Job Description

Purpose of the role

To manage the development of the location strategy to support the bank’s location decision making process through both a business demand and real estate perspective. 

Accountabilities

• Data analysis to support Identification of opportunities to improve existing location footprints and improve real estate efficiency group wide.
• Program Management of location strategy initiatives ensuring compliance and delivery of timelines and budget and that outcomes meet agreed expectations regarding planning, design, construction, and occupancy.
• Management of stakeholder relationship including senior executives, colleagues, vendors, and regulatory agencies to align the location strategy with the banks objectives and communicate findings to relevant stakeholders.
• Engagement with key stakeholders to improve effectiveness and reliability of forward demand and strategy to support location strategy decision making.
• Business Partnering with all business areas to support development and deployment of business specific location strategies providing MI, analytics and strategic insight to key business stakeholders.

Vice President Expectations

• 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.

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 Wealth Management Location & Workplace Lead to shape and deliver workplace and location strategies that support the growth of our Wealth Management business. You will play a key role in bringing new office locations to life, guiding relocations and workplace changes, and creating spaces that reflect a modern, technology-led environment. Working closely with stakeholders across the business, you will help ensure our offices support both colleague experience and client interactions, blending physical and virtual spaces to meet evolving ways of working. This is an opportunity to influence how we grow across multiple UK locations, aligning workspace design, capacity, and technology with business expansion, while ensuring a smooth experience for colleagues throughout every stage of change.

To be successful as a Wealth Management Location & Workplace Lead, you should have experience with:

• Delivering workplace transformation such as office openings, relocations, or large-scale moves
• Shaping location or workplace strategies based on business growth, occupancy, and hybrid working needs
• Working with a wide range of stakeholders, including senior leaders, to align workspace plans with business priorities
• Using data and insights to assess capacity, utilisation, and future office requirements
• Coordinating work across teams such as Property, Technology, HR, and external partners
• Experience working within Corporate Real Estate Services (CRES) or a similar environment supporting workplace strategy and delivery

Some other highly valued skills may include:

• Experience within financial services or a large corporate environment
• Understanding of modern workplace design, including technology-enabled and client-facing spaces
• Experience supporting business change or transformation
• Familiarity with scaling office capacity in line with hiring and growth plans

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 and digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills.

This role is based in London.