Blade Delivery Lead

• Proven track record leading multi-discipline delivery teams on complex programmes and projects

• Understand business requirements and translate into quality technology solutions

• Pro-actively engage, manage and build strong relationships with both business and technology stakeholders

• Experience in leading agile delivery teams

• Taking ownership of technology deliveries from high level requirement through development, testing and deployment

• Identify risks and issues early, plan mitigating steps and communicate these to stakeholders in a timely manner

• Work closely with business users, other project and programme managers and technology stakeholders to ensure all stakeholders are engaged and expectations managed

• Provide on-going support to the technology teams as required e.g. authoring / reviewing test cases, closing out open issues / questions, managing change request process etc

• 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.
• Lead to achieve the outcomes set out in the Bank's Conduct Principles

• 10+ years' experience in investment banking / financial markets technology delivery.
• Proven track record leading multi-discipline delivery teams on complex projects, annual project size up to $10m.
• Pro-actively engage, manage and build strong relationships with both business and technology stakeholders.
• Experience in leading agile delivery teams.
• Taking ownership of technology deliveries from high level requirements through development, testing and deployment.
• Identify risks and issues early, plan mitigating steps and communicate these to stakeholders in a timely manner.
• Work closely with business users, other project and programme managers and technology stakeholders to ensure all stakeholders are engaged and expectations managed.
• Provide on-going support to the technology teams as required e.g., authoring / reviewing test cases, closing out open issues / questions, managing change request process etc.

• Agile and traditional project management methodology experience. Certifications such as Scrum Master, Product Owner or PMP a plus
• Trade life-cycling and derivatives product knowledge from FX, Rates, Commodities and/or Credit encompassing trade events, pricing, risk analytics and market data.
• Knowledge and previous experience of large-scale financial markets platforms such sales-dealer, pricing and transaction processing systems
• Quantitative finance understanding, experience working with analytics libraries and pricing models. Finance degree or certifications (FRM/CFA/PRM etc) or market and credit risk understanding a plus.
• Technical background beneficial, knowledge of programming and scripting languages, technologies, architectures, data stores, messaging

• 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

• 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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