Date live: 05/15/2026

Business Area: Group Economic Crime COO

Area of Expertise: Change

Contract: Permanent

Reference Code: JR-(phone hidden)

At Barclays, we don’t just adapt to the future - we shape it. Embark on a transformative journey as an AVP - Continuous Improvement , where you will play a pivotal role in championing a culture of continuous improvement across global locations. Working through a broad network of Continuous Improvement (CI) Champions embedded within respective towers, you will help drive “best-in-class” outcomes for our clients and colleagues. You will be responsible for driving the CI framework, leading the Innovate to Elevate (I2E) platform, and ensuring effective execution in partnership with CI Champions and Tower Operations Change Leads.

To be successful in this role, you should demonstrate:

- Proven experience as a transformation and change professional, with the ability to challenge the status quo and drive innovation.
- Strong communication and influencing skills (oral, written, and presentation), with expertise in crafting and delivering impactful messages to senior stakeholders across geographies.
- A strong track record of delivering continuous improvement and transformation initiatives.
- Experience mobilizing and delivering both large
- and small-scale change programmes.
- Knowledge of Anti-Money Laundering (AML) processes and lifecycle.
- Experience leading teams through change, enabling adoption, and fostering a culture of continuous improvement.
- A self-driven mindset, with the ability to work independently and deliver to high standards.
- A proactive approach to identifying and resolving operational inefficiencies through practical and innovative solutions.
- Demonstrated ability to influence and build partnerships with senior stakeholders,



including MDs and Directors.
- Strong leadership, facilitation, relationship-building, presentation, and negotiation skills.
- High flexibility, adaptability, and creativity.

Highly Valued Skills

- Comfort engaging with senior executives, both internally and externally.
- Ability to manage multiple deadlines across competing priorities.
- Experience in operating in a matrix environment across Operations and Technology.
- Experience in delivering change within regulatory-driven, time-bound environments.
- Experience in leading global transformation programmes and projects.
- Knowledge of process improvement methodologies (Lean, Six Sigma, Agile).
- Experience in automation delivery, including RPA and other tactical platforms.
- Proven experience within the Financial Services industry.

You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in role, such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen strategic thinking and digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills.

This role is based in our Pune office.

Purpose of the role

To support the organisation, achieve its strategic objectives by the identification of business requirements and solutions that address business problems and opportunities.

Accountabilities

- Identification and analysis of business problems and client requirements that require change within the organisation.




- Development of business requirements that will address business problems and opportunities.
- Collaboration with stakeholders to ensure that proposed solutions meet their needs and expectations.
- Support the creation of business cases that justify investment in proposed solutions.
- Conduct feasibility studies to determine the viability of proposed solutions.
- Support the creation of reports on project progress to ensure proposed solutions are delivered on time and within budget.
- Creation of operational design and process design to ensure that proposed solutions are delivered within the agreed scope.
- Support to change management activities, including development of a traceability matrix to ensure proposed solutions are successfully implemented and embedded in the organisation.

Assistant Vice President Expectations

- To advise and influence decision making, contribute to policy development and take responsibility for operational effectiveness. Collaborate closely with other functions/ business divisions.
- Lead a team performing complex tasks, using well developed professional knowledge and skills to deliver on work that impacts the whole business function. Set objectives and coach employees in pursuit of those objectives, appraisal of performance relative to objectives and determination of reward outcomes
- If the position has leadership responsibilities, People Leaders are expected to demonstrate a transparent 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.
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📌 Avp - Continuous Improvement (Pune)
🏢 Barclays
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