Job Summary

We are seeking a Head, Credit Policy and Portfolio Management, based in Frankfurt.

The Head, Credit Policy and Portfolio Management is a strategic position and is responsible for defining and maintaining the overall Credit Risk Management Framework (incl. IRB/internal models governance), covering risk taxonomy, governance, policies/standards, key processes and controls across the bank. The postholder will act as deputy owner for Standard Chartered AG’s internal rating system (IRB) and associated model governance, ensuring ongoing compliance with ECB/SSM internal model expectations and robust end-to-end evidence together with the model risk team and under the oversight and leadership of the head of risk controlling function.

The role will support and guide the business to ensure strategic objectives are achieved by setting the appropriate tone and expectations for team members and work in collaboration with all relevant partners.

Key Responsibilities

• Own the Credit Risk Type Framework and the related policies and standards (credit risk & IRB model governance); ensure clear, current and audit-ready documentation, robust version control, and evidence of implementation.
• Monitor and assess regulatory and supervisory change (ECB/SSM, CRR/CRD, EBA guidance, BaFin/local requirements where applicable) impacting credit risk and internal models; perform structured gap analyses versus the framework, policies, standards and controls; drive timely remediation and evidence closure.
• Provide independent oversight and effective challenge across the credit risk management framework (incl. IRB model lifecycle): partner with the Credit Risk Marktfolge team,  Model Development, Model Validation, Data/IT and Risk Analytics; ensure governance, implementation, monitoring and controls are consistent with approved scope, policy requirements and supervisory expectations, oversees the that IRB models usage by the credit risk management analysts teams (both 1st and 2nd line are compliant with the model governance, standards and policies
• Oversee credit risk stress testing (ICAAP, risk-specific and ad-hoc) governance: ensure methodological alignment, appropriate use of model outputs, and clear documentation of limitations, overlays and management actions.
• Oversee credit risk reporting end-to-end (portfolio, concentration and limit/risk appetite monitoring, governance dashboards, stress testing/ICAAP outputs, and IRB/internal model reporting), ensuring accuracy, timeliness, clear commentary and fitness for management and supervisory use

• Provide effective challenge to business strategy from a credit risk perspective; define and evolve the overall Credit Risk Management Framework, credit risk strategy and risk appetite, ensuring alignment with business strategy, capital planning (incl. ICAAP) and supervisory expectations.
• Lead and oversee Credit Risk Controlling (framework ownership and second-line oversight), including the Credit Risk Control Unit for internal models (IRB): establish and maintain governance, controls and monitoring to meet ECB/SSM requirements, and ensure readiness for supervisory reviews and on-site inspections.

• Design, implement and maintain end-to-end processes to identify, assess and implement regulatory and supervisory changes impacting the Credit Risk Management Framework (including IRB/internal models), covering governance, documentation, controls, monitoring, reporting and issue remediation. This includes, but is not limited to: Credit risk strategy, risk inventory and risk appetite governance (incl. linkage to ICAAP and capital planning)
• IRB model lifecycle oversight: change governance, implementation sign-off, monitoring, interface with validation, audit/supervisory review support, and end-to-end findings and remediation management

• Keep abreast of local regulatory changes relating to Credit Risk Control, and, ensure credit risk reporting is designed, governed and delivered accurately, capturing key dimensions of credit risk and providing meaningful insight to stakeholders.
• Provide second-line oversight of credit risk reporting and governance forums, ensuring compliance with the Credit Risk Management Framework, policies and standards, and clear escalation where issues are identified.
• Monitor Risk Appetite tightly and regularly communicate risks with business and ensure results of ICAAP and Stress Testing are fed into daily risk management

Our Ideal Candidate

• Compliant with the BaFin and European regulatory requirements
• Degree in quantitative subject (e.g., Maths, Physics or Engineering).
• Extensive experience of building wholesale credit risk models.
• Expert knowledge of ECB and EBA IRB model development requirements.
• Experience of credit risk, risk governance, and model risk
• People management with the ability to communicate effectively to key stakeholders
• Experience with risk type frameworks, risk teams and model development
• Extensive experience with compliance and regulatory requirements

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.