Role Summary

We are seeking a Talent Acquisition Partner to support hiring for our Private Banking business. You will act as a trusted advisor to senior stakeholders, driving end‑to‑end recruitment activity and ensuring we attract, assess, and hire high-calibre talent aligned to our business and regulatory standards.

This role requires a strong understanding of front‑office Private Banking profiles, excellent stakeholder management skills, and the ability to navigate a highly regulated, client‑centric environment.

Role Responsibilities

• Partner with Private Banking leadership and HR Business Partners to understand workforce plans, hiring needs, and role requirements.
• Manage the full recruitment lifecycle for roles across Relationship Management, Investment Specialists, Product, and Support functions within Private Banking.
• Develop and execute sourcing strategies using a mix of direct search, talent pools, referrals, and selected external partners.
• Screen, assess, and shortlist candidates against technical capabilities, behavioural competencies, and cultural fit.
• Ensure a high‑quality candidate experience and act as a brand ambassador for the bank in all external interactions.
• Advise hiring managers on market insights, candidate availability, salary benchmarking, and selection best practices.
• Coordinate and manage interview processes, feedback sessions, and selection decisions.
• Support offer development and negotiation within internal guidelines and approval frameworks.
• Maintain accurate, timely data in the applicant tracking system and produce regular hiring reports and insights.
• Ensure all recruitment activity complies with internal policies, regulatory requirements, and data privacy standards.
• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives in Talent Acquisition, including process optimisation, employer branding, and diversity hiring.

Role Requirements

• University degree or equivalent professional experience.
• Professional HR or recruitment certification is an advantage but not essential.
• Proven experience in Talent Acquisition or Recruitment, ideally within financial services or Private Banking/Wealth Management.
• Strong understanding of front‑office Private Banking roles and the skills required to succeed in a client‑facing, regulated environment.
• Demonstrated ability to manage end‑to‑end recruitment processes for mid to senior‑level roles.
• Confident stakeholder management skills, with experience advising and influencing senior leaders.
• Strong sourcing capability, including direct search and building talent pipelines.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to represent the bank professionally in all external engagements.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast‑paced environment while maintaining high quality and compliance standards.

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.