Job Summary

We are seeking a Head of Governance, Risk and Policy, Legal and CoSec to be based either in London, or, Singapore.

This is a strategic position, accountable for the governance, risk and policy framework for Legal and Group Corporate Secretariat (LCS), ensuring that legal enforceability, corporate governance and non‑legal risks are identified, managed and overseen in line with Group standards and regulatory expectations. The role provides enterprise‑level risk leadership, acting as a trusted adviser to the Group General Counsel (GGC) and LCS Management Team, and owns the implementation and effectiveness of the Enterprise Risk Management Framework (ERMF) and Operational and Technology Risk frameworks (OTRF) across LCS. The role combines deep risk expertise, strong governance discipline and senior stakeholder influence to enable sound decision‑making, regulatory confidence and effective risk outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

•    Act as the primary adviser and risk partner to the GGC and LCS MT on all aspects of the risk, policy and governance agenda for LCS.
•    Own and lead the strategy for implementing and embedding the ERMF and ORTF across LCS, ensuring effective and consistent application.
•    Own the strategy for managing legal enforceability risk and non‑legal risks impacting LCS, ensuring alignment with Group risk appetite and regulatory expectations.
•    Own the LCS Non‑Financial Risk Committee (LCS NFRC), including mandate, agenda, escalation and effectiveness.
•    Provide oversight, challenge and expert guidance to LCS teams in the management of their risk types, including legal enforceability and corporate governance risk.
•    Develop policy and standards to ensure effective implementation and oversight of LCS-owned risk types across the wider organisation.
•    Provide management oversight of non‑legal risks impacting LCS, including third‑party, data conduct, information security, cyber security and compliance‑related risks.
•    Lead the implementation of the ORTF and the ERMF in LCS to include mapping and regular review of the LCS process universe through the Risk Control Self Assessment (“RCSA”).
•    Provide clear leadership, management and coaching to ensure high engagement, strong performance and clear accountability across the team.
•    Lead the review of overall risk levels across LCS risk sub‑types, including risk appetite reviews, and where risks are elevated or in breach, drive timely engagement and remediation with 1LOD.
•    Advise on approval of risk events, elevated residual risks and risk treatment plans based on thresholds/ authorities set out in the ORTF.

•    Act as Secretary to the LCS NFRC, setting a focused, decision‑oriented agenda and leading regular effectiveness reviews.
•    Enable and advise the GGC and LCS MT in fulfilling their responsibilities as Risk Owners under the ERMF, supported by clear, decision‑ready management information.
•    Take responsibility for embedding the highest standards of ethics, including regulatory and business conduct, across Standard Chartered Bank, Ensuring compliance with all applicable laws, regulations, guidelines and the Group Code of Conduct.
•    Effectively and collaboratively identify, escalate, mitigate and resolve risk, conduct and compliance matters.

Skills and Qualifications

•    Relevant professional qualification with substantial senior‑level experience in Banking, Law, Operational Risk or other process‑risk disciplines, gained within regulated or similarly complex environments.
•    Recognised subject‑matter authority in governance and operational risk, with a proven ability to set direction, influence outcomes and embed effective risk processes and system‑enabled solutions across a global function.
•    Demonstrated sound professional judgement in assessing the impact of potential operational and non‑financial risk events on business practices, control environments and regulatory relationships.
•    Strong understanding of best‑practice operational risk management frameworks and techniques, with experience applying them pragmatically to drive effective oversight, proportionate controls and sustainable outcomes.
•    Well‑developed business and commercial acumen, including the ability to assess risk‑cost trade‑offs, exercise independent judgement and balance regulatory expectations with business delivery needs.
•    Proven ability to influence and work effectively with senior, geographically dispersed stakeholders, providing credible challenge and guidance across diverse cultures, jurisdictions and risk profiles.
•    Strong collaborative leadership capability, with experience partnering dynamically across country, region, business and Group stakeholders while maintaining appropriate independence and objectivity.
•    Highly principled and resilient leader, with exemplary integrity and ethics, trusted to operate with confidence, discretion and independence in complex, high‑pressure and ambiguous environments.

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.