VP, Analytics Assurance Lead

Barclays

Join us as a VP, Analytics Assurance Lead. At Barclays, our vision is clear - to redefine the future of banking and help craft innovative solutions. You will define and oversee the strategy, governance, and enterprise-wide assurance of analytical models and AI systems. This role ensures that all models and AI solutions operate to the highest standards of quality, fairness, regulatory compliance, and operational resilience. The leader will establish and embed assurance frameworks spanning model risk management, AI safety, validation, monitoring, and responsible AI practices. They will collaborate closely with teams across Modeling, Technology, Risk, Operations, Legal, and Compliance to promote transparency and trust in AI-driven decisioning. The role also drives continuous improvement, innovation, and consistency in how models are designed, evaluated, deployed, and monitored, ensuring analytics and AI capabilities deliver meaningful business value while effectively mitigating risk.

To be successful as a VP, Analytics Assurance Lead, you should have:

• Extensive experience leading model risk management, AI assurance, or advanced analytics governance in a regulated sector such as financial services, banking, credit, or insurance

• Expertise in machine learning, statistical modeling, model validation, and AI/ML monitoring, with familiarity in emerging AI regulatory expectations

• Demonstrated leadership in managing cross-functional programs, influencing senior stakeholders, and implementing enterprise-scale governance or AI assurance frameworks

Some other highly valued skills may include:

• Experience building Responsible AI programs or integrating fairness, explainability, and transparency into machine learning development lifecycles

• Thorough understanding of modern cloud data platforms, MLOps/LLMOps practices, and emerging AI and GenAI architectures

• Previous oversight of hybrid teams across analytics, risk, data science, and technology, with the ability to evolve and scale organizational capabilities

You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in this role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen, strategic thinking, digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills.

This role is located in Whippany, NJ and Henderson, NV offices.

Salary for Whippany, NJ:

Minimum Salary: $160,000

Maximum Salary: $210,000

The minimum and maximum salary/rate information above include only base salary or base hourly rate. It does not include any other type of compensation or benefits that may be available.

Barclays employees are eligible for a suite of competitive and generous employee benefits, including medical, dental and vision coverage, 401(k), life insurance, and other paid leave for qualifying circumstances.

This position is eligible for an incentive award.

Salary for Henderson, NV:

Minimum Salary: $160,000

Maximum Salary: $210,000

The minimum and maximum salary/rate information above include only base salary or base hourly rate. It does not include any other type of compensation or benefits that may be available.

Purpose of the role

To collect, clean, analyse, and visualise data to identify potential risks, assess compliance with regulations, and provide valuable insights to auditors.

Accountabilities

• Development and execution of data extraction strategies to gather relevant data from various sources, including internal systems, external databases, and third-party vendors.
• Analysis of data to identify potential risks and control weaknesses.
• Provision of data-driven insights and analysis to auditors throughout the audit process.
• Supporting the development and testing of audit procedures based on data analysis results.
• Implementation of data management processes to ensure data accessibility, security, and integrity.

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.