JOB SUMMARY
· We are a leading international bank focused on helping people and companies prosper across Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. To us, good performance is about much more than turning a profit. It's about showing how you embody our valued behaviours: do the right thing, better together and never settle, as well as our brand promise: Here for good. We're committed to promoting equality in the workplace and creating an inclusive and flexible culture, one where everyone can realize their full potential and make a positive contribution to our organization. This in turn helps us to provide better support to our broad client base. The Financial Markets Technology function is responsible for the systems development and technology infrastructure which underpin the Bank’s services for Financial Markets clients. Within the Financial Markets infrastructure, SABRE (Standard Chartered Analytics Booking and Risk Engine) is the bank’s strategic platform for trade processing, valuation and market risk and has been entirely developed in house.
· The Financial Markets Risk Technology team is looking for an experienced and seasoned technical project manager to contribute towards the building of a new market and reference data platform within FM. Whilst the SABRE platform has continuously been improved over the years to scale to an ever-increasing user base and a growing number of capabilities, amount of data and computation, its static and market data components have grown organically without going through any drastic transformation. The refreshed FM static and market strategy also provides a unique opportunity to realign the Static and Market Data Service software architecture, interfaces and operational processes to that strategy. It’s also an enabler for all major projects: FRTB, IBOR transition, key systems migrations and more. The team is made of ~30 people and delivers to all functions, FM Front Office (incl. Quants), Middle Office, Market Risk, Valuation Control, Product Control, Technology and Back Office. It covers all asset classes: FX, Rates, Credit, EQ and Commodities.
· The role consists in joining the team to project manage the build for this strategic market and reference data platform with centralized data interfaces and data store to support the Financial Market intraday and EOD pricing and risk management.
RESPONSIBILITIES
· The candidate will be able to quickly establish objective working relationships with senior front office, COO, risk, finance, operations and technology stakeholders. The candidate is expected to drive a dynamic, globally dispersed team of business analysts, technologists, change managers and business stakeholders and take full ownership of project management and governance throughout the delivery cycle. The role will be supported in that endeavour by applications managers, delivery managers and SME from the various parts of Financial Markets Technology: Market Data, Pricing & Risk, Trade Processing, Data, Regulatory and Operations.
· The candidate will need to bring accomplished leadership, intuitive organisational awareness and assured project management skills to the role. The successful candidate will have an extremely solid Financial Markets and risk and market data background with a solid track record delivering large scale technology programmes. The candidate will also be able to dive into details and help his team solve complex cross-platform problems. The candidate will be agile-fluent, comfortable and effective in dealing with the resistance that comes with large change programmes.
Key Outcomes
· Resource and project plans allowing to meet the programme objective
· Project implementation and change managed in accordance with agreed best practice
· Provision of logistical and implementation planning and support to all stakeholders in executing the deliverables in a consistent and transparent manner
· Establishment of an appropriate, efficient and comprehensive governance model to establish, manage and achieve the programme objectives. Definition of organization, roles, ceremonies, reporting
· Key project execution deliverables: scope definition, testing plan, acceptance criteria, roll out plans, financials management
· Assist with communication, planning and scoping of sprints
· Identify risks and impediments early, plan mitigating steps and communicate these to workstream lead and business stakeholders in a timely manner
· Gain recognition as a of the nWOW ("new Ways of Working") through agile advocacy, programme leadership and delivery
· Be prepared and ready for internal or external audit inspection
· Be an active member of the scrum team, assisting with sprint planning and retrospective
Strategy
· Establish the position as the single point of escalation for FM Market & Reference Data knowledge and advice
· Represent the interests of the FM Technology, where necessary, in relevant committees or management forums
· Prepare and/or contribute material to relevant, higher-management committees as required.
· Record and continually review and revise the assessments of programme risks and issues.
Skills & Traits
· Strong communication skills – written and from the platform – with the ability to tailor messages to the audience.
· Pro-active stakeholder engagement with strong influencing capability.
· Possess a driven, can-do attitude and proactive in stakeholder engagement.
· Highly effective working and interacting with multiple stakeholders’ teams and functions.
Knowledge and Experience
· Expert in planning, organizing and leading large-scale technology projects (> 100 people) in the Financial Markets industry.
· Sound knowledge and first-hand experience of Financial Markets trade life cycle, pricing and risk (at least one asset class in-depth).
· Expert in full life-cycle software design and implementation with post-implementation support.
· Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
· Experience working with senior business stakeholders and executive committees in Financial Markets
· Strong communication and presentation skills
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
Key Stakeholders
· Traders, quantitative analysts, middle office, operations, market risk, finance, developers, testers, project managers, support groups
Our Ideal Candidate
· 10+ years’ experience with project management, solution design and end-to-end delivery in the Financial Markets industry
· Ability to provide direction and leadership; able to deal with uncertainty
· Advanced understanding of agile ways of working and delivering transformation
· Strong interpersonal, relationship building, and influencing abilities
· Ability to collaborate and work dynamically across a broad range of stakeholders
· Strong problem solving and analytical skills.
· Ability to manage geographically dispersed stakeholder base with multi-cultural awareness and sensitivity
· Highly disciplined and structured with an outcome orientated mindset and approach
· Strong knowledge of derivatives across asset classes encompassing product knowledge, pricing, risk analytics and trade life cycle
· Extensive knowledge in the reference and market data (rate/fx/cds/commodities curves, vol surfaces, FM instruments, bonds/ABS, futures …etc)
· Experience with real-time market data (i.e. Bloomberg BPIPE and Refinitiv RTDS/TREP) is a big plus.
· Background in engineering is a big plus
· Proven ability to work across business streams and have exposure to front to back system implementation.
· Good understanding of key technology concepts, strong technical acumen is a big plus.
· Pragmatic team player with an attention to detail.
· Ability to drive multiple agenda and effectively manage priorities.
· Strong communication and presentation skills.
· Multicultural awareness.
· Displays personal authority, integrity and ethics
· Bachelors/ Master’s Degree in Banking / Finance / Management from a well-reputed university.
Role Specific Technical Competencies
· Expert in planning, organizing and leading large-scale technology projects (> 100 people) in the Financial Markets industry.
· Financial Markets and Derivatives Product Knowledge, Market and Reference Data Knowledge
· Strong stakeholder management, Communication and presentation skills
· Key technology concepts and SDLC and knowledge of Agile delivery
· Strong problem solving and analytical skills
About Standard Chartered
We're an international bank, nimble enough to act, big enough for impact. For more than 160 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
· Be better together, we can be ourselves, be inclusive, see more good in others, and work collectively to build for the long term
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, parental/maternity (20 weeks), sabbatical (12 weeks 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.
· Recruitment assessments - some of our roles use assessments to help us understand how suitable you are for the role you've applied to. If you are invited to take an assessment, this is great news. It means your application has progressed to an important stage of our recruitment process.
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