Job Summary

We are seeking an outstanding German-based Head of Treasury Markets to lead our front-line markets execution division. Treasury Markets (TM) plays a pivotal role in balancing liquidity and capital resources, ensuring interest rate risk management for the banking book, and optimising Group RoTE across the organisation.

In this leadership role, you will oversee investment portfolios, liquidity management, and interest-rate strategy while driving collaboration across regions to achieve Group-wide performance. You will shape local execution, provide market expertise, and act as a first line of defence in managing liquidity, regulatory requirements, and financial risks. This is a high-impact opportunity to lead a mission-critical function and influence strategic outcomes at Group level.

Key Responsibilities

- Proactively manage and optimise the investment portfolio, considering counterparty, country, credit, and liquidity risk.
- Balance market pricing, credit performance, and liquidity to determine optimal portfolio positioning.
- Make strategic investment decisions aligned with financial resource frameworks (capital, liquidity, RWA) to maximise RoTE within approved mandates.
- Maintain a portfolio of HQLA and short-term interbank exposure to support liquidity and regulatory obligations.
- Execute currency switches to capture rate opportunities in alignment with Liquidity Management oversight.
- Leverage on- and off-balance-sheet products (e.g., IRS) for hedging and risk management.
- Ensure compliance with minimum hold requirements and risk appetite frameworks.
- Provide expert market insights and escalate risks that could affect portfolio strategy.
- Understand and execute within the IRRBB framework, driving outcomes for NII sensitivity.
- Work closely with Liquidity Management and Portfolio teams to align hedging and balance sheet strategy.
- Contribute to regional strategy for optimal liquidity and balance sheet management.
- Ensure robust liquidity risk management to withstand market and name-specific stress scenarios.
- Oversee management of regulatory reserves, LCR, and compliance with local statutory requirements.
- Optimise balance sheet utilisation, funding, and risk-return outcomes.
- Lead through example, promoting strong values, a culture of accountability, and proactive risk management.
- Actively contribute to Investment Management forums and cross-regional initiatives.
- Share knowledge and strengthen best practices across the TM organisation.
- Develop talent, provide continuous training, and ensure succession planning for critical roles.
- Employ and retain high-quality Treasury professionals.

Skills and Experience

• German-based candidate with deep understanding of local regulatory and liquidity environments.
• 7+ years’ experience in Treasury Markets, balance sheet management, liquidity risk, or fixed income portfolio management—preferably within a large international bank.
• Proven leadership in managing investment portfolios, interest-rate risk, and liquidity frameworks.
• Strong knowledge of regulatory ratios (LCR, NSFR), IRRBB, HQLA portfolio construction, and hedging instruments.
• Excellent understanding of financial resource optimisation (capital, liquidity, RWA, RoTE).
• Strategic thinker with ability to prioritise Group objectives over regional interests.
• Outstanding communication skills and ability to influence senior stakeholders.
• Demonstrated ability to lead teams, build high-performance culture, and drive outcomes.
• Strong analytical and market-interpretation capabilities.
• Advanced degree in Finance, Economics, Risk, or related field preferred.

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.