Director: Emerging Technologies at Barclays

My team and I enable the rapid technical and commercial review of new technologies; then the effective onboarding of those that add true business value

Barclays

Director: Emerging Technologies

Enabling Barclays to identify best-in-class emerging technologies from the extended ecosystem...

VP - Emerging Capabilities

Building sustainable engagement within Sourcing and fostering value-adding partnerships with suppliers and the extended ecosystem through informative and inspiring communications and events.  Work includes:* Delivering technology open innovation events to find disruptive solutions from start-ups* Organising our 'Go-To' Supplier Awards to showcase those suppliers who have worked in partnership with us to deliver service excellence or innovative solutions* Creating compelling, thought-leadership senior executive presentations* Organising town halls and preparing monthly newslettersInitial role involved acting as the visible face of Technology Sourcing to the business in Western Europe and Africa: capturing work requests, liaising with category sourcing managers, reporting expenditure and savings to the Executive Committee and undertaking front office banking deals and managing programmes. Work included:	•	Leading the commercial negotiations for the new mobile banking programme across the Africa estate.  The programme was a success: the supplier delivered first country on time; pricing was reduced by 48%, and service and service level improvements implemented. 	•	Sourcing Lead for the Western Europe In-Sourcing Programme - a 10 month programme to in-source a multitude of technology and telecoms professional services across the retail and business bank in order to reduce the bottom line costs and to standardise the approach across the region. 	•	Improved technology and procurement governance in Western Europe by implementing adapted global processes to the region	•	Sourcing Lead for the Africa Integration Programme, which aimed to merge the technology operations across twelve Barclays countries and Absa, which all had differing platforms, processes and policies.  		•	Numerous RFPs and contract negotiations for retail front-office banking applications such as ATM, mobile banking and treasury management, particularly in the Africa region

Shona Claremont