Job Summary

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•    The Audit Director - Technology Architecture and Infrastructure provides independent, forward-looking assurance over the Bank's enterprise architecture practices, critical infrastructure services and Technology Resilience capabilities. The role covers infrastructure, data and security architecture; data centres; cloud platforms; networks; databases; storage; operating systems; middleware; end-user technology; and disaster recovery, cyber recovery and third-party resilience.
•    The role leads a team of technology audit professionals and provides strategic leadership on risks affecting the confidentiality, integrity, availability and recoverability of critical services. It shapes the technology assurance strategy and multi-year audit plan, leads complex global reviews, and provides the Board Audit Committee, senior management and technology executives with clear assurance, insight and challenge on the effectiveness of architecture, infrastructure and resilience controls.

Key Responsibilities

Strategy and Forward-Looking Assurance
•    Define and execute the assurance strategy for Technology Architecture and Infrastructure, aligned to the Bank's technology strategy, GIAI methodology and relevant regulatory expectations.
•    Lead continuous risk assessment and a forward-looking, risk-based assurance plan covering enterprise architecture, critical infrastructure services and Technology Resilience.
•    Anticipate risks arising from technology modernisation, obsolescence, cloud and other third-party dependencies, cyber threats, digital assets and AI infrastructure.
•    Bring external technology, industry and regulatory insights into assurance planning, including relevant Monetary Authority of Singapore, Prudential Regulation Authority and Financial Conduct Authority expectations.

Audit Delivery and Independent Challenge
•    Lead end-to-end delivery of complex, high-risk global reviews, ensuring scope, testing, conclusions and reporting are risk-focused, high-quality and timely.
•    Provide technical direction and challenge on findings, with clear articulation of risk, root cause, business impact and practical management actions.
•    Oversee planning, execution, issue agreement, reporting and issue validation in line with GIAI methodology and professional standards.
•    Identify systemic themes and control weaknesses, escalate overdue or high-risk matters, and communicate risks clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Technology Risk, Control and Governance
•    Maintain a complete audit universe for architecture, infrastructure and resilience risks, and update coverage as risk profiles and transformation priorities change.
•    Assess governance, architecture standards and key controls supporting data centres, cloud, networks, databases, storage, operating systems, middleware, end-user technology and recovery capabilities.
•    Engage in relevant governance forums and key technology transformation programmes to provide independent challenge and ensure risks and remediation are addressed promptly.
•    Use management information, data analytics and AI-enabled assurance techniques to identify trends, test controls and strengthen audit insight.

Stakeholder Leadership and Influence
•    Build trusted relationships with the Chief Information Officer, Chief Technology Officer, architecture and infrastructure leaders, technology service owners, business leaders, Technology Risk and Cyber Security.
•    Represent GIAI at relevant technology architecture, infrastructure, resilience and risk forums, providing independent, evidence-based challenge and insight.
•    Engage effectively with regulators, technology service providers and independent reviewers, and support clear Board and Audit Committee reporting.
•    Act as the portfolio subject matter expert, sharing knowledge across audit teams and advising senior stakeholders while maintaining independence and objectivity.

People, Talent and Functional Leadership
•    Lead Senior Audit Managers and Audit Managers, setting clear direction and creating a high-performing, inclusive team with strong accountability and wellbeing.
•    Assess portfolio capability needs and build expertise through coaching, mentoring, feedback, targeted development and external perspectives.
•    Foster collaboration, constructive challenge, technical excellence, innovation and continuous improvement in audit delivery.
•    Proactively identify and develop talent across GIAI and role-model the Bank's valued behaviours and leadership expectations.

Governance, Conduct and Quality
•    Uphold independence, objectivity and ethics in line with the Audit Charter, Institute of Internal Auditors standards, Group policies and applicable laws and regulations.
•    Embed strong risk culture, conduct standards and regulatory compliance across engagements, and resolve conflicts between auditors and auditees constructively.
•    Manage audit delivery within allocated budgets, drive productivity and cost optimisation, and use automation to reduce manual effort and focus on higher-value assurance.
•    Take personal responsibility for identifying, escalating, mitigating and resolving risk, conduct and compliance matters, and for supporting timely, sustainable control improvements.

People and Talent 
•    Set direction and drive high performance by translating strategy into clear direction, aligning individual goals to team outcomes and providing regular, constructive feedback.
•    Develop talent and capability through coaching and career conversations that build critical skills, stretch potential and prepare individuals for future opportunities.
•    Lead by example by role-modelling the Bank’s valued behaviours, upholding strong risk and conduct standards, exercising sound judgment, and creating an inclusive team culture that supports wellbeing, values diverse perspectives, and drives accountability.

Skills and Experience

Priority Skills
    •    Technology Architecture and Infrastructure Assurance
    •    Strategic and Proactive Mindset
    •    Relationship Management and Communication
    •    Data Analytics and Human-AI Collaboration
    •    People Leadership and Talent Development
Role-Specific Technical Skills    
    •    Technology Architecture and Infrastructure
    •    Technology Concepts and Tools
    •    Data Analytics
    •    Technology Controls, Risk Management and Audit Methodology
    •    Communication
    •    Professional Courage and Escalation
    •    Proactivity and Self-Direction
    •    Global Collaboration

Motivations

•    Motivated by shaping forward-looking assurance over complex technology architecture, infrastructure and resilience risks that affect critical banking services.
•    Energised by analysing technical evidence, identifying systemic control themes and translating complex risk into clear executive and Board-level insight.
•    Enjoy leading expert teams, developing talent and creating an environment of constructive challenge, collaboration and continuous improvement.
•    Find satisfaction in influencing senior technology leaders, regulators and service providers to deliver practical and sustainable risk outcomes.

Qualifications

•    Extensive senior professional experience, typically 18+ years, in technology architecture, infrastructure, technology controls, risk management or internal audit, preferably within large financial institutions.
•    Deep experience assessing enterprise architecture frameworks and practices; infrastructure, data and security architecture; cloud, network, database, data centre and platform services; and Technology Resilience capabilities.
•    Proven experience leading complex global technology audits or assurance reviews and applying risk-based audit methodology, professional judgement and quality standards.
•    Proven ability to engage and influence regulators, Audit Committees, senior executives and technology leaders on architecture, infrastructure, resilience and control matters.
•    Experience leading and developing technology risk or audit teams across complex global portfolios, including resource, budget, performance and capability management.
•    Degree in Computer Science, Information Systems, Engineering or a related field.
•    Professional certifications such as CISA, CISM, CISSP, CRISC or CCSP are desirable.
•    Business English.

About Standard Chartered

We're a global bank connecting clients to our differentiated network, offering growth opportunities in the world's most dynamic markets. Our strategy, which combines cross-border capabilities and leading wealth management expertise, helps us deliver our purpose - to drive commerce and prosperity through our unique diversity.

Over our 170-year history, and across a unique geographical footprint connecting Asia, Africa and the Middle East to each other and the world, we've built a bank like no other, with diverse capabilities and partnerships that set us apart.

What We Offer

• Being part of an inclusive and values driven organisation, one that embraces and celebrates our unique diversity, across our teams, business functions, and geographies.
• 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 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.

Visit our careers website to learn more about us: www.sc.com/careers.