Head of FXScale Technology

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Job Summary

Lead the FXSCALE technology team.

FXSCALE is the bank's FX electronic micro-payments platform running 24x7 with a global client base.

We have an engaged business and aggressive product roadmap. The system development team is a specialist team responsible for the design and development of this high profile system.

The team is globally distributed between India and Singapore.

Strategy

Define and own the technology strategy for the FXSCALE platform

Business

Working closely with all stakeholders including front office, support teams, other internal clients and technology teams

Presenting to external clients from time to time

managing the IT budget for the entire SCALE project

championing mandatory / tech-driven work items while delivering business-driven change

defining and delivering on the strategic architecture for the platform

Key Responsibilities

Processes

full compliance with SCB's software delivery lifecycle

People & Talent

leading the development team which includes business analysts, scrum masters and developers.

organising and structuring the team for optimal delivery.

ability to delegate across your leads and team while maintaining ownership

hiring including determining location strategy / performance management

directing the QA and devops teams that support the platform.

ability to delegate across your leads and team while maintaining ownership

Risk Management

tracking and resolving vulnerabilities

owning and resolving audit items as and when they arise

Skills and Experience

Governance

owning platform development lifecycle and ensuring adherence to bank policies

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.

Lead the FXSCALE technology team to achieve the outcomes set out in the Bank's Conduct Principles

Effectively and collaboratively identify, escalate, mitigate and resolve risk, conduct and compliance matters.

Key stakeholders

Markets product management

PSS

Markets Sales

Qualifications

SKILLS AND COMPETENCIES

Development (including java)

Messaging (ideally Solace)

Micro-based architecture and APIs

Distributed cache technologies (ideally Hazelcast)

eCommerce business including order lifecycle

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.