Workforce Planning Project Manager

Role : Workforce Planning Project Manager

Location : Canary Wharf, London

Duration : 6 months

Overview of the role:

The role partners closely with Business Management, HR, Finance, and Corporate Strategy to assess existing capability baselines, build future workforce blueprints, optimize location strategies, and implement target operating models (TOM) across a complex, regulated corporate banking environment. A core objective involves evaluating the role and required skillsets of future Directors compared against current capability baselines to design sustainable workforce strategies.

Key skills:

• Workforce & TOM Design: Deep expertise in strategic workforce planning, target operating models, capability frameworks, and location strategy.

• Financial & Cost Modeling: Strong capability in workforce cost modeling, headcount forecasting, recruitment profile mapping, and trade-off/savings analysis.

• Senior Stakeholder Influence: Proven ability to advise, align, and influence senior leadership up to MD and Head of Coverage level.

• Governance & Facilitation: Track record of standing up project governance and chairing multi-stakeholder steering forums to achieve sign-off.

• Domain & Certifications: Extensive transformation delivery within regulated financial services (Corporate Banking preferred); PRINCE2, Agile, or workforce certifications.

Key responsibilities:

• Workforce Architecture: Map capability baselines, identify skills gaps, and design future-state structures, location roadmaps, and operating models.

• Cost & Headcount Modeling: Build data-driven headcount models, recruitment plans, and financial forecasts alongside HR and Finance.

• Governance & Forums: Establish project governance frameworks, monitor risks and milestones, and chair multi-stakeholder working groups.

• Executive Engagement: Deliver executive-grade business cases and decision packs to secure Director- and MD-level alignment.

• Strategic Alignment: Coordinate with Business Management to ensure all restructuring initiatives meet corporate goals, operational standards, and regulatory mandates.

About Barclays

Barclays is a British universal bank. It is diversified by business, by different types of customers and clients, and by geography. Barclays businesses include consumer banking and payments operations around the world, as well as a top-tier, full service, global corporate and investment bank, all of which are supported by its service company which provides technology, operations and functional services across the Group.

Values

Everything Barclays does is shaped by its five values of Respect, Integrity, Service, Excellence and Stewardship. The Barclays values inform the foundations of its relationships with customers and clients, but they also shape how Barclays measures and rewards the performance of colleagues. Simply put, success is not just about what you achieve, but about how you achieve it.

Diversity

Barclays aims to foster a culture where individuals of all backgrounds feel confident in bringing their whole selves to work, feel included and their talents are nurtured, empowering them to contribute fully to Barclays vision and goals.

Hybrid Working

Barclays is currently in the early stages of implementing a hybrid working environment, which means that many colleagues spend part of their working hours at home and part in the office, depending on the nature of the role they are in. Barclays is flexible on how this works and it may continue to change and evolve. Depending on your team, typically this means that colleagues spend a minimum of between 20% to 60% of their time in the office, which could be over a week, a month or a quarter. However, some colleagues may choose to spend more time in the office over a typical period than their role type requires. Barclays also has a flexible working process where, subject to business needs, all colleagues globally are able to request work patterns to reflect their personal circumstances

Your Benefits

As a contract employee of Randstad Sourceright, you’ll receive a wide range of financial and personal benefits. There’s enrolment in a pension plan (after 12 weeks on assignment) and holiday pay. You’ll also get 24/7 access to an Employee Assistance Programme, designed to help you deal with any problems that could be affecting your home or work life. Plus, there’s discounts at heaps of high street shops, restaurants and entertainment - from Asda to Zizzi Italian restaurants.