Job Summary

Project Mitto’s objective is to free up capital by centralising the creation and management of software assets (intangibles).  SCB Treasury can drive financial benefits with this increased capital capacity. Mitto is an 18 month project and involves setting up and operationalizing new legal entities.

The Mitto Project Manager for the Third-Party Vendor Contracts Work Stream is accountable for: driving the successful delivery of the workstream inclusive of the following deliverables:

1. Operationalising the Service Entity

• Identify and align on contracts inventory
• Produce detailed execution plans for in-scope deliverables.
• Agree principles for in-scope with Mitto verses a later phase.
• Execute in scope

2. SCM Controls & Reporting

• Define controls & reporting required for contracts to be updated / novated post Mitto
• Process for new contracts during gap period (completion of analysis & Mitto execution) 
• Interim contract arrangements (via Solo)
• Produce detailed execution plans for in-scope deliverables.
• Ensure transition management principles are embedded and followed for any renewals post Phase 2.

Key Responsibilities

• Ensure the program adheres to SCB standards, policies, and controls
• Delivery of stream inventory and schedule to be used to track delivery of People Strategy Workstream
• Establish process and tooling to track regulatory acceptance 
• Embed quality and consistency by driving the delivery of standardized plans, processes and reporting
• Prepare artefacts to ensure consistency and quality 
• Build a collaborative and productive work environment with Global and Country HR, Legal, Compliance and Technology
• Provide updates as required to internal and external stakeholders as per agreed cadence on time and of high quality
• Ensure all artefacts are held in a central repository 
• Track deliverables and ensure escalation in a timely manner of any impediments / blockers
• Supporting Mitto Programme Manager by contributing to the identification of risks and resolution of impediments, issues, and blockers
• Active participation in Team Leadership meetings
• Engage and communicate with Group / Country MT, technology and relevant stakeholders as appropriate to ensure successful delivery of the programme. 
• Acting as an ambassador for the Mitto Project
• Creating a sense of urgency and focus for deployment to drive timely execution & resolution of issues / impediments and blockers

Skills and Experience

Our Ideal Candidate 

• 10+ Years of experience as a PM in financial services
• Experience with working with regulators is an advantage.  
• Certifications - PMP or equivalent
• Excellent communication and influencing skills
• Resilient personality to deal with pressure
• Well-developed interpersonal skills, including the ability to work well as part of a team, establish and maintain effective networks and liaise with internal and external stakeholders at all levels and in an environment where priorities are subject to change
• Capable of engaging key stakeholders and building alliances through active conversations including peer or more senior stakeholders who have no direct reporting relationships 
• Assertiveness with logical reasoning

Role Specific Technical Competencies

• Excel, Microsoft Project, Word, Powerpoint
• Sharepoint & Confluence
• ADO / Jira

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.

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