Job Description
Job : Technology
Primary Location : Asia-India-Chennai
Schedule : Full-time
Employee Status : Permanent
Posting Date : 0+/Jul/2026, 10:40:48 PM
Unposting Date : Ongoing
The Role Responsibilities
Job Role
Program and Finance Management
Standardizing the program management processes to ensure reporting requirements are met within the deadlines; tracking, and measuring performance against plan (key activities, timelines, stakeholders, milestones and deliverables) to develop regular status report.
Support DPTP Tech leads in running their Scrum calls and stand ups, assist in Epic planning, and track milestone progress.
Facilitate the team to self-organize, self-manage and deliver Coordinates with the release team Address scrum team’s impediments.
Sets up Project Dashboard for reporting, for team to maintain and teams productivity.
End to end management of the budget for the Programme and BAU. Provide updates to the senior management on actual costs incurred to gauge the utilization against forecast.
Work with T&I Finance and business partners in budgeting and forecasting cycles.
Raise accruals and manage invoice payments.
Cost centre and financial management including cost approvals.
Preparation of periodic management reports and updates.
Act as a channel between Technology and business counterparts.
Strategy
Business and Performance Management
Provide direct support to Technology Squad Leads and Head, Data and Privacy Technology on various requirements, including presentation for upcoming strategic models for cost saves and team structures and other adhoc data / information requests.
Recommend improvements and alternative solutions to resolve problems, serve as a key point of contact for the Programme team.
For DPTP, track the KPIs and drive compliance on essentials.
Undertake other responsibilities or initiatives as assigned on an ongoing basis.
Business
Communications and Engagement
Support the wider communications agenda through contributions in the Weekly and Fortnightly newsletters and bridge updates, with an aim to bring into focus and celebrate DPTP achievements and initiatives.
Encourage learning and support knowledge sharing culture in the team.
Plan and organize team events (department gathering, team building, townhalls, skip level meetings, etc).
Drive rigor and agenda for regular DPTP LT meetings, travel plans and set in place mechanism to track all decisions and action items to closure.
Processes
Resourcing and Vendor Management
Manage resource forecast, allocation and utilization, multi-squad scheduling and planning to address program and resource interdependencies.
End to end ownership of resource task and timesheet allocation in program management tool (Clarity / Planview).
Resource planning and implementation of hiring governance.
Ensure the provision of ongoing training and development of people.
Ensure compliance to mandatory learnings.
Support Head, Data and Privacy Technology in tracking and monitoring hiring status; objectives for direct reports.
Conduct periodic review with the team to streamline vendor services in accordance to the Statement of Work.
Track contract expiry and work with LT for raising renewals and extensions and follow up for approvals.
Risk Management
Risk, Governance and DPTP Estate Management
Identify and manage risks and issues, devise mitigation plan and track it till closure
Work closely with the DFT Risk and Governance team and participate in the monthly forum to ensure regular review of open risks/ issues and progress on mitigation/ remediation actions, to ensure no extensions without management sign-off.
Management of Program Document repository in sharepoint to keep it audit ready
Monitor DPTP estate and ensure there are no non compliances to the Group and FCIO standards defined for obsolescence, ICS controls, release management etc.
Regulatory and 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 to achieve the outcomes set out in the Bank’s Conduct Principles: [Fair Outcomes for Clients; Effective Financial Markets; Financial Crime Compliance; The Right Environment].
Effectively and collaboratively identify, escalate, mitigate and resolve risk, conduct and compliance matters.
Exercise authorities delegated by the Board of Directors and act in accordance with Articles of Association.
Key Stakeholders
CDO Office; Governance Management Team
CDO Hive Leads, Scrum Masters and Product Owners
Global Head, Digital Foundation Technology (DFT) and Management Team
DPTP - LT team
T&I Finance
Our Ideal Candidate
Agile, Scrum Master, CIPT
Role Specific Technical Competencies
Communication and editorial skills
Business Management
Financial Management
Risk Management
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 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.
Recruitment assessments - some of our roles use assessments to help us understand how suitable you are for the role you've applied to. If you are invited to take an assessment, this is great news. It means your application has progressed to an important stage of our recruitment process.
Visit our careers website www.sc.com/careers
Primary Location : Asia-India-Chennai
Schedule : Full-time
Employee Status : Permanent
Posting Date : 0+/Jul/2026, 10:40:48 PM
Unposting Date : Ongoing
The Role Responsibilities
Job Role
Program and Finance Management
Standardizing the program management processes to ensure reporting requirements are met within the deadlines; tracking, and measuring performance against plan (key activities, timelines, stakeholders, milestones and deliverables) to develop regular status report.
Support DPTP Tech leads in running their Scrum calls and stand ups, assist in Epic planning, and track milestone progress.
Facilitate the team to self-organize, self-manage and deliver Coordinates with the release team Address scrum team’s impediments.
Sets up Project Dashboard for reporting, for team to maintain and teams productivity.
End to end management of the budget for the Programme and BAU. Provide updates to the senior management on actual costs incurred to gauge the utilization against forecast.
Work with T&I Finance and business partners in budgeting and forecasting cycles.
Raise accruals and manage invoice payments.
Cost centre and financial management including cost approvals.
Preparation of periodic management reports and updates.
Act as a channel between Technology and business counterparts.
Strategy
Business and Performance Management
Provide direct support to Technology Squad Leads and Head, Data and Privacy Technology on various requirements, including presentation for upcoming strategic models for cost saves and team structures and other adhoc data / information requests.
Recommend improvements and alternative solutions to resolve problems, serve as a key point of contact for the Programme team.
For DPTP, track the KPIs and drive compliance on essentials.
Undertake other responsibilities or initiatives as assigned on an ongoing basis.
Business
Communications and Engagement
Support the wider communications agenda through contributions in the Weekly and Fortnightly newsletters and bridge updates, with an aim to bring into focus and celebrate DPTP achievements and initiatives.
Encourage learning and support knowledge sharing culture in the team.
Plan and organize team events (department gathering, team building, townhalls, skip level meetings, etc).
Drive rigor and agenda for regular DPTP LT meetings, travel plans and set in place mechanism to track all decisions and action items to closure.
Processes
Resourcing and Vendor Management
Manage resource forecast, allocation and utilization, multi-squad scheduling and planning to address program and resource interdependencies.
End to end ownership of resource task and timesheet allocation in program management tool (Clarity / Planview).
Resource planning and implementation of hiring governance.
Ensure the provision of ongoing training and development of people.
Ensure compliance to mandatory learnings.
Support Head, Data and Privacy Technology in tracking and monitoring hiring status; objectives for direct reports.
Conduct periodic review with the team to streamline vendor services in accordance to the Statement of Work.
Track contract expiry and work with LT for raising renewals and extensions and follow up for approvals.
Risk Management
Risk, Governance and DPTP Estate Management
Identify and manage risks and issues, devise mitigation plan and track it till closure
Work closely with the DFT Risk and Governance team and participate in the monthly forum to ensure regular review of open risks/ issues and progress on mitigation/ remediation actions, to ensure no extensions without management sign-off.
Management of Program Document repository in sharepoint to keep it audit ready
Monitor DPTP estate and ensure there are no non compliances to the Group and FCIO standards defined for obsolescence, ICS controls, release management etc.
Regulatory and 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 to achieve the outcomes set out in the Bank’s Conduct Principles: [Fair Outcomes for Clients; Effective Financial Markets; Financial Crime Compliance; The Right Environment].
Effectively and collaboratively identify, escalate, mitigate and resolve risk, conduct and compliance matters.
Exercise authorities delegated by the Board of Directors and act in accordance with Articles of Association.
Key Stakeholders
CDO Office; Governance Management Team
CDO Hive Leads, Scrum Masters and Product Owners
Global Head, Digital Foundation Technology (DFT) and Management Team
DPTP - LT team
T&I Finance
Our Ideal Candidate
Agile, Scrum Master, CIPT
Role Specific Technical Competencies
Communication and editorial skills
Business Management
Financial Management
Risk Management
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 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.
Recruitment assessments - some of our roles use assessments to help us understand how suitable you are for the role you've applied to. If you are invited to take an assessment, this is great news. It means your application has progressed to an important stage of our recruitment process.
Visit our careers website www.sc.com/careers
💡 Quick Summary
Seeking a career-building opportunity? The Scrum Master | DPTP position is now open for candidates interested in the Bank Jobs sector. This role in Chennai offers a professional environment and growth potential.
Requirement Snapshot: Candidates should possess basic communication skills, a proactive attitude, and the ability to work in a team. Experience in Bank Jobs is a plus.
