Product Owner

Purpose of the role

To design, develop and improve software, utilising various engineering methodologies, that provides business, platform, and technology capabilities for our customers and colleagues. 

Accountabilities

• Development and delivery of high-quality software solutions by using industry aligned programming languages, frameworks, and tools. Ensuring that code is scalable, maintainable, and optimized for performance.
• Cross-functional collaboration with product managers, designers, and other engineers to define software requirements, devise solution strategies, and ensure seamless integration and alignment with business objectives.
• Collaboration with peers, participate in code reviews, and promote a culture of code quality and knowledge sharing.
• Stay informed of industry technology trends and innovations and actively contribute to the organization’s technology communities to foster a culture of technical excellence and growth.
• Adherence to secure coding practices to mitigate vulnerabilities, protect sensitive data, and ensure secure software solutions.
• Implementation of effective unit testing practices to ensure proper code design, readability, and reliability.

Vice President Expectations

• To contribute or set strategy, drive requirements and make recommendations for change. Plan resources, budgets, and policies; manage and maintain policies/ processes; deliver continuous improvements and escalate breaches of policies/procedures..
• If managing a team, they define jobs and responsibilities, planning for the department’s future needs and operations, counselling employees on performance and contributing to employee pay decisions/changes. They may also lead a number of specialists to influence the operations of a department, in alignment with strategic as well as tactical priorities, while balancing short and long term goals and ensuring that budgets and schedules meet corporate requirements..
• 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 be a subject matter expert within own discipline and will guide technical direction. They will lead collaborative, multi-year assignments and guide team members through structured assignments, identify the need for the inclusion of other areas of specialisation to complete assignments. They will train, guide and coach less experienced specialists and provide information affecting long term profits, organisational risks and strategic decisions..
• Advise key stakeholders, including functional leadership teams and senior management on functional and cross functional areas of impact and alignment.
• Manage and mitigate risks through assessment, in support of the control and governance agenda.
• Demonstrate leadership and accountability for managing risk and strengthening controls in relation to the work your team does.
• Demonstrate comprehensive understanding of the organisation functions to contribute to achieving the goals of the business.
• Collaborate with other areas of work, for business aligned support areas to keep up to speed with business activity and the business strategies.
• Create solutions based on sophisticated analytical thought comparing and selecting complex alternatives. In-depth analysis with interpretative thinking will be required to define problems and develop innovative solutions.
• Adopt and include the outcomes of extensive research in problem solving processes.
• Seek out, build and maintain trusting relationships and partnerships with internal and external stakeholders in order to accomplish key business objectives, using influencing and negotiating skills 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.

Join us as a “Product Owner" at Barclays, where you'll spearhead the evolution of our digital landscape, driving innovation and excellence. You'll harness cutting-edge technology to revolutionise our digital offerings, ensuring unapparelled customer experiences.
You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in role, such as experience with, skills to meet business requirement as well as job-specific skillsets.

To be successful as a “Product Owner ", you should have experience with:

  Basic/ Essential Qualifications:

• Proven experience leading enterprise-scale technology products, platforms, or digital transformation initiatives.
• Strong understanding of modern architecture patterns, including APIs, microservices, cloud platforms, event-driven systems, and integration technologies.
• Demonstrated ability to influence senior stakeholders and drive strategic outcomes in a complex matrix organization.
• Strong commercial acumen with the ability to balance customer value, business priorities, technology investments, and risk considerations.
• Experience engaging with executive leadership and presenting product strategy, investment cases, and delivery outcomes.
• Acts as a strategic thought leader and trusted advisor to business and technology stakeholders.
• Drives product innovation and technology modernization aligned with organizational objectives.
• Promotes a culture of ownership, customer focus, collaboration, and continuous learning.
• Ensures governance, risk, and control requirements are embedded throughout the product lifecycle.
• Define and drive the product vision, strategy, roadmap, and investment priorities for strategic technology platforms and digital capabilities.
• Partner with senior business, architecture, engineering, and operations leaders to shape product direction and deliver measurable business value.
• Own and prioritize the product backlog, balancing business outcomes, technical modernization, risk reduction, regulatory requirements, and operational excellence.
• Lead large-scale technology transformation initiatives involving APIs, cloud-native architectures, event-driven platforms, data services, and enterprise integrations.

Desirable skillsets/ good to have:

• Oversee dependency management, release planning, risk mitigation, and governance activities across multiple teams and delivery streams.
• Champion Agile, DevSecOps, and Product Operating Model practices, fostering a culture of innovation, accountability, and continuous improvement.
• Mentor Product Owners and delivery teams, helping build product management capability across the organization.

This role is based out of Pune.