Director - Data Scientist CoS Office

Purpose of the Role

We are seeking a senior and experienced Data Scientist to join our Investment Bank. This role presents a unique opportunity to bring your leadership and expertise on leveraging financial data, including revenues, balances, and risk-weighted assets (RWAs) to support broader client data strategies.

Accountabilities

• Link and structure datasets to create a unified and curated data repository.
• Develop and apply AI/ML models to extract meaningful insights from financial and non-financial datasets.
• Enhance reporting tools and data visualization to facilitate strategic decision-making at the highest levels and across client facing teams.
• Play a leading role in driving and implementing strategic client data initiatives aligned with the team’s mandate.
• People leader responsibilities including overseeing and developing talent across the team.

Essential Skills

• Proficiency in large language models, machine learning, Python, SQL, cloud solutions, and Tableau.
• Solid understanding of financials, e.g., revenues, capital, and balance sheet management.
• Ability to present complex data-driven insights in a clear and actionable manner for senior leadership.
• Proactive approach to handling data consolidation, strategic implementation, and insights generation.
• Proven track record of project planning and stakeholder management across the enterprise including front office partners.
• Excellent presentation skills.

Director Expectations

To manage a business function, providing significant input to function-wide strategic initiatives. Contribute to and influence policy and procedures for the function and plan, manage and consult on multiple complex and critical strategic projects, which may be business-wide.

• Manage the direction of a large team or sub-function, leading other people managers and embedding a performance culture aligned to the values of the business.
• Provide expert advice to senior functional management and committees to influence decisions made outside of own function, offering significant input to function-wide strategic initiatives.
• Manage, coordinate, and enable resourcing, budgeting, and policy creation for a significant sub-function.
• Escalate breaches of policies/procedure appropriately.
• Foster and guide compliance, ensure regulations are observed that relevant processes in place to facilitate adherence.
• Focus on the external environment, regulators, or advocacy groups to both monitor and influence on behalf of Barclays, when appropriate.
• Demonstrate extensive knowledge of how the function integrates with the business division/Group to achieve the overall business objectives.
• Maintain broad and comprehensive knowledge of industry theories and practices within own discipline alongside up-to-date relevant sector/functional knowledge, and insight into external market developments/initiatives.
• Use interpretative thinking and advanced analytical skills to solve problems and design solutions in often complex/sensitive situations.
• Exercise management authority to make significant decisions and certain strategic decisions or recommendations within own area.
• Negotiate with and influence stakeholders at a senior level both internally and externally.
• Act as principal contact point for key clients and counterparts in other functions/business divisions.
• Mandated as a spokesperson for the function and business division.

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