Job Summary
We are looking for an experienced and strategic ESG leader to drive the first line of defence ESG delivery for SCB AG. This role will lead the development and execution of the sustainability strategy across the institution, ensuring robust governance, regulatory compliance, and integration of ESG principles across business strategy, risk management, product governance, and operations.
As a senior ESG subject-matter expert, you will act as a key advisor to senior management and a central point of contact for internal and external stakeholders, including regulators, while partnering closely with Group and second-line functions.
Key Responsibilities
ESG Strategy and Implementation
• Creation and ownership of an SCB AG ESG Strategy and related documents, including the ESG Risk Plan (first draft March 2026)
• Co-ordination with owners of SCB AG Business Strategy, Risk Strategy, and other strategies as required
• Responsibility for defining and maintaining ESG targets and KPIs including emissions targets (financed and operational), diversity & inclusion, and all other ESG areas relating to client and own activities
• Co-ordination and monitoring of the implementation of ESG-related strategies, plans and targets, and liaising with all business and function stakeholders as required
• Ensuring alignment with SCB Group strategy
ESG Monitoring and Reporting
• Reporting to the SCB AG Management Board of targets and KPIs as required (e.g. emissions, water, waste, D&I etc)
Supporting and providing input to the European Coverage BPM as part of annual review processes
• Provide input / insight for the annual target setting process for European ESG client business
• Support the European Coverage BPM team to formulate responses to ESG related requests
• Design and ownership of ESG-related processes and service level agreements (including Sustainable Finance SLA) and required monitoring, risk assessments and controls / mitigation etc
Audits and Supervisory Engagement
• Acting as the central point of contact for ESG-related internal and external audits and broader supervisory engagement. This includes acting as the main point
of contact for internal audit, external auditors, external auditor engagement team and supervisory engagement team (as appropriate) for ESG-related matters
• Support in collecting and providing required information
• Prepare responses
• Lead or co-ordinate (as appropriate) the remediation of audit findings
• Co-ordinate regulatory responses
Skills and Experience
Technical Expertise
- Strong knowledge of ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance – criteria used to assess sustainability and ethical impact of a company) strategy development and implementation
- Solid understanding of ESG risk management and sustainable finance frameworks
- Experience with product governance (framework ensuring financial products meet regulatory and client standards)
- Good knowledge of EU and/or German regulatory environment, particularly ESG-related regulations
Professional Experience
- Proven experience in a senior ESG, sustainability, risk, or governance role within banking or financial services
- Demonstrated ability to work across multiple stakeholders, including senior leadership and regulators
- Experience in leading strategy implementation and driving cross-functional initiatives
Core Competencies
- Strategic thinking and strong execution capability
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills
- Strong analytical mindset with ability to translate regulatory requirements into business actions
- High level of integrity and commitment to ethical conduct
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.
