Head of Team, Thames Valley Mid Corporate

Person Specification

Purpose of the role

• A proven track record of leading a front office coverage team, delivering results via empowering and motivating
• Strong local network within the Business and Professional Services Industry
• Experience in implementing, managing and communicating change
• Experience in influencing and significant stakeholder management
• Proven track record of delivery of performance

• Analysis and interpretation of data, the fundamentals of how businesses operate, people management/situational leadership
• Business Planning and the role of the Performance Framework, including our commitments to the PRA on how we will operate our SME business
• Corporate Banking and role of Mid Corporate segment within this
• Rigour and Compliance
• Business Risk and Lending
• Strategic tools and models for change development and implementation

• Drive Commercial Success/ technical ability
• Self-Insight
• Stakeholder Management and Building Relationships
• Driving Continuous Improvement & Innovation
• Change Management

Leading and Developing others

• Development of strategic direction for relationship teams, including the implementation of up to date methodologies and processes.
• Management of relationship teams, including oversight of colleagues and their performance, implementation of goals and objectives, oversight of efficiency and effectiveness. .
• Development and maintenance of strong relationships with the broader Barclays group to promote seamless working across all channels and segments and to support an integrated business planning process.
• Management of all risk aspects including conduct and credit risk, ensuring all team members are fully compliant to enhance great customer outcomes.
• Monitoring the financial performance of relationship teams, including revenue, profitability, and cost control.
• Conducting thorough market research to understand client needs, market trends, competitive landscape, and regulatory changes to identify growth opportunities.
• Excellent service delivery to customers, consistently meeting their ongoing needs, while operating to required levels of cost.
• Actively promote a culture of greater diversity and inclusion plus develop talent and succession within the team.

• To manage a business function, providing significant input to function wide strategic initiatives. Contribute to and influence policy and procedures for the function and plan, manage and consult on multiple complex and critical strategic projects, which may be business wide..
• They manage the direction of a large team or sub-function, leading other people managers and embedding a performance culture aligned to the values of the business. Or for an individual contributor, they lead organisation wide projects and act as deep technical expert and thought leader, identifying new ways of working and collaborating cross functionally. They will train, guide and coach less experienced specialists and provide information affecting long term profits, organisational risks and strategic decisions..
• Provide expert advice to senior functional management and committees to influence decisions made outside of own function, offering significant input to function wide strategic initiatives.
• Manage, coordinate and enable resourcing, budgeting and policy creation for a significant sub-function.
• Escalates breaches of policies / procedure appropriately.
• Foster and guide compliance, ensure regulations are observed that relevant processes in place to facilitate adherence.
• Focus on the external environment, regulators, or advocacy groups to both monitor and influence on behalf of Barclays, when appropriate.
• Demonstrate extensive knowledge of how the function integrates with the business division / Group to achieve the overall business objectives.
• Maintain broad and comprehensive knowledge of industry theories and practices within own discipline alongside up-to-date relevant sector / functional knowledge, and insight into external market developments / initiatives.
• Use interpretative thinking and advanced analytical skills to solve problems and design solutions in often complex/ sensitive situations.
• Exercise…