DLP Lead

hackajob is collaborating with Barclays to connect them with exceptional professionals for this role. Barclays is seeking a Data Loss Prevention Lead with deep data loss prevention expertise and a strong understanding of the operational value of enterprise data. This role is responsible for leading DLP operations that protect a wide range of data types—including personal, financial, customer, and confidential business information—across multiple channels and platforms.

You will bring a global, enterprise‑first mindset, understanding how data flows across regions, systems, and teams, and how effective DLP controls enable the business to operate securely and compliantly at scale. The role combines hands‑on DLP leadership with continuous improvement, trend analysis, and close collaboration across cybersecurity, privacy, and data stakeholders in a global financial services environment.

Key Qualifications

• Deep Data Loss Prevention (DLP) Technical Expertise – Strong hands‑on understanding of DLP tooling and techniques across email, endpoint, network, and cloud environments, including content inspection, data classification integration, rule tuning, and incident triggers.
• Operational Leadership in a Regulated Environment – Proven capability to lead and operate a high‑volume security control function (DLP), including alert triage, incident escalation, continuous improvement, and KPI/KRI‑driven assurance within financial services or a similarly regulated industry.
• Regulatory manage and maintain policies/programs; deliver continuous improvements and upscale 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.
• 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.