Associate Vice President,Cyber Security Services

Job Summary

Discover and Remediate Securely (DRS) is part of the Bank’s wider Cyber Security Services (CSS) with the unified objective of safeguarding the Bank from a wide range of information Cyber Security threats. Our team is dedicated to delivering robust and effective information security services that protect both our internal operations and our interactions with external stakeholders.

Key Responsibilities

• Evaluate the design and effectiveness of technology controls for AI models, use cases, applications, and infrastructure systems
• Test and validate emerging technologies such as machine learning
• Act as security liaison for all key business and IT projects
• Perform risk-based reviews aligned with ICS standard requirements
• Provide advice and support to developers and relevant support teams in designing and implementing risk mitigation and remediation measures
• Review risks and identify root causes for common vulnerabilities, providing recommendations for sustainable improvements
• Report risk summaries accurately to various stakeholders
• Train and mentor junior staff

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.
• Effectively and collaboratively identify, escalate, mitigate and resolve risk, conduct and compliance matters.

Key stakeholders

• CIO Delivery teams
• CISO
• ICS Control teams
• OTCR

Skills and Experience

• Artificial Intelligence & Machine Learning related security risks
• Vulnerability Assessment and Penetration Testing
• Network Security and Architecture
• Operating Systems and Virtual Machines

Qualifications

Education

• Master’s or bachelor’s degree in engineering, Computer Science/Information Technology or its equivalent is preferable.

Training

Minimum 10-12 years’ experience in Information Cyber Security, preferably in Banking and Financial services sector. Out of which:

• At least 5 years or more hands-on experience on application/ infrastructure risk assessments
• At least 3 years of experience in implementation or management of security tools/ projects

Certifications

• Cisa, CISM or CISSP is preferred

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

What we offer

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 leave, parental/maternity (20 weeks), sabbatical (12 months 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.