Snr Manager, Cross Skilled

Job Summary We are seeking a highly motivated Senior Data AI Architect to be part of Legal Audit Risk CFCC domains who is highly skilled in designing and architecting large and complex data and Agentic AI applications Delivering value to our customers is at the core of what our teams do - this role works closely with Enterprise architecture teams to ensure alignment of application architecture to broader enterprise architecture patterns and strategies This role will be responsible for developing and maintaining a robust and scalable data architecture that meets the needs of our legal risk audit and compliance technology initiatives This role will closely with cross-functional teams to identify data needs develop data models and ensure that data is accurate reliable and available for analysis and reporting Key Responsibilities Strategy Clear understanding of the Enterprise Architecture patterns and strategy Drive the simplification standardization improve reusability of the solutions and adoption of industry best practices across all data applications in the domains Work with other Data Architects across Functions Architecture and Group Architecture to ensure that Group and Functions Architecture Strategies are executed within the area of responsibility Drive optimisation with a rigorous focus on efficiency optimisation of application infrastructure capacity Drive innovation in improving the quality of the data and in monetizing the data Business Awareness and understanding of the wider business economic and market environment in which the group operates Knowledge of end-to-end data flows for Legal Audit Risk and Compliance domains Understanding of regulatory frameworks like BCBS239 which mandate data lineage and data quality standards Managing the technology evolution and maintaining its long-term vision roadmap and communicating the technology vision strategy to stakeholders by participating RFs and QPRs Processes Creating and maintaining architectural documentation and diagrams and for communicating the design and technical direction to the development team Prepare Solution Intent documents and work with domain architects in getting it approved Perform threat modelling and work with SACA team to get SACA request approved Present proposed solutions in ARF and FTC and working with domain architects to get approvals Identifying and addressing any technical issues or bottlenecks in the application and for leading technical discussions and reviews Work with hive leads and engineering teams to ensure data applications are complaint with SCM SDF and ICS standards and adopt bank standard CI CD pipelines Establish and publish engineering best practices and standards for Engineering teams and ensure that Engineering teams follow these standards Help in the selection of technologies and frameworks to be used in the development of the applications and help in the design of the system s infrastructure and deployment Bring outside in view of industry trends and emerging technologies to development teams and management Improve speed to value by adopting composable and evolutionary architectures and increasing the reusability Identifying and addressing scalability performance and security issues in Legal Audit Risk and CFCC data applications People Talent Provide Architecture and Engineering guidance to the Project team Helping engineering teams to become more productive by empowering them with modern tool stack and helping them to shift left the DevOps and DevSecOps practices tools Work with Project teams to lead and drive Evaluations and Proof of Concepts for new technologies and other strategic technology initiatives Lead through example and build the appropriate culture and values Work in collaboration with risk and control partners Increasing participation in technical communities and guilds Build future pipeline of engineering talent by upskilling and reskilling the existing engineers Risk Management Work closely with Project Team to ensure projects are implemented in line with approved Architecture and Target Architecture Work with project team closely to address day to day architecture and engineering challenges Work with hive leads and engineering teams to ensure all our applications are complaint with SCM SDF and ICS standards and adopt bank standard CI CD pipelines Governance Responsible to work with project Team to ensure submissions to Architecture Review Forum ARF and Functions Technology Council FTC meet the required level of due diligence and quality from an architecture perspective Responsible to ensure that Application Project level architecture processes and any related deliverables are completed met 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 Lead to achieve the outcomes set out in the Bank s Conduct Principles Fair Outcomes for Clients Effective Financial Markets Financial Crime Compliance The Right Environment Serve as a Director of the Board Exercise authorities delegated by the Board of Directors and act in accordance with Articles of Association or equivalent Key stakeholders Global Head Legal Audit Risk and Compliance Technology Domain Heads of Legal Audit Risk and Compliance Technology Domain Architect and Functions Chief Architect Head of Compliance Surveillance Data Analytics Global Head - Change Management - CFCC Chief Product Owner Product Owners Product Managers Scrum Masters Agile Delivery Leads Other Responsibilities Embed Here for good and Group s brand and values in Technology Services - Functions Perform other responsibilities assigned under Group Country Business or Functional policies and procedures Multiple functions double hats Bring continuous improvement culture in the team and work with SRE Lead to bringing automation first attitude of team Qualifications Education-Tertiary qualification Master bachelor s degree in computer engineering computer science preferred Certifications-Bigdata cloud and python related certifications Languages-English Skills and Experience Data Architecture and Design Architecture Governance and Processes Programming languages Python Scala Data and Big Data Technologies Analytics and AI ML APIs Integration and Middleware Technologies Container Technologies e g Kubernetes 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 35594