Senior Product Manager - Wholesale Lending
This role involves taking ownership of wholesale lending products end-to-end, from creating and launching new solutions to improving efficiency and adapting existing offerings to meet evolving business and customer needs. The product manager will manage governance, lead stakeholder forums, navigate compliance and legal requirements, assess bank and market risk, and maintain commercial relevance.
Responsibilities
- Develop and execute product strategy for financial products and services offered within the wholesale division.
- Identify investment opportunities and customer needs to create new products or enhance existing ones.
- Manage the entire product lifecycle, including planning, development, launch, and ongoing management, and oversee service levels.
- Analyze market data to inform product positioning and pricing decisions.
- Assess and manage risks associated with lending products, implementing risk mitigation strategies and participating in governance forums.
- Oversee regulatory and technological change.
Qualifications
- Data-driven thinker, skilled at interpreting complex information to inform strategic decisions and drive measurable outcomes.
- Enthusiastic team player who collaborates effectively, builds trusted relationships across all levels, and fosters a culture of cooperation.
- Confident presenter to senior stakeholders, articulating ideas clearly and influencing decisions with credibility and impact.
- Creative and resourceful, prioritising effectively, taking initiative, and challenging processes constructively to deliver better outcomes.
- Previous experience with debt products and familiarity with wholesale lending is highly valued.
Additional Required Skills
- Risk and controls awareness.
- Change and transformation management.
- Business acumen and strategic thinking.
- Digital and technology proficiency.
Location
London.
Leadership Expectations
- Drive strategy, set requirements, make recommendations for change, and plan resources, budgets, and policies.
- Define job responsibilities and plan departmental needs; counsel employees on performance.
- Demonstrate leadership behaviours: Listen, Energise, Align, and Develop.
- For individual contributors, act as subject-matter expert, guide technical direction, lead collaborative assignments, and coach less experienced specialists.
- Advising key stakeholders, including functional leadership teams and senior management.
- Manage and mitigate risks to strengthen controls.
- Collaborate across functions to support business strategies.
- Create solutions based on sophisticated analytical thinking and strategic analysis.
- Seek, build, and maintain trusting relationships with internal and external stakeholders.
Values
All colleagues will demonstrate the Barclays Values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship, and the Barclays Mindset – to Empower, Challenge and Drive.
