Engineering Manager - VP
Barclays · Posted Nov 2
Banking, credit card, corporate, investment banking, and wealth management services
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About the role
Barclays is seeking an Engineering Manager VP to lead the evolution of its infrastructure and deployment pipelines and to own Salesforce-led technology strategy, roadmap planning and architectural decisions. The role sits within a banking technology organisation focused on scalable, secure digital solutions built on the Salesforce platform. The manager will lead, mentor and develop a team of Salesforce engineers, technical leads and administrators while driving engineering best practices, vendor governance and platform innovation.
What you will do
- 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.
Skills used in this role
What the employer is looking for
- Act as a key contributor to technology strategy, roadmap planning and architectural decisions for Salesforce-led initiatives.
- Partner closely with Platform Architects, Product Owners and Business Stakeholders to translate business outcomes into scalable, secure Salesforce solutions.
- Own end-to-end delivery of Salesforce programmes, ensuring high-quality, resilient and performant solutions.
- Establish and enforce engineering best practices including coding standards, CI/CD, DevOps, automated testing and release management.
- Drive continuous improvement through technical debt management, refactoring strategies and platform optimisation.
- Review solution designs and code to ensure compliance with security, performance, scalability and regulatory requirements.
- Lead, mentor and develop a team of Salesforce engineers, technical leads and administrators.
- Support hiring and onboarding of Salesforce talent aligned to long-term platform needs.
- Ensure Salesforce implementations comply with enterprise governance, data privacy, security and risk frameworks.
- Collaborate with Risk, Security and Compliance teams to address audits, controls, vulnerabilities and platform risks.
- Proactively identify and mitigate delivery, technical and operational risks.
- Serve as a trusted engineering partner to senior stakeholders, clearly communicating technical trade-offs and delivery status.
- Manage relationships with system integrators, Salesforce partners and vendors, ensuring quality and value for money.
- Contribute to vendor evaluations, solution assessments and contract governance from a technical perspective.
- Stay current with Salesforce releases and emerging capabilities, assessing relevance and adoption opportunities.
- Champion innovation through proofs of concept, accelerators and reusable assets.
- Drive adoption of modern Salesforce capabilities such as Flow, LWC, API-led integration, event-driven architecture and AI features where appropriate.
Preferred qualifications
- Build strong engineering capability through coaching, performance management, upskilling and succession planning.
- Foster a culture of ownership, collaboration, accountability and innovation within the team.
Benefits and support
- Compensation and benefits are detailed in the job posting
About Barclays
Barclays is a British multinational universal bank that provides consumer, corporate, and investment banking, as well as wealth management services. Tracing its origins back to 1690 in London, the institution operates globally to serve millions of retail and institutional clients. The bank leverages cutting-edge technology and digital platforms to drive operational efficiency across its international network.
- Industry
- Banking
- Company size
- 93000+ employees
- Founded
- 1690
- Location
- London, United Kingdom
- Funding stage
- Public Company
Leadership
Group Chief Executive
Group Finance Director
Group Chief Operating Officer
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