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. Our Work

Experience

is the combination of everything that's unique about us: our culture, our core values, our company meetings, our commitment to sustainability, our recognition programs, but most importantly, it's our people. Our employees are self-disciplined, hard working, curious, trustworthy, humble, and truthful. They make choices according to what is best for the team, they live for opportunities to collaborate and make a difference, and they make us the #1 Top Workplace in the area.