VP, TM Detection & Optimization - Data-Driven Leader

Role Overview

hackajob is collaborating with Barclays to connect them with exceptional professionals for this role. Driving resilient, data‑informed monitoring frameworks that strengthen Barclays’ control environment. Join our Financial Crime Detection team as VP Transaction Monitoring Detection & Optimization and play a pivotal role in shaping the end-to-end lifecycle of TM detection solutions across Barclays UK and Barclays International. This position partners closely with other Financial Crime Detection specialists, Technology, Operations, and business stakeholders to align detection capabilities with evolving priorities and emerging risks. You will provide experienced oversight of global TM models, engage with validation and data teams to address highly detailed model‑related considerations, and support the advancement of automated detection capabilities that enhance precision, efficiency, and overall control effectiveness. This is a high‑impact opportunity to influence critical monitoring frameworks and strengthen the bank’s intelligence‑focused approach to financial crime risk management.

Qualifications

• Transaction monitoring model and advanced controls capabilities
• Critical thinking and an analytical mindset
• Regulatory and audit communication capability

Other Highly Valued Skills

• In-depth understanding of Financial Institution data (e.g. Customer/Account, Transactional, Payment), systems and flows
• Familiarity of Big Data / Data Lake technologies such as Apache Hadoop Spark, Hive, Impala
• Understanding of statistical concepts such as descriptive statistics, sampling, classification, and its application toward setting up and optimizing TM systems

Location & Compensation

Location: New York, NY.

Minimum Salary: $160,000.00 Maximum Salary: $210,000.00

The minimum and maximum salary/rate information above includes only base salary or base hourly rate. It does not include any other type of compensation or benefits that may be available.

Purpose of the Role

To design, develop, implement, and maintain various statistical, mathematical and machine learning models to support decision-making by analysis and solving complex problems.

Accountabilities

• Acquisition and collection of data from various sources, including internal databases, external datasets, and real‑time feeds.
• Performing data cleaning and pre‑processing tasks to ensure data quality and suitability for model development.
• Design and implementation of data management strategies for model maintenance and future development.
• Designing, development, and implementation of statistical and machine learning models for various applications, including credit risk assessment, fraud detection, customer segmentation, and marketing optimisation.
• Monitoring model performance in real‑time and identifying any potential issues or biases.
• Leading training, mentoring, and knowledge‑sharing sessions to uplift machine‑learning capability across the organisation.
• Evaluating and piloting emerging technologies, tools, and frameworks to ensure the organisation remains at the forefront of AI innovation.

Vice President Expectations

• Contribute to or set strategy, drive requirements, and make recommendations for change. Plan resources, budgets, and policies; manage and maintain policies/processes; deliver continuous improvements and elevate breaches of policies/procedures.
• If managing a team, define jobs and responsibilities, plan the department’s future needs and operations, counsel employees on performance and contribute to employee pay decisions/changes. Lead specialists to influence the operations of a department in alignment with strategic and tactical priorities while balancing short‑ and long‑term goals and ensuring that budgets and schedules meet corporate requirements.
• Demonstrate leadership behaviours to create an environment for colleagues to thrive and deliver a consistently excellent standard. The four LEAD behaviours are: Listen and be authentic, Energise and inspire, Align across the enterprise, Develop others.
• If an individual contributor, act as a subject‑matter expert within their discipline, guide technical direction, lead collaborative, multi‑year assignments, and support team members through structured assignments. 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, supporting 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’s functions to contribute to achieving the goals of the business.
• Collaborate with other areas of work to keep up to speed with business activity and strategies.
• Create solutions based on sophisticated analytical thought, compare and select complex alternatives. Conduct in‑depth analysis with interpretative thinking to define problems and develop innovative solutions.
• Adopt and incorporate the outcomes of extensive research in problem‑solving processes.
• Build and maintain trusting relationships and partnerships with internal and external stakeholders to accomplish key business objectives, using influencing and negotiating skills to achieve outcomes.

Values

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.