.
• Development of financial models to support strategic recommendations and transactions through financial data analysis, financial projects and considering the financial impact of transactions.
• Management of transactions, negotiations, transaction structure development and post-transaction integration.
• Collaboration with internal stakeholders to maintain client relationships, and develop new relationships to identify opportunities.
• Identification of industry trends, maintain peer benchmarking and developments related to strategic advisory services by attendings conferences, participating in training and conducting market research.

• 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…