VP: Engineering Manager(Data Architecture)-(108384)

Job Description

Purpose of the role

To  lead and manage engineering teams, providing technical guidance, mentorship, and support to ensure the delivery of high-quality software solutions, driving technical excellence, fostering a culture of innovation, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to align technical decisions with business objectives. 

Accountabilities

• Lead engineering teams effectively, fostering a collaborative and high-performance culture to achieve project goals and meet organizational objectives.
• Oversee timelines, team allocation, risk management and task prioritization to ensure the successful delivery of solutions within scope, time, and budget.
• Mentor and support team members' professional growth, conduct performance reviews, provide actionable feedback, and identify opportunities for improvement.
• Evaluation and enhancement of engineering processes, tools, and methodologies to increase efficiency, streamline workflows, and optimize team productivity.
• Collaboration with business partners, product managers, designers, and other stakeholders to translate business requirements into technical solutions and ensure a cohesive approach to product development.
• Enforcement of technology standards, facilitate peer reviews, and implement robust testing practices to ensure the delivery of high-quality solutions.

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.

At Barclays, we don’t just adapt to the future – we create it. Join us as an Engineering Manager, who is responsible for delivering the technology stack, using strong analytical and problem-solving skills to understand the business requirements and deliver quality solutions coming up with the ETL process design of the Foundational / Consolidated and Business data Products for the Tesco Tenancy on EDP. This will be done in conjunction with fellow engineers, business analysts and business stakeholders. The role will involve designing, developing, and overseeing implementation of solutions for hydrating Tesco Bank data onto Barclays EDP cloud platform and making them available to data consumers via data products.

To be successful in this role, you should have experience with:

• Experience in ETL / data processing / data warehousing / data product management. Preferred AWS cloud development, with a strong understanding of AWS services and Python programming language.
• Experience in leading the high performing teams. Delivering data products on AWS.
• Understanding of CI/CD tools and pipelines (Jenkins, GitLab CI, etc.) for automation and deployment.
• Experience in Data Processing and ETL in On-prem and Cloud based systems.
• Strong communication skills and ability to work in a collaborative team environment.
• Understanding of data architecture, data governance, data security and production support.

Some of Highly Valued Skills may include:

• Experience with AWS services and integrations and Agile development practices.
• Familiarity with databases (SQL/NoSQL), Databases, Data pipelines, Data consumption patterns
• Strong in stakeholder management.

You may be assessed on critical success skills such as Risk & Controls, Change & Transformation, Business Acumen & Strategic Thinking, Digital & Technology Skills, Deep technical expertise in cloud engineering, data engineering, AI‑driven development, and platform modernization.

 

The location of the role is Bengaluru, IN