Job Description
Senior Manager Programme Mgmt-()
Job
:Operations
Primary Location
:Asia-India-Bangalore
Schedule
:Full-time
Employee Status
:Permanent
Posting Date
:22/Mar/2026, 7:05:28 AM
Unposting Date
:Ongoing
Role Responsibilities
• Ensures that plans established for projects are maintained / tracked to ensure the programme is managed in a manner that maximises probability of delivery of the project objectives.
• Supports the successful delivery of projects through effective facilitation, tracking and reporting.
• Co-ordinates and administers the support that is required for the various forums that are required at the Project Level Refinement Forum
Strategy
• Maintains the Project Management Plan (PMP)
• Ensures that the minimum artefacts required by the project are collated and maintained in a common document repository
• Assist the PM to best manage the frameworks which will ensure successful planning and delivery – aligned to nWOW, QPRs and Refinement Forum
• Co-ordinates various teams on Refinement Forum packs
Business
• Administers the submission, review and approval process for investment requests submitted to the Refinement Forum (RF). Takes meeting notes for the RF
• Works closely with the PM on Refinement Forum packs updates
• Work with the Project Manager and Programme Finance teams to effectively manage the financials for the project. Also, support for QPR/MPR whenever needed.
Processes
• Supports PM/PgmM in preparing monthly update of Governance Dashboard to regional stakeholders
• Managing the Project Management Standard(PMS) Assurance framework for the Project/Agile
• Supporting the Project/Programme Steering Committee (PSC/PgSC) in preparing quality materials (ToR, Progress reports, Minutes etc.);
• Ensuring Project Tools is up to date including Project static data, status update including RAG status, key milestones, financials, risks, dependencies, issues and resource forecasts
• Ensuring all artifacts are available for timely submissions to committees (AED/PED, Red packs, Closure Reports, etc.)
• Support refresh and implementation of the Project Management Standards (PMS) and System Delivery Framework (SDF);
• Provide the important updates from Group ePMO & Clarity Sprint Release to Project community;
• Coach & guide PMs in AED/PED preparation and subsequent project Management;
• Enhance/Maintain country PMO Library (Bridge Page) as central source of reference for PMs;
• Organise and co-ordinate PM sharing session;
• Support various management forum presentation deck and project data request;
• Organise and co-ordinate with various stakeholders
Other Responsibilities:
• A 'can do' attitude committed to doing 'what it takes' to deliver
• 'Agile'. Whilst not being the subject matter expert, having the ability to learn quickly, listen, synthesize the issues and articulate clearly for senior management with recommendations.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills; PowerPoint, written & oral
• Ability to create effective work relationships across functions & borders
• Focused, organised and results-oriented
• Possesses good analytical / critical thinking skills
• Meeting Group standards and familiarity with Project Management/nWoW standards, PED/QPR/MPR process, RAID reporting, Project lifecycle and related documents and phase gates
• Experience of Microsoft Project and Clarity/Plan View tools.
Selection Criteria
• A 'can do' attitude committed to doing 'what it takes' to deliver
• 'Agile'. Whilst not being the subject matter expert, having the ability to learn quickly, listen, synthesize the issues and articulate clearly for senior management with recommendations.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills; PowerPoint, written & oral
• Ability to create effective work relationships across functions & borders
• Focused, organised and results-oriented
• Possesses good analytical / critical thinking skills
• Meeting Group standards and familiarity with Project Management/nWoW standards, PED/QPR/MPR process, RAID reporting, Project lifecycle and related documents and phase gates
• Experience of Microsoft Project and Clarity/Plan View tools.
• 8-10 years of PMO experience within a large international, dynamic organisation
• A proven track record of supporting successful projects delivery as PMO
• Experience working within Financial Services and/or HR preferable
• Familiar with agile methodologies, new ways of working
• Good hands on usage of various tools Clarity/PlanView/JIRA/Confluence
• Experience in Financials Management & tracking
• High levels of personal accountability and proactive initiative taking
• Ability to prepare high-quality presentations/refinement forum packs
• Excellent stakeholder engagement skills and ability to adapt to different styles according to target audience
• Ability to prioritise and have good time management, as well as having very close attention to detail
• Project Management Certification in PMP or Agile is good to have
• Have knowledge of structured project management methodologies such as PMI PMBOK and must be experienced in applying project management knowledge, skills, tools, concepts, and techniques.
• Other than above roles, job holder should follow other job duties and responsibilities assigned by line manager from time to time.
• Please note that the job description above will be reviewed during the Job Objective setting every year, which may be amended and agreed where necessary by the employee and the line manager.
Our Ideal Candidate
• A bachelor's degree in IT, computer science, business management, or a related field.
• Agile project management experience preferred
• A Project Management Professional (PMP/Prince2) certification is good to have.
ROLE SPECIFIC TECHNICAL COMPETENCIES
• Project Management and/ or Agile experience/ certification Entry
• Use of planning tools e.g. Clarity PPM, Jira, Confluence, Trello Core
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
Job
:Operations
Primary Location
:Asia-India-Bangalore
Schedule
:Full-time
Employee Status
:Permanent
Posting Date
:22/Mar/2026, 7:05:28 AM
Unposting Date
:Ongoing
Role Responsibilities
• Ensures that plans established for projects are maintained / tracked to ensure the programme is managed in a manner that maximises probability of delivery of the project objectives.
• Supports the successful delivery of projects through effective facilitation, tracking and reporting.
• Co-ordinates and administers the support that is required for the various forums that are required at the Project Level Refinement Forum
Strategy
• Maintains the Project Management Plan (PMP)
• Ensures that the minimum artefacts required by the project are collated and maintained in a common document repository
• Assist the PM to best manage the frameworks which will ensure successful planning and delivery – aligned to nWOW, QPRs and Refinement Forum
• Co-ordinates various teams on Refinement Forum packs
Business
• Administers the submission, review and approval process for investment requests submitted to the Refinement Forum (RF). Takes meeting notes for the RF
• Works closely with the PM on Refinement Forum packs updates
• Work with the Project Manager and Programme Finance teams to effectively manage the financials for the project. Also, support for QPR/MPR whenever needed.
Processes
• Supports PM/PgmM in preparing monthly update of Governance Dashboard to regional stakeholders
• Managing the Project Management Standard(PMS) Assurance framework for the Project/Agile
• Supporting the Project/Programme Steering Committee (PSC/PgSC) in preparing quality materials (ToR, Progress reports, Minutes etc.);
• Ensuring Project Tools is up to date including Project static data, status update including RAG status, key milestones, financials, risks, dependencies, issues and resource forecasts
• Ensuring all artifacts are available for timely submissions to committees (AED/PED, Red packs, Closure Reports, etc.)
• Support refresh and implementation of the Project Management Standards (PMS) and System Delivery Framework (SDF);
• Provide the important updates from Group ePMO & Clarity Sprint Release to Project community;
• Coach & guide PMs in AED/PED preparation and subsequent project Management;
• Enhance/Maintain country PMO Library (Bridge Page) as central source of reference for PMs;
• Organise and co-ordinate PM sharing session;
• Support various management forum presentation deck and project data request;
• Organise and co-ordinate with various stakeholders
Other Responsibilities:
• A 'can do' attitude committed to doing 'what it takes' to deliver
• 'Agile'. Whilst not being the subject matter expert, having the ability to learn quickly, listen, synthesize the issues and articulate clearly for senior management with recommendations.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills; PowerPoint, written & oral
• Ability to create effective work relationships across functions & borders
• Focused, organised and results-oriented
• Possesses good analytical / critical thinking skills
• Meeting Group standards and familiarity with Project Management/nWoW standards, PED/QPR/MPR process, RAID reporting, Project lifecycle and related documents and phase gates
• Experience of Microsoft Project and Clarity/Plan View tools.
Selection Criteria
• A 'can do' attitude committed to doing 'what it takes' to deliver
• 'Agile'. Whilst not being the subject matter expert, having the ability to learn quickly, listen, synthesize the issues and articulate clearly for senior management with recommendations.
• Excellent communication and presentation skills; PowerPoint, written & oral
• Ability to create effective work relationships across functions & borders
• Focused, organised and results-oriented
• Possesses good analytical / critical thinking skills
• Meeting Group standards and familiarity with Project Management/nWoW standards, PED/QPR/MPR process, RAID reporting, Project lifecycle and related documents and phase gates
• Experience of Microsoft Project and Clarity/Plan View tools.
• 8-10 years of PMO experience within a large international, dynamic organisation
• A proven track record of supporting successful projects delivery as PMO
• Experience working within Financial Services and/or HR preferable
• Familiar with agile methodologies, new ways of working
• Good hands on usage of various tools Clarity/PlanView/JIRA/Confluence
• Experience in Financials Management & tracking
• High levels of personal accountability and proactive initiative taking
• Ability to prepare high-quality presentations/refinement forum packs
• Excellent stakeholder engagement skills and ability to adapt to different styles according to target audience
• Ability to prioritise and have good time management, as well as having very close attention to detail
• Project Management Certification in PMP or Agile is good to have
• Have knowledge of structured project management methodologies such as PMI PMBOK and must be experienced in applying project management knowledge, skills, tools, concepts, and techniques.
• Other than above roles, job holder should follow other job duties and responsibilities assigned by line manager from time to time.
• Please note that the job description above will be reviewed during the Job Objective setting every year, which may be amended and agreed where necessary by the employee and the line manager.
Our Ideal Candidate
• A bachelor's degree in IT, computer science, business management, or a related field.
• Agile project management experience preferred
• A Project Management Professional (PMP/Prince2) certification is good to have.
ROLE SPECIFIC TECHNICAL COMPETENCIES
• Project Management and/ or Agile experience/ certification Entry
• Use of planning tools e.g. Clarity PPM, Jira, Confluence, Trello Core
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
💡 Quick Summary
Seeking a career-building opportunity? The Senior Manager Programme Mgmt position is now open for candidates interested in the Bank Jobs sector. This role in Bangalore 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.
