Job Summary
We are seeking a talented and passionate senior individual to join the Bank’s Group Investment Management team to lead the Investment Portfolio prioritisation approach, including accountability over targets and outcomes.
The team’s objective is to provide oversight and assurance in the investment management portfolio, with a focus on prioritisation, benefits capture, efficiency and execution risk. The team works under the guidance of the Global Head, Group Investment Management, the COO, TTO & Global Head, Group Transformation, TTO MT and Group MT. The office also collaborates closely with other senior business and functional leaders in the bank to build and drive the group-wide transformation.
Strategy
· Drive the Group-wide Investment Portfolio prioritisation approach and embed the aforementioned process, including ensuring the prioritised programmes are aligned to change delivery standards; are delivering the benefits as per the business cases; and provides insights into the health and performance of the portfolio to drive accountability and efficient utilisation of the Group’s investments to achieve its regulatory and strategic objectives
· Manage the Group’s Investment Portfolio planning process including the Corporate Plan
· Gather insight through the Quarterly Performance Review structure to support management of the Group’s change performance against its strategic objectives
Business
· Act as the deputy for the Global Head, Group Investment Management
· Lead the group investment portfolio review, productivity value capture, and reporting (includes modelling and forecasting of portfolio performance, etc.) to support the investment portfolio prioritisation activities
· Support the production of updates on investment to the GMT and PLC Board regularly (i.e. every six months)
· Support the production of regular updates on Change to the GNFRC and GRC and address their ad hoc requirements, where required
· Facilitate the investment reviews and investment allocation meetings
Key Responsibilities
· Work with individual Businesses and Functions in the context of change management, both to provide general guidance and to support them to resolving specific issues
· Gather feedback from stakeholders, and prioritise and embed these items as improvements into the roadmap of the Group’s Change Standards
People & Talent
· Champion and act as a role model of the Group’s values and culture. Lead through example and build the appropriate culture and values. Sets appropriate tone and expectations for their team and work in collaboration with risk and control partners.
· Lead and support a change in mindset, building a culture of client centricity, agility, and accountability through standardised metrics and measurement, ensuring everyone in the Bank are drivers and owners of client outcomes.
· Set effective metrics and standards, transparently communicating them to team members, providing feedback and rewarding employees accordingly. Set the appropriate tone and expectations for the wider team.
· Employ, engage, and retain high quality people, with succession planning for critical roles.
· Ensure team structure/capacity is reviewed to enable delivery of client outcomes.
· Ensure the provision of on-going training & development, ensure that direct reports are suitably skilled and qualified for their roles and that they have effective supervision in place to mitigate any risk.
· Set and monitor job descriptions and objectives for direct reports and provide feedback and rewards in line with their performance against those responsibilities and objectives.
· Create a motivational and challenging environment for staff which is conducive to creativity and performance with customer centricity in mind.
· Provide feedback on transformation leaders to their people leaders, as part of performance reviews
Risk Management
· Identify, assess, monitor risks to the Group related to Change. Support the development and implementation of controls and mitigation plans.
· Ensure support procedures are in place and adhere to Group Security & Audit policies within the team
Governance
· Responsible for timely and accurate reporting to SC management teams regarding investment portfolio.
· Provide input into the Bank’s Investment Prioritisation approach including but not limited to the Quarterly Review and the investment portfolio review forum that governs all new transformational change investments in the Bank and relevant business case, design and architecture reviews, 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 team to achieve the outcomes set out in the Bank’s Conduct Principles: Fair Outcomes for Clients; Effective Financial Markets; Financial Crime Compliance; The Right Environment.
· Effectively and collaboratively identify, escalate, mitigate and resolve risk, conduct and compliance matters.
Key stakeholders
· COO, TTO & Global Head, Group Transformation
· COO, TTO & Group Transformation MT
· TTO MT
· Group MT
· Business / Function Heads
· Transformation Leads across the Bank
· Functional Partners including Risk, CFCC, HR, Finance, Legal, GIA
Our Ideal Candidate
· 10+ years of experience in Project and Change Management (preferably in financial services)
· Experience delivering complex programmes / projects in IT and/or a financial services environment
· In-depth knowledge and experience in Change Leadership
· Appreciation and understanding of data management and its implication on the Portfolio Analytics capability
· Deep understanding of change governance standards, change management, financial management, project lifecycle and related lifecycle stages.
· Hands-on experience with PM Tools – specifically Clarity and ideally ADO.
· Experience in both Waterfall/Classic and Agile project delivery methodologies.
· Growth mindset. Appetite, ambition and ability to experiment and learn quickly.
· Proven ability to prioritise issues within a large, rapidly changing environment and manage a wide variety / high volume of tasks while maintaining quality delivery.
· Understands the operational environment, processes and controls needed to execute requirements.
· A results-driven professional. Takes ownership to deliver, with a high level of flexibility and a preparedness to ‘roll up his/her sleeves’ to get the job done.
· Strong influencing and communication skills – oral, written and presentation. Proven success in communicating technical information in a simple way.
· A team player; multi-culturally aware with a proven ability to work in a global service delivery model, with onshore and offshore resources.
· A proven ability to work independently, solve problems and make balanced judgments / decisions
· Demonstrates ability to work with limited direction and multi-task without loss of quality
· Confident and courageous to raise/escalate issues in a pro-active, professional, and timely manner
· Demonstrate understanding of and commitment to the Group’s core values
Role Specific Technical Competencies
· Project Management
· Change Management
· Portfolio Management & Analytics
· Financial and Cost Management
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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