PMO - Corporate Affairs, Brand & Marketing

Role Responsibilities
The PMO - Corporate Affairs, Brand & Marketing supports Head of CABM Planning and Prioritisation to coordinate management of projects/programmes, providing support to Project/ Programme Leads, Product Owners, Process Owners as required on project/programme management related processes. The role holder adds great value to the Corporate Affairs, Brand & Marketing (CABM) function by increasing transparency of project progress and risks, standardising project management procedures, improving predictability of outcome and enabling better decision making. The role holder has strong analytical skills, is a self-starter with a 'can do' attitude, highly organised, self-motivated and is able to influence stakeholders and guide others in delivering changes
Business

• Support the prioritisation of investments within CABM's investment portfolio, particularly in data quality assurance and adoption of new tools and processes
• Support the evolution of QPR (investment governance) construct and the converge of QPR and Business Performance Forum
• Support the preparation of QPR/MPR meetings and Corporate Planning/budgeting cycle

Risk Management and Project/Programme Governance

• Manage the Project Management Standard (PMS) Assurance framework for the Project/Agile Deliveries/Programme, educate stakeholders on the applicable key controls and ensure compliance with policies and standards (e.g., ceremonies governance oversight, effective communication of LuW and DtW, Change Risk Assessment, Pre- and Post-customer go-live oversight)
• Collaborate with Product Owners and Project/Programme Leads on financial management, backlog management, OKR and benefits tracking and other change governance related matters; Ensure Impediments and Blockers are escalated appropriately
• Identify potential areas where training and coaching are needed for Product Owners, Project Managers/Scrum Masters, and Process Owners, for increased awareness of corporate governance, clearer guidance for process and controls, and rapid adoptions of new platforms and ways of working
• Liaising with ECM and support transition from New Ways of Working (nWOW) to Ways of Working (WoW), ensure baseline requirements are implemented for CABM COO to declare 'Day 1 Ready'
• Work closely with CABM COO Risk Management team to manage monthly CST and related key control tracking
• Act as secretary for the CABM COO related Refinement Forum, responsible for maintaining TOR and documenting meeting discussion, preparing for high quality and timely meeting material, identifying, and tracking of open actions and key issues
• Centralise portfolio data (e.g., unified backlog, resource capacity view), maintain high quality of project data on multiple platforms and tools so that reliable insights can be drawn easily or automatically (e.g., Jira, Clarity, Plainview, aXess, Trello, ServiceNow, Teams & SharePoint, Microsoft Office)

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 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

• Product Owners and Delivery Leads of CABM investment projects
• Corporate Affairs, Brand & Marketing Goal Owners, Process Owners
• CABM COO Risk Management team
• Senior Project Operations Manager of T&I for Corporate Affairs, Brand & Marketing
• Enterprise Change Management (ECM)

Our Ideal Candidate

• Degree from a reputable university or Institution, or business management related degree would be a plus
• 5+ years' experience in financial industry, with proven track record in leadership role in Project Management
• Project Management Certificate (PMP); Portfolio Management related certification is a plus
• Agile or Scrum certification is a plus

Role Specific Technical Competencies

• Good understanding of Project Governance
• Experience in supporting Portfolio Management or Programmes
• Business Analytic skills

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 better 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 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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