Portfolio Tooling, Data insights and Value enablement – AVP Prod Ops

Job Description

Purpose of the role

To  lead and manage engineering teams, providing technical guidance, mentorship, and support to ensure the delivery of high-quality software solutions, driving technical excellence, fostering a culture of innovation, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to align technical decisions with business objectives. 

Accountabilities

• Lead engineering teams effectively, fostering a collaborative and high-performance culture to achieve project goals and meet organizational objectives.
• Oversee timelines, team allocation, risk management and task prioritization to ensure the successful delivery of solutions within scope, time, and budget.
• Mentor and support team members' professional growth, conduct performance reviews, provide actionable feedback, and identify opportunities for improvement.
• Evaluation and enhancement of engineering processes, tools, and methodologies to increase efficiency, streamline workflows, and optimize team productivity.
• Collaboration with business partners, product managers, designers, and other stakeholders to translate business requirements into technical solutions and ensure a cohesive approach to product development.
• Enforcement of technology standards, facilitate peer reviews, and implement robust testing practices to ensure the delivery of high-quality solutions.

Assistant Vice President Expectations

• To advise and influence decision making, contribute to policy development and take responsibility for operational effectiveness. Collaborate closely with other functions/ business divisions.
• Lead a team performing complex tasks, using well developed professional knowledge and skills to deliver on work that impacts the whole business function. Set objectives and coach employees in pursuit of those objectives, appraisal of performance relative to objectives and determination of reward outcomes
• 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 lead collaborative assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments. They will identify new directions for assignments and/ or projects, identifying a combination of cross functional methodologies or practices to meet required outcomes.
• Consult on complex issues; providing advice to People Leaders to support the resolution of escalated issues.
• Identify ways to mitigate risk and developing new policies/procedures in support of the control and governance agenda.
• Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work done.
• Perform work that is closely related to that of other areas, which requires understanding of how areas coordinate and contribute to the achievement of the objectives of the organisation sub-function.
• Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategy.
• Engage in complex analysis of data from multiple sources of information, internal and external sources such as procedures and practises (in other areas, teams, companies, etc).to solve problems creatively and effectively.
• Communicate complex information. 'Complex' information could include sensitive information or information that is difficult to communicate because of its content or its audience.
• Influence or convince stakeholders to achieve outcomes.

All colleagues will be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship – our moral compass, helping us do what we believe is right. They will also be expected to demonstrate the Barclays Mindset – to Empower, Challenge and Drive – the operating manual for how we behave.

Join us as a Portfolio Tooling, Data insights and Value enablement – AVP Prod Ops at Barclays, where you'll spearhead the evolution of our Barclays team. As an AVP, you need to drive operational excellence across the Product organization by managing delivery tooling, reporting and analytics, performance metrics, governance processes, and planning activities. To ensures consistency, transparency, and scalability in how work is planned, measured, funded, and executed while continually identifying opportunities to simplify processes and improve organizational effectiveness.

To be successful as a Portfolio Tooling, Data insights and Value enablement – AVP Prod Ops, you should have experience with: 

• Proven experience as a Portfolio Lead, coordinating portfolio planning, prioritization, governance, delivery oversight, risks, dependencies, and executive reporting.
• Core expertise as a Product Analyst (Technology), translating business and product needs into clear requirements, insights, delivery outcomes, and actionable recommendations.
• Strong data modelling and analytics capability, including defining data structures, metrics, KPIs, and management information to support evidence-based decisions.
• Hands-on experience in Jira reporting, dashboard creation, data quality management, workflow analysis, and delivery performance reporting.
• RTE skillset with practical experience supporting Agile Release Trains, PI Planning, dependency management, risk escalation, delivery cadence, and continuous improvement.
• Experience in portfolio governance, operational controls, planning, prioritization, funding processes, and outcome-based performance management.
• Ability to communicate complex portfolio, product, and delivery information clearly to senior stakeholders through concise analysis and presentations.
• Strong stakeholder management and influencing skills across Product, Technology, Finance, Business Management, and Transformation teams.
    

Some other highly valued skills may include:

• Working knowledge of AI and generative AI applications for reporting automation, portfolio analysis, insight generation, and decision support.
• SAFe Release Train Engineer, SAFe Agilist, Product Management, Agile, or equivalent professional certification.
• Experience with business intelligence and data-visualisation tools.
• Knowledge of Lean Portfolio Management, business-case development, benefits tracking, and value-stream management.
• Experience improving Jira-based processes and data governance across multiple teams or value streams.

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, as well as job-specific skills.

The location of the role is Pune, IN.