Job Summary

• This role is an exciting opportunity to be part a large multi-asset eTrading trading system development team that is distributed between London, Singapore and Bangalore. The successful candidate is expected to
• Have an awareness of the overall eCommerce business strategy and carry out day-to-day work in a manner that achieves those overarching goals
• Be a subject matter expert in Agile software delivery with an ability to transition teams from Waterfall ways of working to Agile ways of working
• Run multiple scrums and strive to make process improvements for betterment of the software development and delivery process
• Support of the Programme Manager with regards planning, resource allocation and senior stakeholder reporting
• Provide project management for preparing delivering software into Production environments

Key Responsibilities

Non-technical Skills
Enthusiastic, driven, self-motivated with a focus on client and customer service
Very strong interpersonal skills including facilitation and coaching and able to lead and influence others
Committed to the development of all team members and continuous improvement of the Agile 
Proven ability to work within a team environment.
Highly effective verbal and written English communication skills.  Must be concise in their communication.
Experience facilitating workshops / discussions.
Ability to make good / sound decisions and use independent judgement.
Strong reasoning, analytical and inter-personal skills.
Excellent attention to detail and time management.
 

People & Talent

• Whilst there is no direct line management responsibility, this pivotal role is central to all interactions amongst squad team members, as well the engagement of the wider set of stakeholders across the business and technology teams.  Hence excellent, verbal and written communication skills are required.  Inter-personal skills are a must to be able to work with people.
• As part of a continuous drive for improvement, you will be expected to provide feedback on squad team members and helping to enhance individual team member’s performance so that we can build a more productive delivery team.

Risk Management

• Ability to identify, prioritise and manage risks and issues using a suitable framework 

Governance

• As an Agile practitioner, the candidate is expected to help organise the teams for a sprint by doing sprint planning
• During a sprint cycle, the candidate will be expected to run daily scrums and help to remove any impediments that exist for team member
   
• Strive to improve the process for running scrums/sprints and protect the team from outside interruptions and distractions
• Ensure bank-wide software delivery methodologies are followed and help to collate the required information to pass various quality controls provided under Technical Delivery Assurance (TDA) and any other such like governance 
• Help to do release planning and coordinate with all stakeholders involved to provide a controlled handover to production 
• Work with the product owner and other stakeholders as necessary to determine sprint scope

Strategy

• Support the Chief Product Owner and the Product team in compiling quarterly plans via Big Room Planning sessions, as well as helping to build the annual Book of Work. 

Business

• Experience of working in the technology function of an Investment Bank, Financial Services Company or Technology Company.
• Experience of working in a Front Office Trading technology department is preferred but not essential
• Knowledge of the FX business, core FX products and market participants are preferred but not essential
• Knowledge of electronic trading platforms and low latency trading is advantageous.

Processes

• Experienced in driving the delivery of complex software delivery projects in an agile environment
• An experienced Scrum Master (preferably certified) who can facilitate the Scrum ceremonies, ensure the teams follows Agile best practice and act as a servant leader for the project team
• An experienced Project Manager (preferably PMP certified) which experience of delivering projects in a Classic, Waterfall environment including planning, resource allocation, financial management and project governance.
• Experienced in setting up and maintaining JIRA and Confluence tools to facilitate effective Agile Project Management.
• Experienced in creating and maintaining Agile Metrics in JIRA to monitor a team’s velocity and delivery progress 
• Experienced in proving clear and concise status updates 
• Experience of raising risks and issues and escalating to management at the earliest opportunity to ensure items are resolved in a timely manner.

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

• Provide coordination and project management to ensure successful delivery of projects
• Act as an intermediary between business stakeholders and the development team
• Assist in the requirement gathering with a multitude of stakeholders from different disciplines within the bank and of different levels of seniority

Other Responsibilities

• Embed Here for good and Group’s brand and values in team 
• Perform other responsibilities assigned under Group, Country, Business or Functional policies and procedures
• Multiple functions (double hats)
• Have the knowledge and confidence to apply critical thinking to make the necessary decisions to progress the project.  And at the same time, understand the limits of their responsibility & expertise and know when to solicit decisions from other members of the project (business or technology)
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Release Management

• Experienced at negotiating, planning and managing all release activities
• Experience of producing deployment Run Plans in conjunction with Development Leads
• Experience of adhering to a delivery assurance framework to ensure delivery risks are appropriately managed
• Experience conducting release readiness reviews and business Go/No-Go reviews
• Experience maintaining release schedules and ensuring alignment across key partners
• (Preferred) Knowledge in ADO Boards and ADO Pipeline

Change Knowledge

• Experience and knowledge of change management principles and methodologies
• Good track record of communicating effectively with both business and IT staff at all levels.
• Experience of delivering large scale change (process, tooling, etc) within a structured programme management environment.

Skills and Experience

• Agile Methodology (incl Scrum Master experience)
• Managing Stakeholders
• Understanding and following bank governance processes
• Self Starter
• Change Initiatives    
• Infrastructure or Software Development or Dev Ops experience    
   

Qualifications

• Degree level educatED in a relevant discipline such as mathematics, engineering, economics, etc

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.