Product Owner, ESG

This job is with Standard Chartered Bank, an inclusive employer and a member of myGwork – the largest global platform for the LGBTQ+ business community. Please do not contact the recruiter directly.

JOB SUMMARY

The ESG Product Owner drives transformation for Business, Operations and Risk functions, constantly striving to reduce time-to-market, deliver better experiences and streamline the ESG risk assessment processes.

The ESG Product Owner is an empowered decision-maker who leads a cross-functional team called Squad and is responsible for maximizing the business value of the work of the Squad.

The individual owns and manages a product backlog and is ultimately accountable for the successful delivery of the ESG digital initiatives. The individual works in a fast-paced environment with high degrees of ambiguity, get excited by solving complex problems and is adept at getting things done.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Strategy

The ESG transformation initiative aims to harness cutting-edge technology to drive operational efficiency, data transparency, and ESG decision-making across our footprint to foster SCB's leadership in sustainable finance.

Business

• Chair Working Groups to create and maintain effective engagement with relevant stakeholders across business, operations, risk to deliver the ESG transformation agenda
• Decompose book of work into key milestones or epics, features and user stories
• Manage stakeholders, providing demos and training as needed for seamless solution rollout.
• Collect user feedback and actively contribute to use case prioritization.

Processes

People & Talent

Risk Management

Governance

Regulatory & Business Conduct

Key Stakeholders

Qualifications

Role Specific Technical Competencies

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.

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