Job Overview
We are seeking a proactive and analytical Executive Research Partner to join our HR Talent Acquisition team based in Hong Kong. As part of the Executive Talent Acquisition team, this role will closely partner with, and support the Executive Talent Acquisition Partner, focusing primarily on market mapping, talent intelligence and building strong pipelines of high-calibre candidates across key functions for our WRB (Wholesale, Retail & Business) business.
Role Responsibilities
- Conduct comprehensive market mapping of senior and executive talent for WRB across our key markets
- Build and maintain long-term talent pipelines for critical and future leadership roles in the WRB business.
- Perform proactive research and talent intelligence, including competitor analysis, organisational mapping, and market insights to inform executive hiring strategies.
- Partner closely with the Executive Talent Acquisition Partner to support search strategies, including target lists, sourcing channels, and candidate engagement plans.
- Identify, approach, and pre-qualify potential candidates, providing high-quality shortlists and talent summaries for review.
- Maintain accurate, up-to-date information in talent databases/CRM tools, ensuring data quality and compliance with internal policies.
- Prepare research reports, market updates, and talent heatmaps for key stakeholders within HR and the WRB business.
- Support the execution of diversity and inclusion objectives through targeted research and talent mapping.
- Collaborate with broader HR and Talent Acquisition colleagues across the region to share insights, best practices, and market trends.
Role Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business, or a related discipline (or equivalent experience).
- Proven experience (up to 7 years) in executive research, talent sourcing, or executive search, preferably within financial services or banking.
- Strong track record in research-based sourcing, talent mapping, and building pipelines for senior and specialist roles.
- Experience supporting regional or multi-country talent acquisition in Asia is highly desirable.
- Familiarity with talent research tools, professional networking platforms, and market intelligence resources.
- Proactive, resourceful, and comfortable working in a fast-paced, matrixed environment.
- High level of professionalism, discretion, and integrity, particularly in handling confidential information.
- Culturally aware, with an understanding of the diverse markets across the markets that we operate in
Role Specific Technical Competencies
- Industry Knowledge
- Effective Communications
- Staffing, Hiring, Selection
- Collaborating Globally
- Candidate Sourcing
- Candidate Screening
- Talent Assessment
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.
