Job Details

Manager, Strategic Partnerships (UAE nationals only)
Job Description
Requisition Number:  64448
Job Location:  Dubai, ARE
Global Grade:  Band 7
Work Type:  Office Working
Employment Type:  Permanent
Posting Start Date:  16/10/2026
Posting End Date:  30/10/2026
Job Description: 

Job Summary

•    To manage the end-to-end governance, contractual oversight, and operational delivery of the Partner managed resources. The role serves as the primary liaison between Standard Chartered, workforce partners, and staff operating under the augmented workforce arrangement, ensuring effective vendor performance, regulatory compliance, contractual adherence, workforce continuity, and seamless day-to-day operations.

Key Responsibilities

•    Vendor Relationship Management
•    Governance and Contract Management
•    Workforce Management and Coordination
•    Performance and Service Delivery Oversight
•    Financial Management
•    Risk, Compliance and Controls oversight

Motivations
•    Most energised by environments that are ambitious, collaborative and outcome-focused, where there is a clear opportunity to make a meaningful difference to the business, our clients and our people.
•    Complex problems that require strategic thinking combined with practical execution, especially where success involves challenging established approaches, simplifying complexity and bringing multiple stakeholders together behind a common objective

Skills and Experience

•    vendor/partners management
•    contract management
•    Strong stakeholder management
•    Strong analytical, reporting, and problem-solving capabilities
•    Experience within banking, financial services

Qualifications

Languages
•    English / Arabic is a plus 

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.

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