Standard Chartered Looking for Technology Lead and Solution Architect at Bengaluru, Karnataka Full Time

Job: Technology

Primary Location: Asia-India-Bangalore

Schedule: Full-time

Employee Status: Permanent

Posting Date: 17/Jul/2022, 7:07:44 AM

Unposting Date: Ongoing

Role Responsibilities

As a Solution Architect, you will be responsible for defining and shaping up overall technical vision and play a key role in managing the technical deliveries as well as developing and maintaining a common understanding of projects’ goals, objectives and scope. You will be responsible for a quality delivery of solution according to SCB standards. You will support project teams throughout entire project lifecycle (all stages) from inception through design, build, test to final deployment and closure. You need to have a balanced mix of skills: technologies, industry knowledge, communication, stakeholder management, leadership, problem solving, decision recommendation and negotiation skills.

Strategy

Awareness and understanding of the Group and T&I strategy. Driving a vision and purpose by painting a compelling picture of the strategy that motivates others to action.

Align technical roadmap with the T&I architecture strategy for Retail Products Client Enablement and Statements systems.

Define the technology delivery strategy that efficiently maximizes the resources while meeting program commitments.

Envisage and align the portfolio to the growing technology needs and capabilities like Cloud, AI, etc.

Identify areas for Business Efficiency gains through technical enhancements or process redesign.

Support Business and FSS Operations by leveraging technology to streamline processes, enhance productivity, enable straight-through processing and zero touch, reduce risk and improve controls.

Business

Manage business partner expectations. Ensure delivery to business meeting time, cost, budget and with high quality.

Drive an ecosystem of innovation and enabling business through technology.

Processes

Responsible for business initiatives delivery aligning to SCB defined technology, Agile principles and project management processes and frameworks.

Support Transformation agenda, Business Operating Models, Standards, Finance, Risk Controls and compliance with regulations.

Inculcate the Group’s values and code of conduct in the FSS Technology Team to ensure adherence to the highest standards of ethics and compliance to relevant policies and processes.

Ensure compliance to the highest standards of business conduct, regulatory requirements and practices defined by internal and external requirements. This includes compliance with local banking laws and anti-money laundering stipulations.

Risk Management

Identifying and owning architectural, technical and deployment risk, escalating to Hive Leads and Product Managers and service owners (as appropriate) with strategies to mitigate that risk.

Be proactive in ensuring regular assurance that the FSS Products Client Enablement and Statements T&I Team is performing to acceptable risk levels and control standards.

Act quickly and decisively when any risk and control weakness become apparent and ensure those are addressed within quick / prescribed timeframes and escalated through the relevant committees.

Balance business delivery on time, quality and cost constraints with risks and controls to ensure that they do not materially threaten the Group’s ability to remain within acceptable risk levels.

Ensure business continuity and disaster recovery planning for the entire technology portfolio.

Governance

Responsible to deliver in accordance to T&I policies and ensure governance of the team’s adherence to the same.

Adheres to all governance controls.

Regulatory and 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

FSS Product owners, Hive Leaders, Country Businesses and CTM

Tech Architecture Forum, Information and Cyber Security Forum

Global Technology Services Heads (Production Support, Infrastructure, etc)

Interface teams

Our Ideal Candidate

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science / Engineering or a related discipline, graduate degree preferred.

Technology Leadership with 15+ years’ experience.

TOGAF Certified, AWS Certified Solutions Architect Associate / Professional will be an added advantage.

About Standard Chartered

We’re an international bank, nimble enough to act, big enough for impact. For more than 160 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

Be better together, we can be ourselves, be inclusive, see more good in others, and work collectively to build for the long term

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, parental/maternity (20 weeks), sabbatical (12 weeks maximum) and volunteering leave (3 days), along with 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.

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