Purpose of the role
The Lead, HR Strategic Change will support the Global Head, HR Strategic Change in designing, developing and implementing global HR strategic initiatives that align with the organization’s overall business objectives and goals. As part of the global HR Strategy & Digital Transformation Team (S&DT), the role holder will play a key role in supporting our HR function is delivering its ambitious agenda globally.
Strategy
Work closely with the Global Head, HR Strategic Change to deliver HR and digital transformation strategic initiatives across the Group, ensuring these are aligned to the Group strategic agenda and to the Global HR overarching strategic agenda.
Drive the delivery of global programs, such as the refreshed HR Target Operating Model (HR TOM) globally, collaborating with senior stakeholders across HR.
Articulate clear deliverables, define implementation plan and required budget to deliver the best outcomes for each of the allocated programs.
Take ownership of designing and running workshops with senior stakeholders ensuring the right outcomes are achieved in the most efficient way.
Maintain constant collaboration and engagement with other HR Centres of Excellence, ensuring that our ways of working and operating model continue to drive high levels of experience for our colleagues in a way that combines the best of the digital-human interface.
Ensure close collaboration with key internal HR and Group wide stakeholders to align on priorities, expectations, connections and dependencies.
Support the writing of strategic papers for our HR Management Team on our HR priorities and the progress of global HR initiatives when required.
Business
Contribute to the monitoring of external perspective to bring in innovative ideas and benchmark ourselves with progressive companies across sectors to drive greater impact for our clients.
Support relationships building and management of vendors when required.
Processes
Ensure new changes implemented are aligned with existing global HR processes and procedures to maintain the efficient and effective management of the organization’s global workforce.
People & Talent
Promote and embed the valued behaviours into the ways of working of the entire programmes resource base.
Risk Management
Take personal responsibility for understanding the risk and compliance requirements of the role.
Effectively and collaboratively identify, escalate, mitigate and resolve risk and compliance matters.
Governance
Adopt and align with the ways of working defined by our PMO and our change office.
Regulatory & Business Conduct
Comply with the highest standards of regulatory and business conduct and practices as defined by internal and external requirements.
Assess requirements and take accountability for ensuring all regulatory requirements related to the introduction of key cloud products and supporting business processes are met in a timely fashion, including data residency, data privacy, outsourcing arrangements and legal requirement
Understand and ensure compliance with, in letter and spirit, all applicable laws, regulations and guidelines including those governing securities activities, company law, anti-money laundering, terrorist financing and sanctions; the Group’s policies and procedures; and the Group Code of Conduct.
Embed the Group’s Values and Group Code of Conduct to ensure adherence with the highest standards of ethics.Comply with relevant policies, processes and regulations, as part of the culture.
Key stakeholders
Global Head, HR Strategy & Digital Transformation
Global Head, HR Strategic Change
HR Strategy & Digital Transformation Leadership Team
HR Change Office
HR Program Managers
HR Change and Enablement Team
Accountable Executives
HR Chief Product Owners
Other Responsibilities
Perform other responsibilities assigned under Group, Business or Functional policies and procedures
Our Ideal Candidate
10+ years of experience working within Human Resources in the financial industry preferable
Experience of working within Big Four consultancy environment
Have worked in an international, dynamic organisation
Ability to balance strategic thinking, with operational detail where required to assure quality and problem solve
Excellent stakeholder engagement skills and ability to adapt to different styles according to target audience.
Demonstrated competency in decision making and problem solving; resource management; conflict management; leadership; and planning, prioritising and goal setting.
Excellent communication skills – oral, written and presentation.
A proven track record leading successful projects. Deep understanding of ePMO processes and requirements
Strong understanding of complex programmes financials and SCB financial processes
MS Project skills
Advanced MS Office Suite Skills including SharePoint
Ability to communicate complex information to stakeholders, internal resources and 3rd parties
Role Specific Technical Competencies
Establishing and Maintaining Trust
Human Resources Consulting
Industry Knowledge
Organizational Change Management
Planning: Tactical, Strategic
Strategic Thinking
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 more good 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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