Business Development Director - Gaming BPL at Barclays, Canary Wharf

Business Development Director - Gaming BPL at Barclays in Canary Wharf. Full-time. Est. up to $80k. Apply with swipeandhired.

Purpose of the role
To identify and capitalise on business opportunities, expansion of the customer base, relationship management, and driving of revenue growth.

Accountabilities

Vice President Expectations

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.

Join us as a Business Development Director – Gaming, where you will play a key role in driving sustainable commercial growth across our gaming portfolio. You will focus on expanding our presence within the gaming sector by leveraging your payments expertise and proven ability to acquire new business, helping to shape the future direction of our travel payments strategy.

You will operate as a senior business development leader, responsible for identifying, targeting, and securing new opportunities within the gaming industry. Partnering closely with internal stakeholders across Sales, Product, and Strategy, you will deliver commercially compelling payment solutions, build effective client relationships, and ensure alignment with broader business objectives and growth ambitions. This is a highly commercial, externally facing role with a clear emphasis on market expansion and revenue generation.

To be successful in this role, you will have the following :

Desirable skills include:

You may be assessed on the key critical skills relevant for success in role such as risk and controls, change and transformation, business acumen strategic thinking and digital and technology, as well as job-specific technical skills.

This role will be based in London with travel expected.

Barclays’ payments acceptance business provides critical infrastructure to the UK economy, processing billions of pounds of payments annually for both small businesses and domestic and international corporate clients.

In April 2025, we announced a long-term partnership with Brookfield Asset Management to grow and transform the payments acceptance business by broadening the range of services offered, enhancing the experience for both existing and prospective clients. Leveraging extensive client relationships and deep experience of UK payments, we will create an environment of continuous innovation - activated by Brookfield’s global private equity expertise in payments, technology, operational transformation and corporate carve-outs - to ensure the business is strategically positioned for long-term growth.

Barclays will invest approximately £400m in the new business, the majority of which will be incurred during the first three years. Performance-linked incentives will drive greater alignment between the partners, underpinning the long-term commitment to the transformation. Barclays and Brookfield will work to create a standalone entity over time, continuing to use the Barclaycard Payments (BPL) brand and acting as the sole payments acceptance services provider to Barclays’ clients for a minimum of ten years.