Job Summary
Job Overview
Digital currencies (including cryptocurrencies, virtual currencies, central bank digital currencies and more) represent the potential to truly digitise cash management. Digital currency (over centralised or distributed databases or stored-value forms) will become the lubricant of the new economy. If you are a person that thinks this and is driven to create client relevant and value accretive solutions; this is the job for you.
Looking for a competent, self-driven product associate to join the Digital Currencies product team who is passionate about the potential for Digital Currencies to disrupt and innovate payments. An individual who has proven experience of involvement in Blockchain and Digital currencies use cases, proof of concepts and product management and who enjoys researching, communicating and educating on Digital currency topics. You would be joining a team at the forefront of our efforts to digitize cash e2e for the new economy and you will help to drive the “next” for Cash Management.
The Role Responsibilities
Business
• Contributing to the Digital currencies strategy, roadmap and operating plan
• Supporting the Digital currencies team on executing the digital currencies strategy and operating plan
• Researching potential digital currency and sustainability use cases leveraging blockchain technology, crypto, eFiat, tokens, coins, purpose coins and other digital assets including the Regulatory responses and pronouncements related thereto.
• Helping to evaluate and prioritize new product and services opportunities and develop a business case for them including the governance aspects of SCB in Tech, Ops, CFCC, across all PRTs.
• Working with the Digital Currencies team and wider product teams to develop prioritized opportunities from concept through to the execution of a proof of concept
• Supporting the Digital Currencies Product Manager, Product Development, Governance and technical teams on the delivery of Digital Currencies projects
• Supporting the Digital Currencies Product Manager on the commercialization of Digital Currencies initiatives, with specific emphasis on the internal risk, tech, ciso and domain architecture approvals.
• Joining client meetings to discuss co-creation opportunities for Digital Currency use cases
• Researching and joining meetings with potential partners to discuss Digital Currency collaboration opportunities
• Monitoring the constantly changing and fast moving world of Digital currencies and providing updates to the Cash team with the latest news, whitepapers etc.
• Providing education sessions on blockchain and digital currencies to the wider global cash team to upskill digital currencies knowledge within the bank
• Leading the co-ordination of regular newsletters on digital currency news regarding what is happening in the market and what the bank is doing
• Developing and maintaining an internal web page and information depository on Digital Currencies
• Contributing and helping to co-ordinate thought leadership whitepapers on Digital Currency topics.
• Organising internal events and participating in external events on Digital Currencies
Key Responsibilities
Processes
• Works with the team to analysis new revenue streams with meaningful returns over the long term
• Contributes to product build, from reduction of unit cost of product to optimization of launch/go-to-market cost for products.
• Contributes to process design work with Operations, Technology and other function partners with the aim of translating process optimization to bottom line cost control with a high degree of reliability.
Risk Management
• Adherence to all Group Policies and relevant legislation covering credit, operational, reputational risk among others.
• Commitment to Group Code of Conduct
Governance
• Specific responsibility for the governance chains relating to new products, regulatory approach, Cash Tech approvals, DCDA Tech Approvals, Compliance, CISO and other production approval boards.
• Responsible for assessing the effectiveness of the Group’s arrangements to deliver effective governance, oversight and controls in the business and, if necessary, oversee changes in these areas
• Awareness and understanding of the regulatory framework, in which the Group operates, and the regulatory requirements and expectations relevant to the role.
• Willingness to ‘speak up’ in the event of any realized or perceived breach of group conduct rules or laws by colleagues
• Willingness to work with any local regulators in an open and cooperative manner.
Regulatory & Business Conduct
• Display exemplary conduct and live by the Group’s Values and Code of Conduct.
• Take personal responsibility for embedding the highest standards of ethics, including regulatory and business conduct, across Standard Chartered Bank. This includes understanding and ensuring compliance with, in letter and spirit, all applicable laws, regulations, guidelines and the Group Code of Conduct.
• Effectively and collaboratively identify, escalate, mitigate and resolve risk, conduct and compliance matters.
Skills and Experience
Key Stakeholders & Partners
• Central Cash Management team & Pillar Leads
• Product Development Teams
• DCDA (DXCE) Delivery Team
• Local Cash Product teams
• Cash Tech Delivery teams
• CFCC, Legal and Operations Risk, COO
Our Ideal Candidate
- 7 plus years of experience of working on blockchain and digital assets (technology/and or applications).
- Experience of working with Fintech companies and payments systems.
- Experience in DLT and related technologies.
- Knowledge in Digital assets & tokenization.
- Ability to work as part of a team and independently.
- Strong co-ordination and organisational skills.
- Creative and innovative mindset open to learning and feedback
Role Specific Technical Competencies
- DLT and related technologies
- Digital assets and tokenization knowledge
- Fintech exposure
- Research, evaluation and prioritization skills
- Communication and presentation
- Payments knowledge
- HCD
About Standard Chartered
We're an international bank, nimble enough to act, big enough for impact. For more than 170 years, we've worked to make a positive difference for our clients, communities, and each other. We question the status quo, love a challenge and enjoy finding new opportunities to grow and do better than before. If you're looking for a career with purpose and you want to work for a bank making a difference, we want to hear from you. You can count on us to celebrate your unique talents and we can't wait to see the talents you can bring us.
Our purpose, to drive commerce and prosperity through our unique diversity, together with our brand promise, to be here for good are achieved by how we each live our valued behaviours. When you work with us, you'll see how we value difference and advocate inclusion.
Together we:
- Do the right thing and are assertive, challenge one another, and live with integrity, while putting the client at the heart of what we do
- Never settle, continuously striving to improve and innovate, keeping things simple and learning from doing well, and not so well
- Are better together, we can be ourselves, be inclusive, see more good in others, and work collectively to build for the long term
What we offer
In line with our Fair Pay Charter, we offer a competitive salary and benefits to support your mental, physical, financial and social wellbeing.
- Core bank funding for retirement savings, medical and life insurance, with flexible and voluntary benefits available in some locations.
- Time-off including annual leave, parental/maternity (20 weeks), sabbatical (12 months maximum) and volunteering leave (3 days), along with minimum global standards for annual and public holiday, which is combined to 30 days minimum.
- Flexible working options based around home and office locations, with flexible working patterns.
- Proactive wellbeing support through Unmind, a market-leading digital wellbeing platform, development courses for resilience and other human skills, global Employee Assistance Programme, sick leave, mental health first-aiders and all sorts of self-help toolkits
- A continuous learning culture to support your growth, with opportunities to reskill and upskill and access to physical, virtual and digital learning.
- Being part of an inclusive and values driven organisation, one that embraces and celebrates our unique diversity, across our teams, business functions and geographies - everyone feels respected and can realise their full potential.
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