Job ID: 29213
Location: London, GB
Area of interest: Human Resources
Job type: Regular Employee
Work style: Office Working
Opening date: 12 Jun 2025

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE

To be a success in this role, you will require skills in the following areas:
Talent Management; Knowledge of how an organization attracts, recruits, retains, identifies and develops talent; ability to develop the talent required for an organization to achieve its short-term and long-term goals.
Talent Development; Knowledge of colleague development objectives and methods; ability to design, implement and monitor an organization’s talent development strategies.
Brand Management; Knowledge of, and ability to use, tools and processes for creating and maintaining a marketing approach to promoting the company or a product line.
Human Resources Consulting; Knowledge of policies, considerations and processes of human resources (HR)planning and development; ability to plan and develop an organization’s HR operations in order to increase individual and organizational effectiveness.
Change Management; Knowledge of and ability to align the organization’s people and culture with changes in business strategy, organizational structure, technology and business processes.
Workforce Analytics; Knowledge of human resources (HR) and workforce issues and trends; ability to analyze workforce data, information and metrics and apply the results to support business decisions.
Industry Knowledge; Knowledge of the organization’s industry group, trends, directions, major issues, regulatory considerations, and trendsetters; ability to apply this knowledge appropriately to diverse situations.
Effective Communication; Understanding of effective communication concepts, tools and techniques; ability to effectively transmit, receive, and accurately interpret ideas, information, and needs through the application of appropriate communication behaviors.

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

PLEASE NOTE, THIS ROLE WILL BE BASED IN EITHER THE UK, SINGAPORE OR HONG KONG.

It is an exciting time to be joining the Talent & Skills team at Standard Chartered. Over the last few years we have been investing in strengthening the way we identify, develop and deploy our talent across the Bank
With a clear business strategy now in place we are refocusing our executive talent management efforts to help us build a strong future leadership pipeline and looking for a senior talent leader to own and drive this agenda.
Working collaboratively with a wide variety of stakeholders you will be responsible for strengthening the way we do executive talent management across the Bank, helping us to better facilitate movement of top talent into areas of the business that matter most.
Critical to this role is the ability to join the dots, think strategically and manage uncertainty. You will have a strong capability in being able to use data and insight to translate ideas into meaningful actions that enable business performance.
To be successful you will draw upon key technical skills like talent management, talent assessment, succession planning, consulting) and be able to demonstrate a proven track record of executing effectively in this domain of talent management.
A background of experiences across a wide range of contexts, sectors and types of roles within a HR function (COE and HRBP) will be beneficial, including a strong understanding of how to deliver talent processes in a regulated sector.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

You will be responsible for defining and leading the global executive talent management approach for the Bank, aligned to our business and people strategy. In partnership with Heads of HR, design and oversee the implementation of succession planning processes for executive talent populations and other critical role segments.

ROLE SPECIFICS:

• Collaborate with key stakeholders to design and oversee development and deployment interventions for executive talent segments.
• Act as a trusted advisor and partner with HRBPs to deliver executive talent priorities for business areas, in alignment with the global people plan
• Provide strategic counsel and talent management advice to support delivery of executive talent interventions in business areas and markets
• Partner with HR COE colleagues to colleagues to ensure our approach to executive talent development shaped and delivered in an integrated way in conjunction with other key people priorities
• Lead the delivery of executive talent analytics and reporting to various stakeholders, leveraging data and insight to drive decisions and improve visibility of talent health, diversity and succession risks
• Stay informed of external trends and practices In leading edge executive talent management across the Financial Servcies sector and beyond, using insights to drive innovation in the Bank’s approach to this work.