Heads of Data and Records Management Standards

**Date live**:
13/02/2025
**Business Area**:
BX COO Shared Services
**Area of Expertise**:
Data & Analytics
**Contract**:
Permanent
**Reference Code**:
JR-0000003325
A career in Data & Analytics at Barclays is a hub for top talent, from beginners to experts, fostering innovation and excellence. You'll drive business strategy, leverage data potential, and enhance the experience of millions of customers in today’s data-driven world.
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Overall purpose of role
To develop, implement, and maintain effective governance frameworks for all records across the bank's global operations.
Key Accountabilities
Development and maintenance of a comprehensive 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 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 records management strategy and business objectives.
Provision of Group wide guidance and training on Records Management standard requirements.
Person Specification
All Senior 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.
**Essential Skills/Basic Qualifications**:
Expert knowledge of data and / or records management governance
Financial services data and records knowledge
Excellent communications
Team management
**Desirable skills/Preferred Qualifications**:
Project / change management
Data analysts / engineering
Data strategy definition
Purpose of the role
To develop, implement, and maintain effective governance frameworks for all data and records across the bank's global operations.
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.
Director Expectations
Provide expert advice to senior functional management and committees to influence decisions made outside of own function, offering significant input to function wide strategic initiatives.
Manage, coordinate and enable resourcing, budgeting and policy creation for a significant sub-function.
Escalates breaches of policies / procedure appropriately.
Foster and guide compliance, ensure regulations are observed that relevant processes in place to facilitate adherence.
Focus on the external environment, regulators, or advocacy groups to both monitor and influence on behalf of Barclays, when appropriate.
Demonstrate extensive knowledge of how the function integrates with the business division / Group to achieve the overall business objectives.
Maintain broad and comprehensive knowledge of industry theories and practices within own discipline alongside up-to-date relevant sector / functional knowledge, and insight into external market developments / initiatives.
Use interpretative thinking and advanced analytical skills to solve problems and design solutions in often complex/ sensitive situations.
Exercise management authority to make significant decisions and certain strategic decisions or recommendations within own area.
Negotiate with and influence stakeholders at a senior level both internally and externally.
Act as principal contact point for key clients and counterparts in other functions/ businesses divisions.
Mandated as a spokesperson for the function and business division.
All Senior 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.
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 Barcl