Head of Data Transformation - Customer

Leading Data Integration and Transformation at Tesco Bank

This opportunity offers a pivotal role within the BUK CDAO team, focused on driving significant data integration and transformation initiatives for Tesco Bank. It presents a chance to shape the future of data utilization within a major financial institution, aligning it with a broader enterprise data strategy.

Advantages for Potential Candidates:

• End-to-End Leadership: Take full ownership and leadership of the data integration and transformation journey, providing a comprehensive and impactful experience.
• Strategic Alignment: Play a crucial role in ensuring that all data products and platforms support the enterprise-wide reuse of data and drive insightful decision-making, directly contributing to the BUK Data Strategy.
• Programmatic Execution: Lead the delivery of a key program (Sierra Programme) within the CDAO accountabilities, offering a chance to manage and influence the execution of large-scale technical projects.
• Agile & Collaborative Environment: Work within a dynamic, agile framework, fostering cross-functional collaboration between BUK and Tesco Bank feature teams, emphasizing velocity and proactive problem-solving.
• Robust Governance & Risk Management: Maintain and execute a strong governance framework, aligned with Barclays Standards, and implement proactive risk management to ensure smooth and successful delivery.
• Senior Stakeholder Engagement: Act as a primary point of contact for senior leadership and stakeholders, driving collaboration and representing the program in critical governance forums.
• Data Stewardship & Compliance: Embed control frameworks, records management, and data domain ownership, ensuring the delivery of trusted, compliant, and well-governed data.
• Continuous Learning & Development: Stay at the forefront of industry technology trends, evaluating and adopting new approaches to improve delivery outcomes and fostering a culture of continuous learning and technical excellence.
• Influence and Strategic Input: Contribute to and influence policy and procedures for the function, manage multiple complex strategic projects, and provide expert advice to senior management, impacting long-term profits and strategic decisions.
• Leadership Development: For those managing teams, this role offers the opportunity to lead other people managers and embed a performance culture. For individual contributors, it’s a chance to lead organization-wide projects and act as a deep technical expert and thought leader.

Key Considerations for Career Growth:

• Domain Expertise: Candidates are expected to possess relevant domain experience in large-scale enterprise environments, specifically in the provisioning and use of data.
• Complex Project Management: The role requires managing the delivery, resource allocation, and improvement of complex technical project capabilities across the bank, demanding strong organizational and execution skills.
• Stakeholder Management: Effectively collaborating with customers, business teams, software engineers, quality teams, product managers, and other engineering teams is paramount for delivering high-quality products.
• Risk Mitigation: A key responsibility involves identifying, assessing, and mitigating risks associated with technical projects, requiring a proactive and analytical approach.
• Vendor Management: Managing vendor relations to ensure delivery according to agreed terms is an important aspect of the role.
• External Environment Awareness: Focus on external environments, regulators, and advocacy groups to monitor and influence on behalf of Barclays will be a significant part of the strategic outlook.
• Cross-Functional Understanding: Demonstrating extensive knowledge of how the function integrates with the broader business division and Group is crucial for achieving overall business objectives.
• Analytical and Problem-Solving Skills: Utilizing interpretative thinking and advanced analytical skills to solve problems and design solutions in complex and sensitive situations will be vital.
• Leadership Behaviors: A commitment to the Barclays LEAD behaviours (Listen and be authentic, Energise and inspire, Align across the enterprise, Develop others) is expected, fostering an environment for colleagues to thrive.
• Barclays Values and Mindset: Alignment with Barclays Values (Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence, Stewardship) and the Barclays Mindset (Empower, Challenge, Drive) will be essential for success.

This role is ideal for a seasoned professional seeking to make a substantial impact in data management and transformation, offering a challenging yet rewarding path for career advancement within a leading financial organization.