Global Head, Engineering

Job Description

* Ready to take the next step in your career with us To us, good performance is about much more than turning a profit. Its about showing how you embody our valued behaviours - do the right thing, better together and never settle - as well as our brand promise, Here for good. A Bank with a soul We are a global bank which is big enough to be relevant to the world s most sophisticated corporations but small enough to be local, nimble and innovate. We tap into our DNA as a global trade bank, committing to the dynamic market where we have operated for over 150 years. We link these markets with each other, as well as to Europe and the Americas, to help our corporate and institutional clients manage their global investing and financing needs. In addition, we use our deep knowledge in local markets to help our customers and clients grow, invest and protect their wealth.We believe that every one of our colleagues plays a tangible role in delivering our purpose and we all feel strongly about living our valued behaviours and our brand promise Here for good. Our unrivalled network and unique culture make this organisation special and creates opportunities for unparalleled career and development experiences. The success of the Bank hinges on how we harness our unique strengths, create an inclusive and flexible environment, and where our people feel empowered to use the freedom and accountability that we give them to go above and beyond for our customers. What is the Opportunity We are seeking a talented and passionate, senior individual to join Standard Chartered as the Head of Engineering. In this role you will help drive and oversee the engineering and the engineering strategy for Technology & Innovation . This role will also play a critical part in helping shape and guide the future growth and development for Technology Strategy & Architecture and will be responsible for the creation and transformation of the capabilities that will define how we organise to deliver on the strategy. This includes owning both the end-to-end engineering organisational operating model and the technology that underpins the products and services delivers. What will you do Transformation, Technology & Operations (TTO) is a global organisation providing Cloud, Data, End User, Infrastructure, Integration, IT Service Management, Network and Security capabilities to all our clients and colleagues globally with an operating budget of $500mil USD and $200mil USD of change. To be successful, this person will need to: Strategy
• Have overall responsibility for engineering activities across the business.
• Own and drive a best practice engineering practice to enable business performance
• Ensure adequate engineering practices are implemented to deliver to the highest standard
• Anticipate and evaluate business challenges and take action to mitigate
• Develop opportunities for innovation and out of the box thinking
• Contribute to corporate plans and budget forecasting
• Own the engineering processes and policies and associated risk controls
Business
• Develop and maintain strong relationships with internal and external stakeholders
• Work with leadership teams to decide engineering investments and priorities against target and budgets with the resources available
• Collaborate with stakeholders to de-risk portfolio change and find economies of scale
• Champion impact of technology on market and potential implications for the organisation
• Introduce new solutions and new practices to ensure the organisation capitalises on industry learning and growth
• Contribute to new business initiatives and projects
• Succinctly communicate the impact of engineering activities
• Appraise and interpret complex requirements to understand the impact of the organisations ability to deliver change
Processes
• Own the end-to-end delivery practice and its associated list of processes
• Responsible for delivery processes
• Own and be responsible for the risk management of change
• Drive the optimisation of delivery by reviewing and optimising data pertaining to the effectiveness of change
People and Talent
• Coach, mentor and develop direct reports and manage a high performing team that delivers continuous improvement, added value and cost reductions
• Set department objectives and monitor ongoing progress and performance
• Drive for continual growth and development of engineers at the bank
• Ensure that the function operates in accordance with organisational policies and regulatory expectations
• Be responsible for developing the appropriate organisational structure
• Own resource plans and nurture the culture to support the business objectives and customer deliverables
• Provide coaching and training to the team to succeed in delivering the required business, risk and financial metrics
• Complete regular performance reviews, manage attendance, holidays, disciplinary issues and procedures as appropriate
• Work with the Engineering teams to translate strategy into specific annual performance goals and departmental objectives including KPIs and OKR s
Risk Management
• Own the risks linked to the delivery of code into production
• Own the risks linked to the maintenance of code in production
• Own the end-to-end risks associated with the dev/test environments and the requisite tooling
• Drive for the closure of risks, operational events and audit findings on time, once and done
• Educate the team on risk management and continual mitigating of risk
• Comply with organisation risk management framework
• Find automated solutions to reduce risk and prevent human and manual solutions
Regulatory & 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.
• Effectively and collaboratively identify, escalate, mitigate and resolve risk, conduct and compliance matters.
Key Stakeholders
• Standard Chartered Management Team
• Transformation, Technology and Operations Management Team
• Technology Strategy & Architecture Team
• Enterprise Technology Team
• Business, Regional & Country CIOs & COOs
• CISRO, CISO
• CDO
• Group and Country Compliance & Regulators
• Group Internal Audit
• Operational Risk
Other Responsibilities
• Stakeholder management and education sessions to clarify complex topics into digestible sound bites
• Embed Here for good and Group s brand and values
• Perform other responsibilities assigned under Group, Country, Business or Functional policies and procedures
• Responsible for building a culture of good conduct
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Keyskills :
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