About the role
Job Title: Director, Trade Surveillance Technology
About Trade Surveillance Technology
The Compliance Technology department provides technology solutions to the Group Compliance function, which enables it to oversee the Bank’s businesses, ensuring that they adhere to Bank policies as well as securities laws, rules, and regulations to which the Bank is subject. The area is undergoing a step change in the level of governance and focus given to these activities, with the consequent increase in importance placed on technology solutions. The Compliance Technology group is responsible for the development and operations of a broad portfolio of compliance and surveillance systems across Barclays including Global Markets Surveillance, Financial Crime, Risk & Control, Regulatory Disclosures, Control Room and Central Compliance. The Compliance department is spread across US, UK and Asia-Pacific, as is the technology team.
Overall purpose of role:
This role will be responsible for the technology strategy, development, execution and delivery covering Compliance Technology solutions, tools and services. Own and drive the product, data, and AI strategy for Compliance Technology platforms, ensuring alignment with evolving regulatory expectations and measurable business outcomes. Establish and lead a product-centric operating model, shifting from project-based delivery to outcome-driven platform ownership.
Key Accountabilities:
· Establish India as a strategic Compliance Technology capability centre, delivering resilient, regulatory-grade platforms and measurable business outcomes through strong engineering, data, product, controls and talent leadership.
· Act as a key India-based leader within the global Compliance Technology function, owning senior stakeholder relationships across Compliance and ensuring alignment with Colleague CIO and Bank-wide priorities.
· Oversee the design, delivery and operation of Compliance applications across Surveillance, Governance, Risk & Control, Data domains.
· Shape the strategic technology roadmap with business and technology leaders, translating market, regulatory, technology and internal performance insights into clear portfolio priorities and action plans.
· Drive engineering excellence across Compliance Technology by embedding DevSecOps, CI/CD, automated testing, secure-by-design delivery, platform observability and leading delivery practices.
· Ensure critical Compliance platforms meet high availability, resilience, disaster recovery, failover and SRE standards.
· Accelerate adoption of AI, automation, advanced analytics and real-time/event-driven data architectures to improve signal quality, reduce false positives and enable proactive monitoring.
· Coordinate closely with Compliance leaders to align priorities, manage dependencies and risks, and oversee technology responses to regulatory incidents, surveillance breaches and audit findings.
· Manage relationships with strategic technology service vendors to support effective delivery, resilience and platform transformation.
· Build a future-ready workforce strategy aligned to AI, data and cloud skill requirements, creating a high-performing, accountable team culture that recognises strong performance and supports colleague development.
· Promote knowledge sharing and best practices that strengthen Colleague CIO’s ability to proactively address risks, priorities and emerging opportunities.
Stakeholder Management and Leadership:
· The role holder will be expected to interact with senior stakeholders across the organisation in relation to a wide range of initiatives and objectives. These will include, but will not be limited to:
· Regular interactions with MD / CxO level stakeholders across Technology and Compliance.
· Act as a strategic advisor to senior Compliance and Technology leadership on AI adoption, data strategy, and platform transformation.
· Influence department wide strategy on digital, data, and regulatory transformation initiatives.
· Support CIO - Compliance in Senior Management Committees and in Transformation / Programme / Project Forums.
· Support engagement on behalf of Compliance Technology in relation to bankwide technology and data strategy key initiatives.
Decision-making and Problem Solving:
· The role holder will be required to resolve the challenge of significant demand vs. available resources – continually balancing immediate needs with strategic priorities. They will be required to:
· Have a track record in exceeding goals and a bottom-line orientation; evidence of the ability to consistently make good decisions through a combination of analysis, experience and judgment.
· Demonstrated ability to balance the delivery of programs against the realities of a budget; and problem solving, project management and creative resourcefulness.
· Ability to think strategically, anticipate future consequences and trends, and incorporate them into the organizational plan.
· Ability to connect both on an individual level and in large groups; capacity to enforce accountability, cultivate innovation and learn the strengths and weaknesses of the team to put people in a position to succeed.
· Demonstrate ability to make risk-informed decisions on AI adoption and model usage in highly regulated environments.
· Balance innovation with regulatory compliance, auditability, and operational resilience.
· Commitment to ethical, accountable, and transparent leadership.
· Politically savvy collaborator and consensus builder with a track record of bringing people together around a common cause.
Risk and Control Objective:
Ensure that all activities and duties are carried out in full compliance with regulatory requirements, Enterprise-Wide Risk Management Framework and internal Barclays Policies and Policy Standards.
Person Specification:
The role requires an accomplished senior technology leader with a proven track record and be able to evidence the following.
Essential senior leadership capabilities:
· Senior leadership experience setting technology strategy, leading large-scale transformation and influencing senior stakeholders to deliver measurable business outcomes.
· Ability to lead modern engineering organisations and establish resilient, secure and observable platforms using contemporary delivery practices.
· Experience shaping data, AI and product-led platform strategies that improve operational performance, risk management and value delivery.
· Ability to balance innovation with regulatory expectations, cyber requirements, auditability and operational resilience.
· Proven ability to lead diverse teams through change, build high-performing cultures and communicate with impact across all levels.
· Highly developed presentation, facilitation, and communication skills (both verbal and written)
Basic skills:
· Degree-level education in science, technology or a related discipline, or equivalent senior leadership experience.
· Strong understanding of modern engineering practices, including DevSecOps, SRE, automated testing, secure-by-design delivery and platform observability.
· Experience applying data, automation and AI-enabled capabilities to improve delivery, operational efficiency and control outcomes.
· Experience leading and executing complex technology transformational programs and data/cloud modernization programs
· Ability to operate effectively in a highly regulated environment with strong control, resilience and stakeholder management discipline.
· Knowledge and understanding of financial services industry: compliance, regulatory, or legal operations including knowledge of Financial Instruments, FO /Risk / Compliance processes, Reg & Control framework.
Additional preferred skills:
· Financial services experience, particularly in compliance, regulatory, legal, Markets or Investment Banking environments.
· Experience designing or delivering surveillance, control room, electronic communications, anti-financial crime or other compliance technology platforms.
· Experience engaging with regulators, internal or external auditors and legal counsel.
· Architecture experience across data, AI, cloud or compliance platforms.
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