Compliance Technology Director

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.

Accountabilities

• Lead the strategy, design and delivery of Compliance Technology platforms across Surveillance, Governance, Risk & Control, Data, Employee and Banking Compliance.
• Define and execute the product, data and AI roadmap, aligned to regulatory expectations, business outcomes and enterprise priorities.
• Drive AI-enabled detection, automation and real-time data capabilities to improve monitoring, signal quality and operational effectiveness.
• Embed modern engineering practices including DevSecOps, CI/CD, automated testing, observability, SRE and secure-by-design principles.
• Ensure critical compliance platforms meet high standards for availability, resilience, disaster recovery, cyber security and regulatory control.
• Lead the technology response to regulatory incidents, surveillance breaches and audit findings, ensuring timely root cause analysis, remediation and prevention.
• Own senior stakeholder relationships across Compliance and Technology, aligning priorities, dependencies and outcomes.
• Provide clear communications and executive-level updates for senior management, regulators, auditors and wider stakeholders.
• Represent Compliance Technology in industry forums, regulatory discussions and benchmarking activities to help shape future technology direction.
• Manage people, financial and vendor resources to deliver commitments within agreed time, budget and quality objectives.
• Build future-ready capability across AI, data, cloud, engineering and advanced analytics, addressing talent gaps and aligning to the people strategy.
• Create a high-performing, accountable and inclusive team environment that recognises strong performance and promotes knowledge sharing.

Director Expectations

• 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.
• Escalates 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.

Stakeholder Management and Leadership

• Partner with MD / CxO-level stakeholders across Technology, Operations and Compliance.
• Act as a strategic advisor on AI adoption, data strategy and platform transformation.
• Influence firmwide digital, data and regulatory transformation priorities.
• Represent Compliance Technology in senior management, transformation, programme and project forums.

Decision-making and Problem Solving

• Make sound decisions using analysis, experience and judgement to deliver measurable outcomes.
• Balance programme delivery, budget constraints and resource availability through practical problem solving.
• Anticipate future risks, trends and regulatory expectations, incorporating them into strategic plans.
• Balance innovation with regulatory compliance, auditability, operational resilience and ethical AI use.

Person Specification

• 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.

Basic skills:

• Degree-level education in science, technology or a related discipline, or equivalent senior leadership experience.
• Surveillance technology knowledge, including trade surveillance, control room, electronic communications, anti-financial crime or related compliance platforms.
• 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.
• Ability to operate effectively in a highly regulated environment with strong control, resilience and stakeholder management discipline.

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.

Whippany

• Salary / Rate Minimum: $220,000
• Salary / Rate Maximum: $300,000