Identity & Access Lead - BPL

Job Overview

Purpose of the role: to drive technical excellence and innovation by leading the design and implementation of robust software solutions, providing mentorship to engineering teams, fostering cross‑functional collaboration, and contributing to strategic planning to ensure the delivery of high‑quality solutions aligned with business objectives.

Responsibilities

• Provide guidance and expertise to engineering teams to ensure alignment with best practices and foster a culture of technical excellence.
• Contribute to strategic planning by aligning technical decisions with business goals, anticipating future technology trends, and providing insights to optimize product roadmaps.
• Design and implement complex, scalable, and maintainable software solutions, considering long‑term viability and business objectives.
• Mentor and coach junior and mid‑level engineers to foster professional growth and knowledge sharing.
• Collaborate with business partners, product managers, designers, and other stakeholders to translate business requirements into technical solutions.
• Identify and incorporate new technologies, methodologies, and industry practices into the engineering process.
• Drive requirements, make recommendations for change, and manage resources, budgets, and policies.
• When managing a team, define jobs and responsibilities, plan for future needs and operations, counsel employees on performance and contribute to pay decisions.
• Demonstrate the four LEAD behaviours (Listen, Energise, Align, Develop) to create an environment for colleagues to thrive.
• As a subject‑matter expert, guide technical direction, lead multi‑year assignments, and train less‑experienced specialists.
• Advise key stakeholders, manage and mitigate risks, and strengthen controls in the work that the team performs.
• Collaborate across functions to keep up to speed with business activity and strategies, and create thoughtful, analytical solutions for complex alternatives.
• Seek, build, and maintain trusting relationships and partnerships with internal and external stakeholders, using influencing and negotiating skills to achieve outcomes.
• Demonstrate Barclays values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship, and the Barclays Mindset of Empower, Challenge and Drive.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience of Identity & Access Management (IAM).
• Observability Pipeline experience partnering with peers and CISO.
• Experience of Joiner‑Mover‑Leaver pipeline creation and innovation.
• Tailscale – ability to input on and architect a zero‑trust approach.
• Familiarity with Data Dog – pipeline integration, alerting and monitoring.
• Experience of AWS & Google Cloud administration.
• Assessment on key critical skills: risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen, strategic thinking and digital and technology, as well as job‑specific technical skills.
• Location & Working Arrangements

The successful candidate will be based in London.

Offices are located at 1 Churchill Place and 7 Westferry Circus (new BPL office).

A hybrid working pattern is supported with a 3‑day per week office‑based presence expected.

Business Context

This role is part of Barclays’ payments acceptance business, working with Brookfield partners to create a standalone Payments Acquiring entity.

The focus is on delivering secure identity solutions within the new business line.

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