Head of Strategic Initiatives
- In-depth experience in strategy definition and execution across global Private Banking Wealth Management (PBWM) business with ability to drive strategy processes with senior stakeholders and conduct detail-oriented monitoring of impact.
- Proven leadership experience in strategy, transformation or programme delivery within private banking and track record of delivering complex, cross-functional initiatives in a high-governance environment.
- Proven track record in overseeing strategic initiatives, including definition of strategic direction, financials, allocation of clear responsibilities and monitoring of impact.
- Strong problem-solving skills and ability to develop management-level presentation outputs with convincing narratives, including fluency in use of Excel and PowerPoint.
- Deep subject matter expertise in PBWM industry and business to impactfully drive strategic initiatives, including benchmarking and competitor analysis, business and sales management and efficiency / optimisation matters.
- Strong literacy in financial oversight, including business case modelling, cost planning and tracking.
- Background in strategy consulting.
- 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 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.
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