AVP, Delivery Lead - SAP FPSL

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Job Summary

Release planning and maintain hygiene towards preparation of release activity

Maintain a centralized release calendar across Aspire DATA & Aspire FPSL Team and product teams.

Manage the application release process, ADO pipeline and artifacts collection, to ensure the release follow and compliant with Bank standards.

Support tech delivery lead in coordinating and managing technical related tasks and activities.

Assist Solution Intent and architecture review.

Coordinate with global tech and up / down stream development teams to deliver the project needs.

Coordinate with Vendors to ensure vendor's solution meet Bank standards.

Support delivery lead to monitor technology delivery progress.

Drive release readiness reviews, ensuring code freeze, QA sign-off, and documentation are complete.

Identify patterns in release challenges and work with leadership to improve processes.

Communicate the release-related tasks such as plans, timelines, requirements, etc. between different teams.

Handle changes end to end related to release

Work closely with Testing team for TDA , RT & PT closer

Key Responsibilities

Strategy

Awareness and understanding of the Group's business strategy and model appropriate to the role

Business

Awareness and understanding of the wider business, economic and market environment in which the Group operates

Processes

Responsible for the system architecture, development, build and deployment processes of the resilience solutions to be delivered.

Comply with Bank Group Policy and always adhere to Group Code of Conduct

Lead / Guide / mentor team to deliver quality product by adhering to best SDLC practices.

People & Talent

Effective communication skill

Team player

Strong Analytical and strategic mindset coupled with a thorough understanding of analytics in Banking Industry

Experience in software like Jira, SharePoint, Confluence, ADO Repos, ADO Pipelines.

Works closely with program manager, scrum master and architects to convey technical impacts to development timeline and risk

Ensure successful technical implementation with NIL / minimal post implementation issues

Risk Management

Identify risks and highlight to appropriate forum to mitigate the risk

Governance

Awareness and understanding of the regulatory framework, in which the Group operates, and the regulatory requirements and expectations relevant to the role.

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.

Key stakeholders

Aspire change

Aspire subledger development

Other Responsibilities

Ability to culturally orient in diverse & international team environment and lead and inspire multi-disciplinary teams

Qualifications

10+ Years of hands-on experience in software release management

Skills and Experience

Release 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.