JOB SUMMARY
- This is a fixed term 12-month contract with the Bank.
- We are seeking an experienced Program Manager to lead the delivery of the strategic Genesis program within the bank, ensuring alignment with organizational goals, regulatory requirements, and stakeholder expectations. The Genesis Program aims to transform the Group’s balance sheet forecasting capabilities by designing and implementing a range of new tools and process changes. This role will oversee end-to-end program management, balancing strategic objectives, operational efficiency, and governance standards. The successful candidate will be responsible for delivering value to the business while coordinating cross-functional teams, budgets, risks, and stakeholder communications.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Strategy
- Define the program’s objectives, success metrics, and strategic alignment with the bank’s priorities.
- Ensure that program deliverables support the bank’s broader transformation, growth, and innovation strategies.
Business
- Develop and implement a robust program plan that delivers measurable value within agreed timelines and budget.
- Work closely with business leaders to identify opportunities, dependencies, and potential risks associated with the program.
Processes
- Oversee all phases of the program lifecycle, including initiation, planning, execution, monitoring, and closure.
- Manage program scope, timelines, and budgets, ensuring all deliverables meet quality standards and stakeholder expectations.
- Establish and maintain standardized processes, tools, and templates to streamline program execution and reporting.
- Identify and resolve program issues and bottlenecks efficiently, escalating where necessary to senior management.
People & Talent
- Coordinate, motivate, and manage cross-functional teams, ensuring clarity of roles and responsibilities.
- Foster a high-performing, collaborative environment, promoting accountability and continuous improvement.
- Identify resource needs and work with HR and business units to allocate and onboard appropriate talent.
- Be a key voice within Group FP&A, Treasury COO and Plan to Perform leadership teams
Risk Management
- Implement robust risk management practices, identifying, assessing, and mitigating program risks proactively.
- Ensure adherence to the bank’s governance framework, policies, and procedures throughout the program lifecycle.
Governance
- Monitor and report on program progress, risks, and financials to executive leadership and relevant committees.
- Manage compliance with internal and external audit requirements related to the program.
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
- Finance and Treasury COO Management Team
- Group Treasury Management Team
- Group Finance Leadership Forum
- Business and Country CFOs
- Business and Country Balance Sheet Management teams
- Key business colleagues including FRM
- Other members of Group FP&A and Capital teams
Other Responsibilities
- Embed Here for good and Group’s brand and values in Genesis; Perform other responsibilities assigned under Group, Country, Business or Functional policies and procedures
Our Ideal Candidate
- 8+ years of program management experience, preferably within the banking or financial services sector.
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, or a related field (Master’s preferred); PMP or equivalent certification is a plus.
- Strong strategic planning, financial management, and organizational skills.
- Excellent leadership and interpersonal skills, with a proven ability to manage diverse teams.
- Proficiency in program management tools (e.g. Clarity, Microsoft Project, JIRA).
- Deep understanding of banking operations, products, and regulatory environments.
- Familiarity with change management methodologies and agile frameworks.
- Ability to influence and engage senior stakeholders effectively.
- Exceptional problem-solving, decision-making, and communication skills.
- Results-oriented mindset with a focus on delivering high-quality outcomes.
Role Specific Technical Competencies
- Program Management
- Stakeholder Management
- Issue resolution
- Balance Sheet Management
- Technology Change
- Process Change
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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