GAP Product Strategy Lead

About the position

Join Barclays as a GAP Product Strategy Lead, where you will work to optimize business investments and bring data insights-to-action to drive profitable card growth across all GAP brands (Old Navy, Gap, Banana Republic and Athleta). You will directly interface with Gap data and product teams to collaborate on identifying and unlocking business opportunities to drive card revenue. Those opportunities will inform test-and-learn roadmaps across the portfolio, which you will design and implement in coordination with Gap Segment leads, Marketing and CDA (Credit, Data & Analytics) teams. Most importantly, you will provide valuable insights on portfolio performance and build campaign P&Ls for strategic initiatives in close collaboration with internal and external stakeholders. This is an excellent opportunity to develop and lead a product- and data-driven operating model that leverages internal and external data to inform business investment decisions.

Responsibilities

• Execution of market research activities to identify potential partners whose offerings and target markets meet the established criteria for selection.
• Assessment of the financial stability, reputation, and technological capabilities of potential partners.
• Collaboration with legal teams to support the development and negotiation process of agreements.
• Collaboration with internal teams and partnering teams to support the smooth integration of products and services.
• Evaluation of key performance indicators to measure the success of the partnership.
• Relationship management of their counterparts at partner organisations.
• Internal consultations, sharing their market insights and industry knowledge with relevant departments within the bank.

Requirements

• Experience with Retail Cobrand and Private Label programs, as well as other retail payment solutions.
• Progressive levels of managing retail financial services and Cobrand partnerships.
• Undergraduate or Masters degree preferred in areas of Business, Product Management or quantitative field such as Finance, Economics, Physical Sciences, Math, Statistics, Engineering.
• Experience in Business Analysis, Market Research, SQL Querying and Consulting.

Nice-to-haves

• Being an analytical partner and insight creator.
• Excellent verbal and written communications skills.
• Ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams in a matrixed environment.

Benefits

• Opportunity to develop and lead a product- and data-driven operating model.
• Collaboration with internal and external stakeholders.