Resilience Governance & Oversight AVP, USCB
Company: Barclays
Location: Whippany
Posted on: January 27, 2026
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Job Description:
Join us as a Resilience Governance & Oversight AVP, USCB. At
Barclays, our vision is clear – to redefine the future of banking
and help craft innovative solutions. In this role you will develop,
implement, and maintain an ample resilience strategy alongside an
effective Operational Recovery Planning and Incident Management
framework. Aligned to industry?leading standards, controls, and
regulatory expectations, the role ensures the bank can respond to
and recover critical business services during severe but plausible
scenarios. The individual will support the organization in
minimizing impacts to customers, clients, colleagues, and the wider
market through robust planning, governance, and disciplined
execution. This role plays a key part in driving operational
stability and embedding a culture of resilience across the
business. To be successful as a Resilience Governance & Oversight
AVP, USCB, you should have: Extensive experience across Resilience,
Risk Management, and Operational Controls, with the ability to
apply these disciplines to strengthen organizational stability and
support regulatory alignment Demonstrated capability in governance,
reporting, business writing, and producing high?quality PowerPoint
presentations with careful attention to detail Project management
experience with the ability to plan, coordinate, and deliver
effectively against key milestones Some other highly valued skills
may include: PMP certification and experience supporting governance
and resilience workstreams Capability in project and milestone
tracking to ensure successful program delivery Excellent
communication skills with the ability to build and maintain
effective stakeholder relationships You may be assessed on the key
critical skills relevant for success in this role, such as risk and
controls, change and transformation, business acumen, strategic
thinking, digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical
skills. This role is located in Whippany, NJ. Minimum Salary:
$100,000 Maximum Salary: $160,000 The minimum and maximum
salary/rate information above include only base salary or base
hourly rate. It does not include any other type of compensation or
benefits that may be available. Barclays employees are eligible for
a suite of competitive and generous employee benefits, including
medical, dental and vision coverage, 401(k), life insurance, and
other paid leave for qualifying circumstances. This position is
eligible for an incentive award. Purpose of the role To develop,
implement, and maintain an effective resilience strategy and
Operational Recovery Planning and Incident Management framework
aligned to industry leading standards and controls and regulatory
expectations, to enable the bank to respond and recover important
business services to severe but plausible scenarios, and minimise
the impact to customers, clients, colleagues and the wider market.
Accountabilities Socialisation and implementation of the resilience
strategy and underpinning framework across the firm (e.g. SMRs and
delegates, business / function resilience role owners and all
colleagues), ensuring complaince to the standard and controls.
Development and enhancement of the resilience, crisis and incident
management framework to uplift recovery and response capabilities
to ensure Important Business Services can continue to operate
during disruption events to minimise the impact on customers,
clients and the market. Operational Recovery Planning and Security
Incident Management planning standards and controls enhancement
according to industry practice, emerging threats and regulatory
requirements. Provide oversight to the business and technology
recovery capability improvements, and uplifts to third-party
(suppliers and Financial Market Infrastructure) recovery
capabilities to enable Important Business Services to remain within
or mitigate impact tolerance thresholds. Communication of the
firm’s / business’ resilience position (risks and remediation)
through clear and transparent scorecards / dashboards to enable
effective investment decisions to the Board and Executive
Committees, Control Forums and business stakeholders. Enhancement
of resilience, crisis management and incident response and recovery
capability through sophisticated, regular and adequate testing
coverage to demonstrate Important Business Services’ ability to
recover within impact tolerance for a severe but plausible
scenario. Assurance that services and products are built
resiliently by the business through the change management process
(NAPAs, DRAs, material change process). Continually remain abreast
of resilience and crisis and incident management developments,
regulatory policy requirements and the emerging landscape.
Mitigation of the impact of unexpected incidents by identifying ,
responding to and enabling the resolution of events that threaten
the services, operations, infrastructure, colleagues and clients of
the bank. Execution of responses to reported incidents and
potential threats from various channels including intelligence,
email, phone and monitoring systems prioritised by the assessed or
actual impact to the bank. Documentation and analysis of past
prioritised incident details, the steps to resolution and the
lessons learnt to support the identification and implementation of
preventative measures and process improvements. 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 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. OR
for an individual contributor, they will lead collaborative
assignments and guide team members through structured assignments,
identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of
specialisation to complete assignments. They will identify new
directions for assignments and/ or projects, identifying a
combination of cross functional methodologies or practices to meet
required outcomes. Consult on complex issues; providing advice to
People Leaders to support the resolution of escalated issues.
Identify ways to mitigate risk and developing new
policies/procedures in support of the control and governance
agenda. Take ownership for managing risk and strengthening controls
in relation to the work done. Perform work that is closely related
to that of other areas, which requires understanding of how areas
coordinate and contribute to the achievement of the objectives of
the organisation sub-function. Collaborate with other areas of
work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with
business activity and the business strategy. Engage in complex
analysis of data from multiple sources of information, internal and
external sources such as procedures and practises (in other areas,
teams, companies, etc).to solve problems creatively and
effectively. Communicate complex information. Complex information
could include sensitive information or information that is
difficult to communicate because of its content or its audience.
Influence or convince stakeholders to achieve outcomes. 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.
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