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About the Role

The TMO Implementation Lead plays a pivotal role within the Transformation Management Office (TMO), leading the successful mobilisation and execution of large-scale operating model and Enterprise Agile transformations across Barclays. Acting as the bridge between strategy and delivery, the role is responsible for developing and driving end-to-end implementation plans across people, processes, tooling, training, and governance. The coach ensures organisations are prepared for change by establishing implementation readiness, activating new ways of working, supporting operating model adoption, and aligning delivery with business priorities. Working closely with the TMO Lead, Agile Coaches, HR, Tooling and Training leads, the role also develops coaching capability, coordinates enablement activities, manages implementation risks and dependencies, and provides governance oversight. Through strong stakeholder engagement and structured execution, the Implementation Coach enables sustainable adoption of the target operating model and drives successful transformation outcomes.

Responsibilities

Manage change projects to ensure delivery on time, within budget, in control, and in compliance with regulatory requirements and internal policies.
Develop and manage project plans outlining scope, objectives, timelines, and resource requirements.
Communicate with stakeholders, including senior management, project teams, and external partners, regarding project progress and needs.
Manage project teams, ensuring adequate resourcing and necessary skills for objective delivery.
Manage project budgets to ensure delivery within agreed financial parameters.
Create project progress reports to ensure timely and within-budget delivery of proposed solutions.
Manage project risks, identifying, assessing, and mitigating risks, assumptions, issues, and dependencies.
Facilitate change management activities, including training and communication, for successful project implementation and embedding.
Contribute to or set strategy, drive requirements, and make recommendations for change.
Plan resources, budgets, and policies; manage and maintain policies/processes; deliver continuous improvements.
Escalate breaches of policies/procedures.
Advise key stakeholders on functional and cross-functional areas of impact and alignment.
Manage and mitigate risks through assessment to support the control and governance agenda.
Demonstrate leadership and accountability for managing risk and strengthening controls.
Demonstrate comprehensive understanding of organisation functions to contribute to business goals.
Collaborate with other work areas for business-aligned support and to stay updated on business activity and strategies.
Create solutions based on sophisticated analytical thought, comparing and selecting complex alternatives.
Define problems and develop innovative solutions through in-depth analysis and interpretative thinking.
Adopt and include outcomes of extensive research in problem-solving processes.
Build and maintain trusting relationships and partnerships with internal and external stakeholders.
Use influencing and negotiating skills to achieve outcomes.
Lead the successful mobilisation and execution of large-scale operating model and Enterprise Agile transformations.
Develop and drive end-to-end implementation plans across people, processes, tooling, training, and governance.
Establish implementation readiness, activate new ways of working, support operating model adoption, and align delivery with business priorities.
Develop coaching capability, coordinate enablement activities, manage implementation risks and dependencies, and provide governance oversight.
Enable sustainable adoption of the target operating model and drive successful transformation outcomes.

Requirements

Proven experience leading large-scale Agile transformation and implementation programmes from planning through to successful delivery.
Strong ability to manage senior stakeholders and influence decision-making across complex organisations.
Expertise in developing implementation roadmaps, governance frameworks, risk management, and delivery controls.
Experience embedding new operating models, Agile ways of working, and sustainable change across business functions.
Demonstrated success leading cross-functional teams to deliver strategic outcomes, drive adoption, and realise business value.
Experience establishing or operating within a Transformation Management Office (TMO), PMO, or enterprise change function.
Knowledge of Agile, SAFe, product operating models, and large-scale organisational change frameworks.
Experience with portfolio, programme, and implementation tooling such as Jira, Confluence, or equivalent delivery platforms.
Strong data analysis and reporting skills with the ability to track implementation progress, risks, and benefits realisation.
Professional qualifications in Project Management, Change Management, Agile Delivery, or related disciplines.
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.
Demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship.
Demonstrate the Barclays Mindset – to Empower, Challenge and Drive.

Skills

Agile transformation
Implementation programmes
Stakeholder management
Decision-making
Implementation roadmaps
Governance frameworks
Risk management
Delivery controls
Operating model embedding
Agile ways of working
Cross-functional team leadership
Strategic outcomes
Business value realisation
Transformation Management Office (TMO)
PMO
Enterprise change
SAFe
Product operating models
Organisational change frameworks
Jira
Confluence
Data analysis
Reporting
Project Management
Change Management
Agile Delivery
Risk and controls
Business acumen
Strategic thinking
Digital and technology
Job-specific technical skills
Influencing
Negotiating

Location

London

Work Type

Full-time

Experience Level

Senior
Lead

Education Level

Professional qualifications in Project Management, Change Management, Agile Delivery, or related disciplines.

About the Company

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