# Head of Agile Testing

**Company**: Barclays
**Location**: Canary Wharf, 1 Churchill Place
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Finance
**Industry**: Finance

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## Description

The Head of Agile Testing leads the Agile Testing function, delivering proactive, risk-based, data-led testing across Financial Crime and Compliance risk areas.

The role provides independent challenge and insight through rapid, sprint-based reviews that identify emerging risks, assess the effectiveness of controls and remediation, and provide senior management with forward-looking intelligence.

The role is accountable for establishing and continually enhancing the Agile Testing methodology, operating model, governance, reporting, and delivery capability.

**Accountabilities**

- Identification and assessment of compliance risks through thorough reviews of business activities, changes, processes, testing and systems.

- Identification and investigation of potential market abuse, including Insider Dealing, Unlawful Disclosure, Market Manipulation or Anti-Competitive Conduct.

- Conduct investigation of compliance risk events or breaches.

- Implementation of compliance policies and procedures in line with regulatory requirements.

- Collaboration with 1LOD, other relevant Compliance teams and legal, and relevant risk management functions.

**Director Expectations**

- Manage a business function, providing significant input to function wide strategic initiatives.

- Lead organisation wide projects and act as deep technical expert and thought leader.

- Provide expert advice to senior functional management and committees.

- Manage, coordinate and enable resourcing, budgeting and policy creation for a significant sub-function.

**Experience and Skills** **Essential**

- Significant experience in Financial Crime, Compliance, Risk, Assurance, Audit, or Testing functions.

- Proven leadership experience managing senior specialist teams.

- Strong understanding of AML, Sanctions, ABC, Fraud, and broader Compliance risk frameworks.

- Experience designing and implementing testing, assurance, or oversight frameworks.

- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

- Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills.

**Desirable**

- Experience establishing new functions or operating models.

- Strong expertise in data analytics and management information.

- Familiarity with agile delivery methodologies.

- Experience with technology-enabled testing tools and data platforms.

**Success Measures**

- Identification of emerging risks and thematic issues.

- Quality and timeliness of testing outputs.

- Management adoption of recommendations.

- Reduction in repeat control weaknesses and thematic findings.

- Stakeholder satisfaction and credibility of insights provided.

**Leadership Expectations**

- Sets strategic direction and delivers through others.

- Demonstrates sound judgement and balanced, risk-based decision-making.

- Facilitates constructive challenge while maintaining strong stakeholder relationships.

- Drives innovation and continuous improvement.

## Skills

### Required
- Financial Crime
- Compliance
- Risk
- Assurance
- Audit
- Testing
- AML
- Sanctions
- ABC
- Fraud
- Analytical skills
- Problem-solving skills
- Stakeholder management
- Influencing skills

### Nice to have
- Data analytics
- Agile delivery methodologies
- Technology-enabled testing tools
- Regulatory engagement

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