Job Summary

As a Director, Group Strategy within the team, you will have the opportunity to influence the strategic direction of the Group, collaborating closely with the highest-level stakeholders in the bank. Our scope of work is extensive; we assist the Board and senior management in grasping crucial industry trends and their implications, while also engaging directly with leadership teams across various business segments, geographies, and functions to establish their strategic priorities and implementation plans. The nature of our work is project-based, and in your role as a Director, you will oversee and guide the projects you manage daily, typically working alongside a team of 1-2 Associates or Associate Directors. You will collaborate with strategy leaders in the team based on the specific expertise needed for each project.

Strategy
•    To help to shape the strategic agenda of the Group, working closely with the key senior stakeholders of the bank. 
•    Support the Board and top management to understand key industry trends and their implications, and also work directly with the leadership teams in business segments, geographies and functions to define their strategic priorities and implementation plans. 
•    Work closely with the strategy leaders within the team according to the relevant expertise required for the project. 

Business
•    Support the Strategy LT who will support the Business CEOs, Functional MT members and their directs across the organisation in developing business and function strategies consistent with the Group’s overall strategy, such that collectively they deliver the Group's objectives
•    Develop and manage processes to ensure these strategies are converted into executable business plans

Processes
•    Lead, develop, implement and track business initiatives / projects on behalf of the Line Manager 
•    Liaising with business (CIB, WRB & functional teams viz Technology, Finance, Risk, Compliance, Legal, HR as appropriate) across the bank, support the design, review, and roll-out of Operations scorecards.
•    Provide input to the development of end-to-end scalable infrastructure and processes to execute business processes.

Key Responsibilities

Risk Management
•    Responsible for identifying, assessing, monitoring, controlling and mitigating risks to the Group related to the Strategy. Also, an awareness and understanding of the main risks facing the Group and the role the individual plays in managing them
•    Support the Strategy team in owning strategic risk within the Group’s Enterprise Risk Management Framework. Support, design and manage effective processes

Governance
•    Prepare reports, presentations, papers, and review material to support discussions and decision making at various forums, mainly for Group MT, PLC Board, etc. This will involve consolidating and integrating material from various sources and ensuring the final output is fit for purpose and aligned with the requirements
•    Coordinate and support business engagements or ad-hoc requirements with other teams / partners in the Bank and external parties (i.e. consultants, vendors, auditors, regulators, clients, media/publications, etc).
•    Liaising with Corporate Affairs and Brand & Marketing teams, facilitate both internal and external communication on behalf of the Line Manager (e.g., business update, town halls, press release, Bridge, media interviews) as well as brand / marketing related activities (e.g., client events, industry /proprietary forums) 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.
•    Effectively and collaboratively identify, escalate, mitigate and resolve risk, conduct and compliance matters.

Key stakeholders

•    Group Strategy LT
•    Other business and functions stakeholders

Skills and Experience

• Qualitative research    
• Financial and data modelling    
• Commercial acumen    
• Strategy development    
• Project management 
• People Management

Qualifications

• BACHELORS (POST GRAD PREFERRED)

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.