Data & Records Governance Lead - VP

Date live:

08/12/2025

Business Area:

Wholesale Onboarding and Group FCO

Area of Expertise:

Data & Analytics

Contract:

Permanent

Reference Code:

JR

Step into the role of a Data & Records Governance Lead - VP. Where you'll play a pivotal role in shaping the future of Barclays' Control team function. Your role also involves managing stakeholder relationships, participating in governance forums, and overseeing risk and control objectives. Personal attributes required include strong leadership, collaboration, and strategic thinking skills.

Your key accountabilities:

• Development and maintenance of a comprehensive data and records governance framework aligned with regulatory requirements and industry standards.
• Monitoring data quality and records metrics and compliance with standards across the organization.
• Identification and addressing of data and records management risks and gaps.
• Development and implementation of a records management programme that ensures the proper identification, classification, storage, retention, retrieval and disposal of records.
• Development and implementation of a data governance strategy that aligns with the bank's overall data management strategy and business objectives.
• Provision of Group wide guidance and training on Data and Records Management standard requirements.

To be successful as a Data & Records Governance Lead - VP, you should have experience with:

• Banking industry experience, ideally within large matrixed organizations.
• Deep knowledge of data governance frameworks, data risk management and regulatory expectations such as BCBS 239.
• Previous experience in implementing and operating data governance controls.
• Previous experience implementing risk and control frameworks within the context of data and records management.
• Demonstrated ability to engage and influence senior stakeholders across business, technology and risk functions.
• Bachelors Degree is required.

Some other highly valued skills may include:

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, capable of articulating complex data topics to diverse audiences.
• Proven track record of driving organizational change within data management and governance.

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.

And role is based in our Pune, IN office.

Purpose of the role

To drive the bank's data strategy and maximising the value of its data assets by overseeing all aspects of data and records management.

Accountabilities

• Development and implementation of Barclays Data & Records Management strategy aligned with the bank's business objectives and regulatory requirements.
• Defining and enforcement of data governance policies and procedures to ensure data integrity, security, and compliance.
• Development and implementation of data management systems and technologies.
• Driving a consistent approach for managing and using data across the business.
• Partnering with stakeholders to drive improvements in the understanding, use and quality of data.

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.