Director Global Markets Operations

About the role

hackajob is collaborating with Barclays to connect them with exceptional professionals for this role. Senior Director within Global Margin Operations, reporting directly to the Global Head of Margin Operations, with accountability for a critical and strategically important area supporting the continued growth of Barclays' Prime and Liquid Financing franchise.

Key Accountabilities

• As US Head of Margin Operations, leading a team of approximately 20 FTE across Margin Operations, with responsibility for service delivery, operating performance, risk management, talent development, and execution of the US Margin strategy. Additionally, a key member of the US Global Margin Operations Management Team.
• Global Lead for the Prime Brokerage (PB) and GNA Margin Operations sub-service, overseeing approximately 20 FTE across the US, London and Singapore and responsible for the end-to-end operating model supporting a fast-growing Prime Brokerage and Liquid Financing business.
• Leading the global Prime Margin build-out programme, partnering closely with Front Office, Product, Technology and Operations leadership to design and implement the target operating model required to support significant business growth, new client onboarding and increased market activity.
• Driving a multi-year investment agenda, including substantial hiring and organisational expansion across regions, alongside a large-scale infrastructure, automation and process enhancement programme focused on scalability, control, operational resilience and client experience.
• Member of the Global Margin Operations Senior Leadership Team (5-person SLT), helping shape the strategic direction, investment priorities, operating model evolution and transformation agenda for the wider Global Margin Operations function.

Required Skills & Experience

• Extensive Margin Operations expertise with deep technical knowledge across OTC, Prime Brokerage, Listed Derivatives, Collateral Management and Exposure Management processes.
• Strong Prime Brokerage and Liquid Financing experience, including PB Margin operations, financing products, client servicing models and the operational infrastructure required to support business growth.
• Proven ability to lead large-scale transformation programmes, combining operating model design, process re-engineering, technology delivery and organisational change management within complex global environments.
• Risk and control focused leader with a successful track record delivering risk remediation programmes, strengthening control frameworks and reducing operational risk while supporting business growth.
• Exceptional stakeholder management and influencing capability, able to partner effectively across Front Office, Product, Technology, Risk, Finance and Operations functions to deliver strategic, business-wide initiatives and client-centric outcomes.
• Experience developing and executing operating strategies aligned to business growth objectives, balancing commercial priorities, regulatory requirements, client outcomes and operational scalability.

Leadership Expectations

All Senior 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

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.