Avp - PMO

Job ID: 25237

Location: Chennai, IN

Area of interest: Technology

Job type: Regular Employee

Work style: Office Working

Opening date: 29 Apr 2025

**Job Summary**-
**Strategy**
- Works with the Hive, Sub-domain, Domain leadership to support governance and reporting for a consolidated view across the Hive, Business or Function Unit.
- Ensure any new major changes to the prioritized product backlog (within 90-day cycle) are reported to RF (Refinement Forum) for approval and subsequently submit to MPR / QPR (Quarterly Performance Review) for approval on the impact to OKRs, cost and timeline shift on the 90-day approved commitments.

**Business**
- Responsible for financial management. Supports the Chief PO and Hive Tech Lead in all financial management matters including clarity updates, reports, capitalization, variance, underspends, cost plans etc.
- Ensure the Initiatives, product backlog and cost are aligned to approved QPR.
- Ensure all required approved SOWs / contracts are in-place to procure vendor resource / infrastructure including management of the vendor payments.
- Engage Country Finance teams and understand budget requirements across regions. - Done by PMs
- Track invoicing, transfer of costs to the project until closure of Purchase order

**Processes**
- Identify opportunities for efficiencies / process simplification and optimization.
- Given the tight deadlines to deliver, the PMO will be responsible for ensuring effective time management skills is adopted to get a high quality inputs for the month to get ready for the forecasting cycle to ensure we maintain a high degree of accuracy.
- Process need to eb well documented and understood by all stakeholders to ensure transparency for deliverables and deadline dates

**Key Responsibilities**

**People & Talent**
- Being a senior member of the PMO team, they will eb required to share best practices across the team and mentor the junior ones to ensure they grow in their careers as PMOs
- Strong leadership will be essential as a senior member of the team due to the engagement hat is required with senior management

**Risk Management**
- Present Financial details to RF with variances (underspends / overspends).
- Risk Governance (Monitor Risk and Issues Registers. Ensure consistent Risk and Issue management across the Hive or Sub-domain or Domain). - Ask is for PMO to be proactive in raising/validating risks related to financials, governance, HC, benefits.
- Support CPOs to respond to audit/GIA/external audit etc.

**Governance**
- Establish control across the Refinement Forums (or a Hive governance forum) and maintain the governance framework and strategy for the robust and efficient management of strategic investments in compliance with Change Delivery Standards.
- Ensure Clarity data is synchronized with the Tasks and resource allocation.

**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.
- [Fill in for regulated roles]
- Lead the [country / business unit / function/XXX [team] 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.] *
- [Insert local regulator e.g. PRA/FCA prescribed responsibilities and Rationale for allocation].

[Where relevant - Additionally, for subsidiaries or relevant non -subsidiaries]
- Serve as a Director of the Board of [insert name of entities]
- Exercise authorities delegated by the Board of Directors and act in accordance with Articles of Association (or equivalent)

**Key stakeholders**
- Cash Hive Leads, Program Head, Delivery Lead, Portfolio Team, CIOs, CPOs, Finance teams, Country Finance, Interface Team SPOCs.

**Other Responsibilities**
- Embed Here for good and Group’s brand and values in Cash; Perform other responsibilities assigned under Group, Country, Business or Functional policies and procedures.

**Skills and Experience**
- Financial analysis
- Excel
- Communication
- Project Management

**Qualifications**
- EDUCATION DEGREE AND ABOVE
- TRAINING PROJECT MANAGEMENT/FINANCIAL ANALYSIS RELATED
- CERTIFICATIONS PMP PREFERRED (NOT A PRE-REQUISITE)

**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