Project Manager, Market

Job Summary We are a leading international bank focused on helping people and companies prosper across Asia Africa and the Middle East To us good performance is about much more than turning a profit It s 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 We re committed to promoting equality in the workplace and creating an inclusive and flexible culture one where everyone can realize their full potential and make a positive contribution to our organization This in turn helps us to provide better support to our broad client base The Financial Markets Technology function is responsible for the systems development and technology infrastructure which underpin the Bank s services for Financial Markets clients Within the Financial Markets infrastructure SABRE Standard Chartered Analytics Booking and Risk Engine is the bank s strategic platform for trade processing valuation and market risk and has been entirely developed in house The Financial Markets Risk Technology team is looking for an experienced and seasoned technical project manager to contribute towards the building of a new market and reference data platform within FM Whilst the SABRE platform has continuously been improved over the years to scale to an ever-increasing user base and a growing number of capabilities amount of data and computation its static and market data components have grown organically without going through any drastic transformation The refreshed FM static and market strategy also provides a unique opportunity to realign the Static and Market Data Service software architecture interfaces and operational processes to that strategy It s also an enabler for all major projects FRTB IBOR transition key systems migrations and more The team is made of 30 people and delivers to all functions FM Front Office incl Quants Middle Office Market Risk Valuation Control Product Control Technology and Back Office It covers all asset classes FX Rates Credit EQ and Commodities The role consists in joining the team to project manage the build for this strategic market and reference data platform with centralized data interfaces and data store to support the Financial Market intraday and EOD pricing and risk management Key Responsibilities The candidate will be able to quickly establish objective working relationships with senior front office COO risk finance operations and technology stakeholders The candidate is expected to drive a dynamic globally dispersed team of business analysts technologists change managers and business stakeholders and take full ownership of project management and governance throughout the delivery cycle The role will be supported in that endeavour by applications managers delivery managers and SME from the various parts of Financial Markets Technology Market Data Pricing Risk Trade Processing Data Regulatory and Operations The candidate will need to bring accomplished leadership intuitive organisational awareness and assured project management skills to the role The successful candidate will have an extremely solid Financial Markets and risk and market data background with a solid track record delivering large scale technology programmes The candidate will also be able to dive into details and help his team solve complex cross-platform problems The candidate will be agile-fluent comfortable and effective in dealing with the resistance that comes with large change programmes Key Outcomes Resource and project plans allowing to meet the programme objective Project implementation and change managed in accordance with agreed best practice Provision of logistical and implementation planning and support to all stakeholders in executing the deliverables in a consistent and transparent manner Establishment of an appropriate efficient and comprehensive governance model to establish manage and achieve the programme objectives Definition of organization roles ceremonies reporting Key project execution deliverables scope definition testing plan acceptance criteria roll out plans financials management Assist with communication planning and scoping of sprints Identify risks and impediments early plan mitigating steps and communicate these to workstream lead and business stakeholders in a timely manner Gain recognition as a of the nWOW new Ways of Working through agile advocacy programme leadership and delivery Be prepared and ready for internal or external audit inspection Be an active member of the scrum team assisting with sprint planning and retrospective Strategy Establish the position as the single point of escalation for FM Market Reference Data knowledge and advice Represent the interests of the FM Technology where necessary in relevant committees or management forums Prepare and or contribute material to relevant higher-management committees as required Record and continually review and revise the assessments of programme risks and issues 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 Traders quantitative analysts middle office operations market risk finance developers testers project managers support groups Skills and Experience Skills Traits Strong communication skills - written and from the platform - with the ability to tailor messages to the audience Pro-active stakeholder engagement with strong influencing capability Possess a driven can-do attitude and proactive in stakeholder engagement Highly effective working and interacting with multiple stakeholders teams and functions Knowledge and Experience Expert in planning organizing and leading large-scale technology projects 100 people in the Financial Markets industry Sound knowledge and first-hand experience of Financial Markets trade life cycle pricing and risk at least one asset class in-depth Expert in full life-cycle software design and implementation with post-implementation support Strong analytical and problem-solving skills Experience working with senior business stakeholders and executive committees in Financial Markets Strong communication and presentation skills with an excellent standard of English written and spoken Qualifications Bachelors Master s Degree in Banking Finance Management from a well-reputed university Ability to provide direction and leadership able to deal with uncertainty Advanced understanding of agile ways of working and delivering transformation Strong interpersonal relationship building and influencing abilities Ability to collaborate and work dynamically across a broad range of stakeholders Strong problem solving and analytical skills Ability to manage geographically dispersed stakeholder base with multi-cultural awareness and sensitivity Highly disciplined and structured with an outcome orientated mindset and approach 12-15 years experience with project management solution design and end-to-end delivery in the Financial Markets industry Strong knowledge of derivatives across asset classes encompassing product knowledge pricing risk analytics and trade life cycle Extensive knowledge in the reference and market data rate fx cds commodities curves vol surfaces FM instruments bonds ABS futures xe2x80xa6etc Experience with real-time market data i e Bloomberg BPIPE and Refinitiv RTDS TREP is a big plus Background in engineering is a big plus Proven ability to work across business streams and have exposure to front to back system implementation Good understanding of key technology concepts strong technical acumen is a big plus Pragmatic team player with an attention to detail Ability to drive multiple agenda and effectively manage priorities Strong communication and presentation skills with an excellent standard of English are a must Multicultural awareness Displays personal authority integrity and ethics 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 29021