Business Management - PBWM

About the role

Barclays is recruiting a Business Management professional for its Private Bank & Wealth Management (PBWM) business in Gurugram, India. The role provides operating and administrative support to senior leaders while helping shape and execute long-term strategic change, and is based at DLF Downtown, Gurugram. It is a permanent position.

Key responsibilities

• Support delivery of high-quality business management and chief of staff activities, preparing executive materials, insights and data-driven analysis to enable decision-making.
• Drive business performance tracking, workforce planning and advanced analytics, and ensure governance, financial discipline and adherence to control frameworks.
• Coordinate leadership forums, committees and operating rhythms, and partner with functions to deliver consistent, insight-led outcomes.
• Implement the target operating model, business development and resource allocation, and oversee the demand pipeline and book of work.
• Support operational efficiency and colleague/customer/client experience, and manage the people plan, talent development and succession planning.
• Manage stakeholder communication, and take part in compliance activities such as SMR and regulatory registrations, crisis management and business continuity.
• Manage technology, real estate, people and communications requirements, and enable oversight of risk management and compliance with the CCO team.
• Control costs and manage the workforce, including financial analysis, planning, forecasting and monitoring of performance against targets.

Required profile

• Experience working with global offices and collaborating across regions, in cross-functional, multi-geographical settings.
• Understanding of finance and accounting concepts and basic data and analytics experience.
• Desirable: significant private bank and wealth management industry experience, and experience devising and executing business strategy.
• Ability to handle confidential, market-sensitive information and to work accurately under pressure.
• Legal right to work in India; the role may be subject to enhanced governance and additional regulatory obligations.

Required skills

• Advanced use of PowerPoint and Excel.
• Strong influencing, stakeholder management, planning and organisation skills.
• Excellent written, analytical and presentation skills.

The role is open to both people leaders and individual contributors, and offers flexible working arrangements to discuss with the hiring manager.