Job Description
Purpose of the role
To develop and manage the wholesale lending products and services, collaborating with, and ensuring service standards are complied with by, business partners across the bank, including investment bankers, credit analysts, risk managers, and operations professionals, to ensure that our products meet the needs of the bank's clients and are aligned with the bank's overall strategic objectives whilst ensuring all governance, control, regulatory and legal requirements are met.
Accountabilities
- Development and execution of product strategy for financial products and services offered within the wholesale division. .
- Identification of investments opportunities and customer needs to create new products or enhance existing ones. .
- Management of the entire product lifecycle, including product planning, development, launch, and ongoing management, including oversight of service levels. .
- Analysis of market data to make informed decisions regarding product positioning and pricing. .
- Assessment and management of risks associated with lending products and implement risk mitigation strategies, including the operation of and attendance to governance forums. .
- Oversight of regulatory and technological change.
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 Senior Product Manager within Wholesale Lending, where you’ll take ownership of your products end-to-end, from creating and launching new solutions, improving efficiency, to evolving existing products to meet changing business and customer needs. No two days are alike, you’ll manage governance, lead stakeholder forums, navigate compliance and legal requirements, understand bank and market risks, and ensure products stay commercially relevant. You’ll keep a close eye on market trends, competitor activity, and innovations like AI, while presenting, influencing, and collaborating across teams. This role is all about being curious, proactive, and truly owning your product, shaping its strategy, impact, and success across the business.
To be successful as a Product Manager, you should be:
A data-driven thinker, skilled at interpreting complex information to inform strategic decisions and drive measurable outcomes.
An enthusiastic team player who collaborates effectively and builds trusted relationships across all levels of the organisation, fostering a culture of cooperation.
Confident presenting to senior stakeholders, articulating ideas clearly, and influencing decisions with credibility and impact.
Creative and resourceful, able to prioritise effectively, take initiative, and challenge processes constructively to deliver better outcomes.
Some other highly valued skills may include:
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
This role is based in London.
