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Form of workJob Title : Portfolio Programme Management Office
Location: Pune
About Barclays
Barclays is a British universal bank. We are diversified by business, by different types of customers and clients, and by geography. Our businesses include consumer banking and payments operations around the world, as well as a top-tier, full service, global corporate and investment bank, all of which are supported by our service company which provides technology, operations and functional services across the Group.
Risk and Control Objective
Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work you do
Working Flexibly
We’re committed to providing a supportive and inclusive culture and environment for you to work in. This environment recognises and supports ways to balance your personal needs, alongside the professional needs of our business. Providing the opportunity for all our employees, globally to work flexibly empowers each of us to work in a way that suits our lives as well as enabling us to better service our customers’ and clients’ needs. Whether you have family commitments or you’re a carer, or whether you need study time or wish to pursue personal interests, our approach to working flexibly is designed to help you balance your life. If you would like some flexibility, then please discuss this with the hiring manager, and your request will be reviewed subject to business needs.
Hybrid Working
Structured hybrid role:
At Barclays, we offer a hybrid working experience that blends the positives of working alongside colleagues at our onsite locations, together with working from home. We have a structured approach where colleagues work at an onsite location on fixed, ‘anchor’, days of the week, for a minimum of two days a week or more, as set by the business area (or nearest equivalent if working part-time hours). Please discuss the working pattern requirements for the role you are applying for with the hiring manager. Please note that as we continue to embed our hybrid working environment, we remain in a test and learn phase, which means that working arrangements may be subject to change on reasonable notice to ensure we meet the needs of our business.
Introduction:
Lead all portfolio Management Office activities and implement best practice PMO processes. Provide standardised governance, support, and oversight to ensure that programmes are effectively managed. Facilitating agile adoption wherever possible, monitoring progress, risks, costs and benefits, and optimizing programme and project delivery.
- Define and employ project and Programme Management industry best-practice methodologies and tools
- Create and employ suites of templated artefacts that newly initiated programmes and projects can utilise to reduce the toil and overhead of the programme and project team
- Document the programme and project reporting operating models. Collate the required information at the agreed control points, ensuring all required regulatory, compliance, security and risk controls are met
- Assist in prioritizing and managing the organization's programme and project portfolio, using data-driven metrics to highlight possible portfolio-wide challenges such as resource challenges, cost challenges or pan-organisation risks that impact multiple streams
- Ensure alignment of programmes and projects with strategic objectives and setting supporting KPIs to measure against
- Assess programme and project risks, dependencies, and issues, ensuring that the relevant risk mitigation and issue resolution strategies are being implemented
- Constantly assess existing governance processes to identify opportunities to improve and streamline reducing organisational toil
- Maintain comprehensive documentation related to project and program management, including charters, status reports, and lessons learned. Provide regular project status reports and updates to stakeholders and leadership.
- Assist in budget management and financial tracking for projects and programs. Monitor project financials to ensure they align with the approved budgets
What will you be doing?
Role holder will be responsible for:
- Governance processes required by PMO (Financial, Tracking Governance, Documentation and Reporting) to ensure compliance to all relevant Policies and Standards
- Programme and Portfolio Level Reporting including programme plan maintenance
- Financial Management: accurate programme/project forecasting, tracking actuals against budget and compiling necessary financial reports
- Resource Management: work with the programme/project team to ensure an accurate forecast of required resources is in place and support with onboarding
- Change Control: Ensure any changes to the project or programme are made in line with governance
- Risk and Issue management: support the programme/project identify, assess and monitor risks and issues, plan and implement appropriate responses for mitigation or resolution, including escalations
- Outcomes and benefits management: support the programme / project identify, define, evaluate, plan, track and realise the outcomes and benefits of change initiatives
What we’re looking for:
Acts as a senior SME and enables change within a large portfolio, drives agile practices for the organisation, offers practical insights, and influences for incremental changes to drive efficiency, effectively socialises the portfolio view in the wider eco system, mentors less experienced Portfolio Management officers.
Skills that will help you in the role:
- Knowledge of project management methodologies, tools and best practices
- Ability to establish and maintain effective governance arrangements and stakeholder relationships.
- Ability to analyse data, identify risks and issues, and provide solutions.
- Experienced of using risk management methodologies, tools and best practices.
- Experience in developing and managing business cases and assurance processes.
- Experience in managing project costs and resources tracking against budgets.
- Ability to engage with the wider project delivery communities and share learning.
- Minimum educational qualification required for this role. – Bachelors degree in technical field or similar experience.
- Strong knowledge of project methodologies (Agile or waterfall)
- Proficiency in project management tools and software including JIRA
- Relevant professional certification (e.g. P3O)
- Financial services industry experience
Where will you be working?
Pune
Be More at Barclays
At Barclays, each day is about being more – as a professional, and as a person. ‘Be More @ Barclays’ represents our core promise to all current and future employees. It’s the characteristic that we want to be associated with as an employer, and at the heart of every employee experience. We empower our colleagues to Be More Globally Connected, working on international projects that improve the way millions of customers handle their finances. Be More Inspired by working alongside the most talented people in the industry, and delivering imaginative new solutions that are redefining the future of finance. Be More Impactful by having the opportunity to work on cutting-edge projects, and Be More Valued for who you are.
Interested and want to know more about Barclays? Visit home.barclays/who-we-are/ for more details.
Purpose, Values and Mindset
We deploy finance responsibly to support people and businesses, acting with empathy and integrity, championing innovation and sustainability, for the common good and the long term.
Our values underpin everything we do: Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship.
Respect
We harness the power of diversity and inclusion in our business, trust those we work with, and value everyone's contribution.
Integrity
We operate with honesty, transparency and fairness in all we do.
Service
We act with empathy and humility, putting the people and businesses we serve at the centre of what we do.
Excellence
We champion innovation, and use our energy, expertise and resources to make a positive difference.
Stewardship
We prize sustainability, and are passionate about leaving things better than we found them.
Our Mindset shapes how we take action, living by our Values, driven by our Purpose, always with our customers and clients at the heart of what we do; our Mindset is to Empower, Challenge and Drive.
Empower
Trust and support each other to deliver. Make decisions with those closest to the topic. Include diverse perspectives. Celebrate success and learn from failure.
Challenge
Question whether things can be done better. Use insights based on data to inform decisions. Be curious about how we can adapt and improve. Speak up and be open to alternative viewpoints.
Drive
Focus on outcomes. Deliver with pace. Be passionate and ambitious about what we do. Take personal responsibility. Actively build collaborative relationships to get things done.
