Job Title Here Experience Director
Job ID:
000000123SC
Location:
London, UK
Area of interest:
Investment Banking
Job type:
Permanent - Full Time
Work style:
Hybrid Working
Opening date:
27-Sept-2022 Closing Date: 12-Oct-2022
Title: Associate Director, Country Project Management
Kwun Tong, HK
Job Summary
• In this role you will be part of the Hong Kong Programme Delivery Team, in the department Technology and Operations (“T&O”). You will be primarily responsible for the successful delivery of projects and other technology related initiatives to improve system stability and operational resilience in the country. The role may also need you to take up management of smaller initiatives which get prioritized as per business or regulatory needs.
• You will need to work closely with various T&O teams in Country and at Group level, while maintaining a close collaboration with T&O senior management, business lines and functions, across the bank, locally and internationally.
• Main requirements for the role are a proven experience in technology project delivery, excellent relationship management and presentation skills. The role is otherwise based in Hong Kong and is eligible for flexibility in working location as per the terms agreed with the line manager.
Key Responsibilities
• Deliver accurate, timely, and insightful status reports and analyses to the bank’s executives
• Collaborate closely with regional leaders, bank executives, and key project stakeholders
• Ensure projects are completed on schedule, within budget, and achieve the intended benefits
• Maintain clear visibility of backlog progress, identify blockers, resolve impediments, manage dependencies, and track product value metrics
• Uphold rigorous standards of quality, precision, and consistency across all projects
• Organize and lead all project ceremonies, preparing high-quality meeting materials
• Manage financial processes diligently and provide transparent, accurate financial forecasts
• Provide project status updates upon request, adhering to Group reporting standards
Qualifications
• Proven experience in the management of technology projects
• Proven relationship management skills
• Deep knowledge of banking industry, businesses and processes
• Familiar with Technology in general
• Familiar with project managements tools
• Excellent presentation skills for preparation of quality material at attention of senior management
• Recognized certification of Project Manager and/or Product Owner
Skills and Experience
• Project Management
• IT Project Planning and Organization
• Emerging Technologies
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.
