Job Summary
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The Chapter Area Lead Front-end development – WRB Tech is a leadership role focussing on people development & capability building in mobile
Strategy
· Establish a catalogue of user interface components, drive standardization of user interfaces, proactively identify re-usable user interface assets and establish a delivery plan for re-usable assets.
· Ensure consistency in design elements and layouts across different browsers, markets and devices. Establish process for adoption of upcoming mobile OS, web development standards.
· Establish CI/CD pipeline for iOS, Android, HarmonyNext, & web development & web content management including associated processes
· Oversees the execution of functional standards and best practices
· Provide thought leadership on the craft, inspire and retain talents by developing and nurturing an extensive internal and external network of practitioners.
· This role is around capability building, it is not to own applications or delivery
· Creates a strategy roadmap to facilitate convergence of existing landscape to the re-usable and standardized
Business
· Dedicated management role, is tech native, can understand technology down to a detailed level if needed
· Responsible to evolve the craft towards improving automation, simplification and innovative use of latest market trends.
· Scales the practices and capabilities across multiple hives i.e. mobile/front end experience across the app, driving consistency across skill domains, enabling scaling and consistency of skillsets and practices in partnership with the Hive Tech Leads
Processes
· Adopt and embed the Change Delivery Standards throughout the lifecycle of the product / service.
· Ensure role, job descriptions and expectations are clearly set and periodic feedback provided to the chapter leads
· Ensures the establishment of capability development systems across the chapter area, measuring and tracking the improvement of their chapter area members as well as chapter leads
People & Talent
· Accountable for people management and capability development of their Chapter members.
· Reviews metrics on capabilities and performance across all of the Chapters in their area, has improvement backlog for their Chapters and drives continual improvement of Chapters.
· Work closely with back end chapters to integrate front end components assets with server-side logic and APIs assets & APIs.
Risk Management
· Establish process for adoption of upcoming mobile OS, web development standards.
· Responsible for effective capacity risk management across the Chapter Area with regards to attrition and leave plans.
Regulatory & Governance
· Ensure all artefacts and assurance deliverables are as per the required standards and policies (e.g., SCB Governance Standards, ESDLC, Corporate Group Plan etc.)
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.
· Lead the Digital Experience team to achieve the outcomes set out in the Bank’s Conduct Principles
· Effectively and collaboratively identify, escalate, mitigate and resolve risk, conduct and compliance matters.
Key stakeholders
· Global Head of Domain Delivery
· Global Head of Platform Delivery
· Global Head of WRB Digital
· Chief Architect – WRB
· Chief Product Owner(s)
· CIO , WRB
· WRB CISO
· WRB COO
Our Ideal Candidate
· 14+ years of experience in leading digital technology teams.
· Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field.\
· Expert in HTML5, CSS3, Javascript, iOSSwift, Android (Kotlin)Kotlin, good to have HarmonyOS Next knowledge.
· Experience with modern front end frameworks/libraries such as React, Angular, or Vue.js
· Experience in hybrid mobile app development using Webviews, good to have Apache Cordova Knowledge.
· Experience in global diverse organisation in building overall capability and technical expertise
· Experience in industry bench marking for technical skills
· Familiarity Experience with responsive design principles and techniques for building mobile-friendly web applications.
· Ability to articulate the overall vision for the Chapters and ensure upskilling of the organisation holistically
· Experience in identifying skill gaps and mitigate risks to deliverables
· Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail, with a passion for delivering high-quality user experiences.
· Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively in a cross-functional team environment.
Role Specific Technical Competencies
· Programming & Scripting – Swift, Kotlin, Javascript, HTML5. CSS5
· iOS, Android
· Network Fundamentals
· Security Fundamentals
· Database Development
· REST APIs, web sockets, web RTC
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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