Lead, Project Manager

Job ID: 40665

Location: Bangalore, IN

Area of interest: Technology

Job type: Regular Employee

Work style: Office Working

Opening date: 17 Oct 2025

Job Summary

This role holder is an individual contributor that provides the relevant support to Programme Management Team for Integration Journey, T&A Delivery for Standard Chartered Bank

Key Responsibilities

Business

• Ensure that the key changes are communicated and cascaded to T&A Delivery Stakeholders, in line with the programmed communication model

Processes

• Ensure adherence to the Group policies and Project Management framework (SDLC) to implement T&A Deliveries

Governance

• Devise, scope and implement projects and initiatives in a lead capacity
• Establish project plans, track deliverables, ensure documentations, and participate in the project steering committee, and Deliver systems roll-out with GTO partners
• Manage and protect business as usual ("BAU") capability during change programmes, as well as during the execution and delivery of the Remediation initiatives through project phase and into BAU
• Manage the risk and dependencies of project

Stakeholder Engagement:

• Establish and maintain a stakeholder engagement database to reflect a concrete Stakeholder mapping and plan.
• Develop appropriate forums to collate and distribute feedback received from internal/external stakeholders apart from Member activities, consultations, and other interactions. These forums will be in line with Agile practices, example, IS Scorecard metrics, QPRs, MPRs, SRMs for Agile Squad performance, Big Room Planning, Update to Calliope etc.
• Work in conjunction with ISMT, Agile Coaches, and all Stakeholders to drive outcomes for Integration Services Forums. In summary, capture key progress, actions, risks and issues emerging out of all Stakeholder Engagement and Forums. Drive all outcomes to closure

Project/Change Management

• Implement change management methodology and capabilities.
• Identify and assess project interdependencies (dependency type, profile, specifications and timelines) to determine the critical path and control standards.
• Measure outcomes on Change initiatives/ program post-implementation to evaluate benefits realisation.
• Identify and resolve project plan execution (budget, work activities, timeline) risks.
• Scope projects and/or produce business case.
• Provide project management support.
• Manage and protect business as usual (BAU) capability during change programmes, as well as during the execution and delivery of the Remediation initiatives through project phase and into BAU.
• Implement change management tools/frameworks (stakeholder analysis, training needs analysis, changes impact assessment).
• Define and/or implement project quality compliance standards (e.g. defining the role of steering committee, implementing a detailed decision making matrix, issue escalation process and ensuring quality audits).
• Implement projects in response to changes to policies/procedures.
• Identify and actively engage with various key stakeholders to ensure the success of the project/program.
• Provide subject matter expert advice, guidance and support to the project managers on managing change

Key Stakeholders

• Senior Management in T&A Delivery & CIO Domains for Standard Chartered Bank
• Work closely with the Networks and CIO Project teams to ensure the project impacts and benefits, risks & issues are well understood, managed and communicate

Other Responsibilities

Embed Here for good and Group's brand and values in T&A Delivery Program & Networking team]; Perform other responsibilities assigned under Group, Country, Business or Functional policies and procedures; Multiple functions (double hats)

• Support regional regulatory interaction, particularly in relation to remediation requirements within the as expected by regulators
• Work with associated CIO Domain and Regional Technology teams to streamlines the roll outs
• Work with CIO Domain Stakeholders for project planning, execution and implementation
• Work with the T&A Delivery leads , Network leads to identify the risks from change programmes and steps to mitigate them

Our Ideal Candidate

Any graduation with PM backgrounMinimum 10+ years experience as Project Manager

Minimum 10+ years experience as Project Manager

Lead end to end project delivery across scope, schedule, cost, quality and risk parameters.

Develop detailed project plans, timelines and milestones aligned with OKRs and track the synchronisation between MPP & ADO.

Track and report project progress using dashboard, KPIs and executive summaries. Feed inputs to steerco deck for stream of work.

Coordinate cross-functional teams, vendors and stakeholders to ensure seamless execution.

Manage project budgets, forecasts and resource allocation efficiently.

Conduct risk assessments and implement mitigation and contingency plans.

Manage change requests, ensuring minimal impact to timelines and deliverables.

Facilitate requirement gathering and ensure clarity on scope definition and acceptance criteria.

Promote continuous improvement through lessons learned and best practice adoption

Oversee vendor management, contract adherence and service delivery performance.

Ensure timely delivery of project documentation, audits and closure reports.

Foster a collaborative, high performing team culture focussed on results and accountability.

Skills and Experience

• Project Management
• Networking
• Financial Management
• Risk Management
• Vendor Management
• Stakeholder Management

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.