Risk Manager VP Global Network Services

Purpose of the role

To build and maintain infrastructure platforms and products that support applications and data systems, using hardware, software, networks, and cloud computing platforms as required with the aim of ensuring that the infrastructure is reliable, scalable, and secure.  Ensure the reliability, availability, and scalability of the systems, platforms, and technology through the application of software engineering techniques, automation, and best practices in incident response. 

Accountabilities

• Build Engineering:  Development, delivery, and maintenance of high-quality infrastructure solutions to fulfil business requirements ensuring measurable reliability, performance, availability, and ease of use. Including the identification of the appropriate technologies and solutions to meet business, optimisation, and resourcing requirements.
• Incident Management: Monitoring of IT infrastructure and system performance to measure, identify, address, and resolve any potential issues, vulnerabilities, or outages. Use of data to drive down mean time to resolution.
• Automation:  Development and implementation of automated tasks and processes to improve efficiency and reduce manual intervention, utilising software scripting/coding disciplines.
• Security: Implementation of a secure configuration and measures to protect infrastructure against cyber-attacks, vulnerabilities, and other security threats, including protection of hardware, software, and data from unauthorised access.
• Teamwork:  Cross-functional collaboration with product managers, architects, and other engineers to define IT Infrastructure requirements, devise solutions, and ensure seamless integration and alignment with business objectives via a data driven approach.
• Learning: Stay informed of industry technology trends and innovations, and actively contribute to the organization's technology communities to foster a culture of technical excellence and growth.

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 a Risk Manager VP Global Network Services. At Barclays, we don’t just adapt to the future, we create it. As a Risk Manager VP Global Network Services you will support the organisation, achieve its strategic objectives by the identification of business requirements and solutions that address business problems and opportunities.

To be successful as a Risk Manager VP Global Network Services, you should have experience with (Mandatory Skillsets required):

The role is responsible to globally manage risk & control for Networks.  This role holds global accountabilities for all regions.

• Lead the risk & compliance position for Network platform team within Global technology infrastructure tower.
• Detailed knowledge of the major components in Network technology space.
• Competent in discussing technologies and products with vendors/auditors.
• Proven experience in risk and control management for infrastructure technology areas, preferably in a regulated financial services environment.
• Drive the remediation of vulnerabilities in Network products. Ensure all vulnerabilities are treated within the SLA per the vulnerability management standard.
• Ensure that controls for cryptography are in place for all cryptographic assets in Network estate including inventory, algorithms, key length and key rotation. Key compromise plan and life cycle management are documented for the services in scope.
• New products in Network are assessed for technology & cyber control effectiveness like security configuration, backups, resilience, vulnerability & configuration management.
• Interface with technology teams to build a robust security framework for Network technology.
• Review, drive & implement the industry security best practices for Network technologies. 
• Drives the definition of the Network Services: controls, risk appetite and mitigation, reporting and metrics for external and internal audit, attestations etc.
• Interfaces and influences stakeholders of Networks Platforms, including internal and external auditors, Central risk functions and business units to deliver control requirements and agree roadmaps
• Works closely with and represents the Network Product to teams including Engineering, Architecture, Group Risk, Group Security, and BCM. Ensure planned changes to sister IS services and architectures are in line with the Network risk and compliance roadmap, and vice versa
• Guide and matrix-manage multiple Barclay’s teams to deliver the Network risk and compliance agenda
• Document waiver & breaches for risk gaps in technology & cyber controls & track the remediation of the breach actions as per the SLA agreed with CCO(Chief Control Office) team.

Some other highly valued skills may include (desired Skillsets):

• Influences senior management to drive forward the risk and control landscape for Network.
• Experience in leading and managing projects/project teams/project plans; effectively delegates responsibility.
• Deals comfortably with ambiguity and uncertainty; effective at working with unstructured teams, situations, and environments.
• Applies feedback and changes behaviour; accordingly, develops and monitors programs that integrate learning with practice opportunities; encourages knowledge sharing
• Adept at influencing others even when position is not initially shared by others (e.g. is able to bring evidence to convince others); challenges way of operating with a focus on pragmatism; encourages, solicits and rewards innovative ideas; delegates, coordinates and motivates teams into reaching challenging goals; inspires commitment, and a positive attitude from the team

Education Criteria:

• At least graduate degree with proven experience in Networks or infrastructure technologies.
• Cyber & information security controls
• Technology controls
• Risk Management

You may be assessed on 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 Pune.