Talent Vendor Mgmt Strategy Lead – Vice President

Job Description

Talent Vendor Management Strategy Lead – Vice President | Barclays

The Tone:
This is a full-time role at Barclays, located in Chennai. Barclays is a global financial institution dedicated to monitoring existing supplier relationships and operations to mitigate risk to the bank and its customers. This role is crucial for shaping the future of the bank’s Talent function by spearheading the evolution of talent products and services through strategic vendor build-out. You will identify and drive opportunities to enhance vendor experience, effectiveness, efficiency, and control within the talent landscape.

The TL;DR
• Role: Full Time
• Type: Full-time
• Location: In-person Chennai, India (Tamil Nadu)
• Team: Talent Vendor Management team
• Mission: Lead the build-out of strategic vendors to deliver Talent products and services, enhance vendor experience, effectiveness, efficiency, and control, and support colleagues in navigating end-to-end vendor processes.
• Tech Stack: Workday

What You’ll Actually Do
• Management: Manage existing Barclays supplier relationships by developing Management Information (MI) that meets the needs of the bank and complies with quality and control standards.
• Development: Develop service level agreements to guide service delivery, ensuring alignment to time efficiency and supporting the monitoring of service performance.
• Collaboration: Collaborate with various stakeholder groups to align services to clients’ needs and the bank’s objectives.
• Execution: Develop and execute service improvement initiatives that enhance service efficiency and competitive advantage in the marketplace.
• Strategy: Contribute to or set strategy, drive requirements, and make recommendations for change, including planning resources, budgets, and policies, and managing existing processes.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Vice President level role requiring any Undergraduate or Postgraduate Degree, with core domain knowledge in Talent Vendor Management Strategy and the HR Function.
• Experience: Prior experience working with RPOs, demonstrable people leadership skills, and 3rd party management skills.
• Skills: Excellent problem-solving skills with a demonstrated ability to analyse data, structure complex problems, and develop solutions, flexible and adaptable in ambiguous environments, and strong ability to work in a global and highly matrixed organization.
• Bonus: Extensive Procurement/Sourcing experience, experience in managing RPO vendors, experience in Professional Hiring/Executive Recruitment/Campus or Early Careers, and adaptable and fast learner.