Job Summary

Work in partnership with the Head of Product Development – Trade to deliver the Trade Transformation Program, driving the modernisation and digitisation of Trade Finance products across global markets.

Key Responsibilities

Strategy
•    Partner with senior Trade leadership to define and execute the Trade Transformation agenda. 

Business
•    Deliver Trade Finance product enhancements aligned to client and regulatory needs. 

Processes
•    Oversee end-to-end Trade product delivery lifecycle. 

People and Talent 
•    Act as a People Leader fostering collaboration and talent development. 

Risk Management
•    Ensure adherence to Group risk frameworks. 

Governance 
•    Operate within delegated authorities and governance standards.

Regulatory and Business Conduct 
•    Display exemplary conduct and live by the Group’s Values and Code of Conduct. 
•    Take personal responsibility for embedding the highest standards of ethics, including regulatory and business conduct, across Standard Chartered Bank. This includes understanding and ensuring compliance with, in letter and spirit, all applicable laws, regulations, guidelines and the Group Code of Conduct.
•    Lead the Trade PD sub team for Doc Trade BG] to achieve the outcomes set out in the Bank’s Conduct Principles 
•    Effectively and collaboratively identify, escalate, mitigate and resolve risk, conduct and compliance matters.

Key stakeholders

•    Trade Product Development team
•    Trade Product Management team
•    Trade Technology team
•    Trade S2B NG team (Customer Channel)
•    Country / Regional Head of Trade
•    Trade GBS/Operations team
•    Global Process Owners (Trade and all impacted process owners)
•    Operational Risk Officers
•    Risk Framework Owners

Our Ideal Candidate

•    10+ years of work experience in Trade finance products and processes.
•    Deep understanding of Bank Guarantees/SBLC 
•    Experience in leading/rolling out a change management initiative preferably involving system changes
•    Understanding of the risk framework and/or process review and related documentation.  
•    Understanding of the overall digitization tools and technology landscape, current trends and applicability in the business environment
•    Ability to respond effectively to change, managing work in a fast-paced matrix environment
•    Excellent interpersonal skills to build and maintain productive lasting relationships, even in difficult situations, with diverse people spanning internal/external organizations
•    Strong stakeholder management skills in engaging senior stakeholders
•    Proven ability to perform under high pressure in a dynamic environment
•    Ability to present to a large audience with comfort
•    Ability to take initiative and work with minimal management oversight
•    Ability to work with cross functional teams across business and technology

Role Specific Technical Competencies

•    Managing change
•    Deep knowledge to Trade Products, in particular Doc Trade specifically BG/SBLC
•    Agile 

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.

Recruitment Assessments

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