Lead, TPRM Process

Requisition Number: 38834

Job Location: Chennai, IND

Work Type: Office Working

Employment Type: Fixed Term Worker

Posting Start Date: 26/11/2025

Posting End Date: 31/12/2025

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Job Summary

An experienced and dynamic professional to design, run and embed the risk processes of the TPRM Simplification change initiatives

Working with the Global Head TPRM Governance and the relevant change / programme teams, you will ensure ongoing design and implementation delivery and operational efficiency of the TPRM programme of work.

Key Responsibilities

• Responsible for TPRM Simplification risk processes design as a SME input
• Responsible for working along with TPRM Simplification programme team and RFOs to finalise the detailed design and question sets
• Support design of inherent and residual risk methodology
• Support test and use of external data sources from identification, piloting to embedment
• Support GPO delegate responsibilities

Strategy

• SME support in driving the strategic roadmap, including the target TPRM process
• SME support for driving the execution of a comprehensive transformation plan supporting the revised strategy for Third Party Risk Management process in the Supply Chain Management function, aligning with the bank's overall business and digital transformation strategies
• Collaborate with executive leadership and key stakeholders to enact strategic objectives, performance indicators, and alignment on project milestones for the transformation process.

Business

• Implement best practices in Third Party Risk Management process, as part of the defined programme plan
• Act as a bridge with senior leadership and key stakeholders to provide updates on progress, challenges, and successes, ensuring that transformation efforts are on track and delivering expected outcomes
• Define and monitor key performance indicators (KPIs) ensuring continuous improvement and sustainable performance throughout the transition of the TPRM process

Processes

• Responsible for TPRM Simplification risk processes design as a SME input in coordination with RFOs, Risk Groups and in compliance with regulatory requirements
• SME input into country process standardisation
• SME input into whitelisting for lower risk spend categories
• SME input into developing AI uses cases for TPRM simplification
• Responsible for working along with TPRM Simplification programme team and RFOs to finalise the detailed design and question sets
• Support design of inherent and residual risk methodology in coordination with RFOs, Risk Groups and in compliance with regulatory requirements
• Support test and use of external data sources from identification, piloting to embedment

People & Talent

• Build relationships across business / functions to deliver the programme outcomes against the set milestones
• Role model the Bank's Valued Behaviours at all times
• Drive a culture of data driven decision making within the context of the change across the team

Risk Management

• Ensure that the redesigned TPRM processes complies with all relevant regulatory, risk, and compliance frameworks, including those specific to the banking industry
• Identify and mitigate risks throughout the transformation process, proactively addressing any barriers to successful implementation

Governance

• Engage and build strong relationships with key internal stakeholders, including IT, finance, risk, compliance, and senior management, to ensure alignment of the transformation with the bank's broader objectives and regulatory frameworks.
• Analyze performance data to identify trends and implement corrective actions as needed to achieve strategic objectives

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

• TPRM Simplification programme team
• Beacon programme team
• Global Head, SCM
• SCM Management Team
• RFOs
• Technology and Operations Team
• Risk Group teams
• Strategy & Talent teams (e.g. COO, HR, CIO, CFO)

Skills and Experience

The role holder will have significant experience in OTCR management within the Banking industry, including relevant regulation and industry trends. In particular, the role holder will demonstrate:

• A rigorous and analytical approach to risk management
• Experience of business partnering, including the ability to synthesise and articulate complex and technical topics clearly to diverse audiences.
• Ability to manage a diverse and challenging stakeholder community.
• Specific strong competence in the use of Excel for analysis of complex data and PowerPoint for communication purposes.

Ideally the role holder will have specific experience of OTCR frameworks and have an in-depth knowledge of some of the key organisational and operational challenges faced by a Second-Line Risk function. Further, for this Advisory role they should be able to have:

• Strong knowledge of the businesses, markets and operations of Standard Chartered Bank and the policies, procedures, and processes through which OTCR are addressed throughout the Group, with specific knowledge in Change Governance risks.
• Ability to represent the Bank with external stakeholders via Industry Forums and at key Regulatory meetings, as required.
• Ability to assess priorities and focus on detailed aspects of SME function to drive effective delivery.
• Excellent analytical skills: ability to think clearly and rigorously about how best to assess existing and emerging risks and readiness, being able to reach a pragmatic approach and direction.
• Experience of identifying risks (both existing and emerging), advising on mitigation actions, and reaching agreement with stakeholders on the management of risks and issues.
• Sound judgement and anticipation and strong integrity, independence, and resilience
• Ability to translate regulatory into business requirements for change programmes.
• Communication Skills:

o Excellent English oral and written skills

o Ability to communicate and explain complicated risk issues to internal and external stakeholders in a simple and business-friendly way.

o Able to challenge constructively in a non-confrontational manner.

• Ability to participate within a multi-disciplinary team and be a strong team player.
• Ability to identify opportunities for continuous improvements.

Role Specific Technical Competencies

• Operational and Technology Risk Management
• Process Management
• Regulatory Environment – Financial Services
• Risk Management
• Process Automation
• Change Management Risk
• Third Party Risk Management
• Resilience Risk
• Manage People
• Manage Vendors

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.