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About the Role

Barclays is seeking an accomplished Generative AI Transformation Lead to drive the strategic adoption of Artificial Intelligence, Generative AI, Agentic AI, Advanced Analytics, and Decision Intelligence capabilities across Finance. In this highly visible role, you will identify high-value AI opportunities, influence senior stakeholders, and lead cross-functional teams to design, develop, and deploy AI-powered solutions that deliver measurable business impact. Acting as a catalyst for transformation, you will challenge traditional finance processes, champion innovation through production-grade Generative AI, Agentic AI and automated reporting solutions and combine technical expertise with business acumen to turn complex data and AI insights into actionable decisions. You will also play a key role in fostering AI adoption, embedding responsible AI practices, ensuring compliance with Model Risk Management (MRM) standards, and helping shape a culture where AI becomes a natural part of how Finance works, thinks, and delivers value.

Responsibilities

Develop business capabilities for Finance through functional design, data, end-to-end-process and controls, delivery, and functional testing.
Leverage best practice concepts and collaborate with Line SMEs to support options analysis and recommendations.
Design conceptual data models and governance requirements in accordance with GDMS standards and principles.
Develop target process and controls design/documentation and operational runbooks.
Align process and controls components with organisational and role/service model design definitions.
Update design/functional requirements throughout the development cycle.
Resolve RAIDS related to functional requirements and business processes.
Manage change programmes with limited technology investment.
Develop scripts and data to test alignment to requirement definitions.
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.
Define jobs and responsibilities, plan for department’s future needs and operations, counsel employees on performance and contribute to employee pay decisions/changes (if managing a team).
Lead specialists to influence department operations, aligning with strategic and tactical priorities, balancing short and long term goals, and ensuring budgets and schedules meet corporate requirements (if managing a team).
Demonstrate leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver to a consistently excellent standard (if a People Leader).
Be a subject matter expert within own discipline and guide technical direction (if an individual contributor).
Lead collaborative, multi-year assignments and guide team members (if an individual contributor).
Identify the need for inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments (if an individual contributor).
Train, guide and coach less experienced specialists (if an individual contributor).
Provide information affecting long term profits, organisational risks and strategic decisions (if an individual contributor).
Advise key stakeholders on functional and cross-functional areas of impact and alignment.
Manage and mitigate risks through assessment.
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.
Create solutions based on sophisticated analytical thought.
Define problems and develop innovative solutions through in-depth analysis.
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.
Demonstrate Barclays Values (Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence, Stewardship).
Demonstrate Barclays Mindset (Empower, Challenge, Drive).
Identify high-value AI opportunities.
Influence senior stakeholders.
Lead cross-functional teams to design, develop, and deploy AI-powered solutions.
Challenge traditional finance processes.
Champion innovation through production-grade Generative AI, Agentic AI and automated reporting solutions.
Combine technical expertise with business acumen to turn complex data and AI insights into actionable decisions.
Foster AI adoption.
Embed responsible AI practices.
Ensure compliance with Model Risk Management (MRM) standards.
Help shape a culture where AI becomes a natural part of how Finance works, thinks, and delivers value.

Requirements

Experience applying Artificial Intelligence, Generative AI and Agentic AI solutions within large, complex organisations, ideally in banking, financial services, or other highly regulated environments.
Experience leading large-scale transformation and change initiatives, delivering business outcomes and driving adoption across multiple stakeholder groups.
Technical expertise combined with the ability to engage senior stakeholders, translating complex AI concepts into practical business solutions.
Experience working within Agile or Scaled Agile delivery environments.
Exposure to Generative AI implementations within Finance functions is advantageous.
Risk and controls knowledge.
Change and transformation experience.
Business acumen.
Strategic thinking.
Digital and technology understanding.
Job-specific technical skills.

Skills

Artificial Intelligence
Generative AI
Agentic AI
Advanced Analytics
Decision Intelligence
Functional Design
Data Analysis
Data Modelling
Data Governance
Process Design
Controls Design
Functional Testing
Project Management
Agile
Scaled Agile
Risk Management
Change Management
Business Acumen
Strategic Thinking
Digital Transformation
Technology Implementation
Stakeholder Management
Influencing
Negotiation

Location

London

Work Type

Full-time

Experience Level

Accomplished
Senior

About the Company

Barclays is a global financial services provider engaged in retail banking, credit cards, corporate and investment banking, and wealth management services.