Barclays
AVP-InnovationandStrategy
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“AVP - Innovation and Strategy at Barclays. Skills: design, develop, and implement solutions to complex business problems, robotics, machine learning, AI platforms, intelligent solutions, digital transformation, innovation, strategy. Design and development of solutions as products that can evolve, meeting business requirements that align with modern software engineering practices and automated delivery tooling.. Targeted design activities that apply an appropriate workload placement strategy and ”
What You'll Achieve.
create solutions that balance technology risks against business delivery, driving consistency.; meet business requirements that align with modern software engineering practices and automated delivery tooling.; maximise the benefit of cloud capabilities; meet the Bank’s resiliency expectations.; deliver the agreed business and technology value.; feed into their ongoing evolution where appropriate.; comply with the banks governance processes; operational effectiveness; deliver on work that impacts the whole business function; create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver to a consistently excellent standard; meet required outcomes; support the resolution of escalated issues; strengthening controls in relation to the work done; achievement of the objectives of the organisation sub-function; Measure business impact through KPIs such as cost reduction, time saving and productivity improvement; ensuring unapparelled customer experiences
Industry & Context.
design, develop, and implement solutions to complex business problems; Fault finding; performance issues support; solve problems creatively and effectively
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Deep expertise in robotics, machine learning, and AI platforms with hands on experience designing and implementing intelligent solutions that streamline business processes and enable digital transformation., Partner on proof of concepts, pilots and large-scale AI deployment., Measure business impact through KPIs such as cost reduction, time saving and productivity improvement, risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen, strategic thinking, digital and technology, job-specific technical skills
Nice to Have
Kubernetes a plus
What You'll Do.
Design and development of solutions as products that can evolve
meeting business requirements that align with modern software engineering practices and automated delivery tooling.
Targeted design activities that apply an appropriate workload placement strategy and maximise the benefit of cloud capabilities such as elasticity
containerisation etc.
Best practice designs incorporating security principles (such as defence in depth and reduction of blast radius) that meet the Bank’s resiliency expectations.
Solutions that appropriately balance risks and controls to deliver the agreed business and technology value.
Adoption of standardised solutions where they fit.
Fault finding and performance issues support to operational support teams
leveraging available tooling.
Solution design impact assessment in terms of risk
capacity and cost impact
inc. estimation of project change and ongoing run costs.
Development of the requisite architecture inputs required to comply with the banks governance processes
including design artefacts required for architecture
security and records management governance processes.
design and implement intelligent solutions that streamline business processes and enable digital transformation.
Partner on proof of concepts
pilots and large-scale AI deployment.
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
collaborating with stakeholders to understand their needs and requirements; Collaborate closely with other functions/ business divisions; lead collaborative assignments and guide team members through structured assignments; identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments; 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.
Communication Scope
Communicate complex information.
Process & Methodology
estimation of project change and ongoing run costs
Full Job Description
# **Job Description** **Purpose of the role** To design, develop, and implement solutions to complex business problems, collaborating with stakeholders to understand their needs and requirements, and design and implement solutions that meet those needs and create solutions that balance technology risks against business delivery, driving consistency. **Accountabilities** * Design and development of solutions as products that can evolve, meeting business requirements that align with modern software engineering practices and automated delivery tooling. This includes identification and implementation of the technologies and platforms. * Targeted design activities that apply an appropriate workload placement strategy and maximise the benefit of cloud capabilities such as elasticity, serverless, containerisation etc. * Best practice designs incorporating security principles (such as defence in depth and reduction of blast radius) that meet the Bank’s resiliency expectations. * Solutions that appropriately balance risks and controls to deliver the agreed business and technology value. * Adoption of standardised solutions where they fit. If no standard solutions fit, feed into their ongoing evolution where appropriate. * Fault finding and performance issues support to operational support teams, leveraging available tooling. * Solution design impact assessment in terms of risk, capacity and cost impact, inc. estimation of project change and ongoing run costs. * Development of the requisite architecture inputs required to comply with the banks governance processes, including design artefacts required for architecture, privacy, security and records management governance processes. **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 profe
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