About this role
Job Description
The APAC Equities Cash RTB team manages and supports the production environment for Barclays Capital's fast-growing Cash business.
This is a senior hands-on leadership role responsible for maintaining stability, resilience, and operational excellence of the Cash technology estate. The successful candidate will lead the regional RTB team, drive AI-enabled operational improvements, provide exceptional business support, build trusted relationships with senior business and technology stakeholders.
This is not a traditional Production Support Manager role to solve only for day to day operations, but a role that will uplift the stability and client / user experience of the platforms.
The ideal candidate will be a strong people leader and business partner capable of owning the platform end-to-end with limited management oversight while developing future talent and driving continuous improvement.
The role supports the full front-to-back trade lifecycle across High Touch, Electronic Trading, Program Trading desks and that of Delta 1 & Prime desks that uses the platforms.
Responsibilities span Order / Execution Management, Client Connectivity, Exchange Connectivity, Algorithmic Trading, Market Access and Risk Management platforms.
Key Accountabilities Innovation, Production Stability & Operational Excellence
• Lead day-to-day operations of the APAC Equities Cash production environment. • Ensure stability, availability and resiliency of mission-critical trading platforms. • Drive adoption of AI-enabled solutions for automation, root cause analysis, preventive monitoring, capacity planning, and operational efficiency. • Own incident, problem, and crisis management processes. • Lead complex issue triage and coordinate resolution across technology and business teams. • Drive proactive monitoring, capacity management, automation, and service improvement initiatives. • Maintain strong operational discipline around governance, change management, and service reliability. Leadership & Team Development
• Lead, mentor, and develop the regional Cash RTB team & collaboratively work with Pune & Global teams. • Foster a collaborative, accountable & high-performing team culture. • Develop future leaders and reduce key-person dependencies through effective succession planning and knowledge sharing. Stakeholder Management
• Act as the primary RTB contact for desk heads, traders, sales, operations, senior business stakeholders, and technology partners. • Build trusted relationships across Front Office, Operations, BTB Development, Infrastructure, Cyber Security, and Architecture teams. • Provide clear communication and leadership during major incidents and business escalations. Risk & Controls
• Lead support engagement for regulatory reviews, audits and control assessments. • Ensure technology risks are appropriately identified, managed and remediated. • Maintain compliance with Barclays policies, standards and enterprise risk requirements.
What Success Looks Like Within the first 12-18 months, the successful candidate will:
• Be recognized as the trusted APAC Cash technology leader. • Demonstrate strong ownership of operational stability and platform resilience. • Deliver measurable improvements in incident reduction, automation, and operational efficiency. • Build credibility with business, technology, and management stakeholders. • Develop strong leadership capability and succession coverage within the team. • Operate as an independent senior technology leader capable of owning a significant technology estate. 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.
Essential Skills & Experience
• Strong experience supporting mission-critical trading platforms in a high-volume, low-latency environment. • Proven leadership experience within Markets Technology RTB / Production Support organizations. • Deep understanding of Order Management, Electronic Trading, Algorithmic Trading, Exchange Connectivity, and Client Connectivity platforms. • Strong incident management, problem management, and operational risk experience. • Exceptional stakeholder management skills with the ability to engage effectively at all organizational levels. • Demonstrated success leading and developing technical teams. • Strong understanding of Unix/Linux, databases, networking, and infrastructure fundamentals. • Experience with FIX protocol, exchange connectivity, and client connectivity technologies.
Preferred Qualifications
• Experience supporting Equities Electronic Trading platforms. • Software development, scripting, automation, or engineering experience. • Experience leveraging AI and automation technologies within production support environments. • Familiarity with cloud technologies, observability platforms, and modern operational tooling. • Experience working within a global Markets Technology organization.