JOB SUMMARY
- This role could be based in Singapore, Hong Kong and China. When you start the application process you will be presented with a drop down menu showing all countries, Please ensure that you select a country where the role is based.
- Standard Chartered are looking to hire someone to globally head the Compute Area of their Private Cloud Infrastructure team. In this role the individual will be accountable for Architecture, Design, Engineering and Operations of the platform. Compute Services comprises of Mainframes, AIX, OS400 as well as responsibility for ensuring the currency and stability of all non-virtualized x86 hardware.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Strategy
- Evolve and own the location, service and organisation strategies for the Mainframe, AIX, OS 400 and estate management (Compute Services)
- Evolve and own the technology strategy for the Compute services in the Bank
Business
- Ensure the highest levels of service availability and performance across the Compute support areas
- Constantly drive efficiency initiatives in the Compute services, especially on vendor spend and organisational design
- Manage the support costs within budget.
- Ensure vendor relationships are appropriately managed and deliver value.
Processes
- To be the owner of Service Level Agreements (SLAs) and Operational Level Agreements (OLAs) for Compute services
- To design and implement operational reporting of key performance indicators (KPIs) against these SLAs and OLAs
- Design and operate an effective support model across the compute infrastructure
People & Talent
- Lead through example and build the appropriate culture and values. Set appropriate tone and expectations from the team and work in collaboration with risk and control partners.
- Ensure the provision of ongoing training and development of people, and ensure that holders of all critical functions are suitably skilled and qualified for their roles ensuring that they have effective supervision in place to mitigate any risks.
- Employ, engage and retain high quality people.
- 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.
Risk Management
- Ensure that risks associated with the Compute services and related suppliers are identified, recorded and managed.
Governance
- Take personal responsibility for understanding the risk and compliance requirements of the role.
- Understand and comply with, in letter and spirit, all applicable laws and regulations, including those governing anti-money laundering, terrorist financing and sanctions; the Group’s policies and procedures; and the Group Code of Conduct.
- Embed the Group’s values and code of conduct to ensure that adherence with the highest standards of ethics, and compliance with relevant policies, processes and regulations among employees form part of the culture.
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
- Other T&O Domain and sub-domain heads, application owners, and support team leads
- Third party suppliers, internal CIOs
Other Responsibilities
- Embed Here for good and Group’s brand and values in Private Cloud Infrastructure.
Our Ideal Candidate
- 10+ years’ experience in managing IBM hardware technologies like P-Series and Mainframe
- Experience in managing large global x86 infrastructure deployments
- Successfully lead the engineering and operations of Mainframe, AIX and OS400 technologies
- Good understanding of financial models for Datacentre hardware
- Successfully handle challenging roles requiring collaboration and stakeholder management
Role Specific Technical Competencies
- Mainframe support
- Mainframe Engineering
- Mainframe Design/Architecture
- AIX and OS400 Design/ Architecture
- Infrastructure Estate Management
- IT Service 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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