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Head of Risk QA Software Architecture

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Barclays

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Job Description:

Design, deliver, and govern QA software and technology solutions that align with enterprise architecture principles, meet business objectives, and ensure scalability, security, and maintainability. This role bridges strategic architecture with engineering and technical delivery, ensuring that technical solutions are fit-for-purpose, cost-effective, and aligned with organizational standards and long-term technology roadmaps. Purpose of the role: To design, develop, implement, and support mathematical, statistical, and machine learning models and analytics used in business decision-making.

Job Responsibility:

  • Define and document end-to-end solution architectures that meet functional and non-functional requirements, driving QA Software Product strategy
  • Maintain architecture frameworks, enforce standards, and ensure interoperability across systems
  • Collaborate with QA development and Infrastructure teams, as well as with Technology to provide technical guidance, and drive automation and use of AI in CI/CD practices
  • Manage stakeholder expectations within QA and Technology to balance short-term delivery with long-term integrity
  • Ensure solutions meet performance, scalability, and resilience targets while mitigating technical risks
  • Establish colleague training on systems engineering and architecture
  • Design analytics and modelling solutions to complex business problems using domain expertise
  • Collaboration with technology to specify any dependencies required for analytical solutions
  • Development of high performing, comprehensively documented analytics and modelling solutions
  • Implementation of analytics and models in accurate, stable, well-tested software and work with technology to operationalise them
  • Provision of ongoing support for the continued effectiveness of analytics and modelling solutions to users
  • Demonstrate conformance to all Barclays Enterprise Risk Management Policies
  • Ensure all development activities are undertaken within the defined control environment
  • Manage a business function, providing significant input to function wide strategic initiatives
  • Contribute to and influence policy and procedures for the function
  • Plan, manage and consult on multiple complex and critical strategic projects
  • Manage the direction of a large team or sub-function, leading other people managers and embedding a performance culture
  • Provide expert advice to senior functional management and committees to influence decisions
  • 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
  • Focus on the external environment, regulators, or advocacy groups to both monitor and influence on behalf of Barclays
  • Demonstrate extensive knowledge of how the function integrates with the business division / Group
  • Maintain broad and comprehensive knowledge of industry theories and practices within own discipline
  • Use interpretative thinking and advanced analytical skills to solve problems and design solutions
  • Exercise management authority to make significant decisions and certain strategic decisions or recommendations
  • Negotiate with and influence stakeholders at a senior level both internally and externally
  • Act as principal contact point for key clients and counterparts
  • Mandated as a spokesperson for the function and business division

Requirements:

  • Strong knowledge of enterprise architecture frameworks
  • Proficiency in software engineering principles and cloud-native architectures
  • Experience with Agile delivery and technical product ownership
  • Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills
  • Tenacity and perseverance to negotiate and influence multiple stakeholders
  • Proven track record in solution architecture and enterprise architecture roles
  • Hands-on experience in software engineering and technical leadership
  • Familiarity with governance processes and technology roadmaps
  • Experience building highly scalable end to end systems of financial models and calculations and their integration with Technology platforms
What we offer:
  • Hybrid working
  • Structured approach to hybrid working with fixed 'anchor' days
  • Supportive and inclusive culture and environment
  • Commitment to flexible working arrangements
  • International scale offering incredible variety, depth and breadth of experience
  • Chance to learn from a globally diverse mix of colleagues
  • Encouragement to embrace mobility and explore every part of operations

Additional Information:

Job Posted:
December 23, 2025

Employment Type:
Fulltime
Work Type:
Hybrid work
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