Job Summary

Standard Chartered Bank is seeking a dynamic and experienced Project Manager to support the launch of new Corporate, Commercial and Institutional Banking (CCIB) branch and representative offices across the region, with an initial focus on Saudi Arabia. This role plays a critical part in ensuring seamless project execution, stakeholder alignment, and delivery of key outcomes related to client onboarding, infrastructure setup, and regulatory compliance.

Key Responsibilities

• Work closely with CCIB business (Coverage and Product teams) and project stakeholders to meet go-live goals, especially around client onboarding and account opening.
• Support the delivery of end-to-end technology infrastructure for Corporate, Commercial and Institutional Banking (CCIB), ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements and alignment with business needs.
• Coordinate with Technology and Project Leads to drive a safe and controlled launch that supports a scalable, fit-for-growth business model.
• Transfer and embed best practices from mature Corporate, Commercial and Institutional Banking (CCIB) markets.
• Collaborate with Programme and Product Owners to prioritize initiatives, assess cost-benefit impacts, and ensure effective handover to Business-As-Usual (BAU) operations.
• Oversee customer service escalation processes and complaints management in line with Group standards.
• Ensure deployment of Global Banking and Corporate, Commercial and Institutional Banking (CCIB) processes in accordance with Group policies.
• Promote the Group’s values, Code of Conduct, and risk-aware culture across all activities.
• Maintain strong oversight of governance, risk, and regulatory obligations during programme delivery.

Governance & Compliance

• Ensure strong governance frameworks and risk controls are in place throughout programme execution.
• Stay updated on regulatory frameworks and ensure full compliance with the Bank’s conduct standards, including ethical, regulatory, and business obligations.
• Identify, escalate, and resolve risk or conduct issues effectively and in line with the Bank’s Conduct Principles.
• May serve as a Board Director with delegated authority as required.

Key Stakeholders

• Programme Manager
• Business and product teams for the Saudi launch
• Corporate, Commercial and Institutional Banking (CCIB) teams across Europe and project support teams

Skills and Experience

• Project management and strategic delivery
• Problem-solving and opportunity spotting
• Stakeholder collaboration and communication
• Resilience and risk management
• People and conduct leadership

Qualifications

• A highly organized, proactive communicator with a track record in project delivery within Corporate, Commercial and Institutional Banking (CCIB) environments.
• Strong understanding of Corporate, Commercial and Institutional Banking (CCIB) systems and client onboarding processes.
• Proven ability to manage cross-functional teams, navigate regulatory frameworks, and resolve operational challenges.
• Demonstrated leadership in managing conduct, risk, and people.
• Experience working across markets and transferring best practices to new entities.

Competencies

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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