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When you start the application process you will be presented with a drop down menu showing all countries, please ensure that you select a country where the role is based\nPrincipal Solution Architect - is responsible for overseeing the solution architecture for the assigned domains\nHave a deep understanding of the relevant domains, focused on digital channels, Mobile, Web and AI\nGood understanding of underlying foundational technologies including cloud, resiliency, security and identity\nDrive technical solutions for platforms across these domains\nLead the strategy, architecture and roadmaps\nCollaborate with business and technology stakeholders to ensure that technology strategy, priorities are relevant to business strategy and objectives\nContribute in uplifting architecture practice in all aspects including resiliency, security, reduction of complexity and performance, as well as architecture governance for these domains\nEnforce Enterprise Architecture Policy expectations\nEnsure regulatory and audit expectations and requirements from Architecture & cloud adoption perspective\nEnsure an innovative and sustainable enterprise\nCreate intentional architecture to be nimble aligned with cloud transformation agenda\nManage holistically obsolescence and vulnerability\nLead principle driven management of security, reliability, resiliency, and recoverability\nKey Responsibilities\nStrategy\nDevelop and drive technology strategy aligned to both Business and Group’s Tech strategy\nProvide architecture direction, guiding principles, guardrails and roadmaps that are aligned to both Business and Group’s Tech strategy\nGovern the tech decisions, and architecture directions across portfolio of change\nAccelerate the Cloud Value strategy through architecting strong foundational building blocks and reusable Cloud patterns.\nProvide directions of SaaS based products where it makes technical and commercial sense to migrate from on-prem products.\nDrive Adoption of Information and Cyber Security controls delivered by Cyber Security Services globally across the Consumer, Private and Business Banking (WRB) portfolio.\nStrategy to increasing productivity of our cloud architecture & engineering through providing them the right tools, career paths and collaboration capabilities.\nImprove developer productivity through creation Infrastructure as Code, Cloud patterns which are engineered well and used by development teams across the bank accelerating speed to market.\nBusiness\nEnable business to increase revenue where speed to market is crucial - by modernising, reducing the complexity of the technology landscape and transforming technology assets to fit-for-purpose, flexible and cloud ready platforms that supports business innovations required to enable aggressive acquisition & retention in the targeted segments & markets.\nImprove cost efficiency - drive efficiency by identifying opportunities to rationalise to a fewer best of breed platforms which provides strategic business capability and aggressively decommission redundant applications.\nCollaborate with various Business, Technology and Security Teams.\nGovern the architecture decisions, and directions across the bespoke domain\nBring thought leadership in assessing and defining architecture and design solutions for cloud\nProcesses\nDevelop architecture blueprint for transformation agenda including cloud following Architecture Management standards and processes\nFacilitate Architecture governance and approvals\nWork with Architecture, Security, Compliance, Cloud and Technology Governance to follow appropriate policies, procedures and controls\nPeople & Talent\nPeople leadership responsibility, set and monitor job descriptions and objectives for direct reports and provide feedback and rewards in line with their performance against those responsibilities and objectives.\nLead through example and build the appropriate culture and values. Set appropriate tone and expectations from the team.\nEnsure the provision of ongoing training and development; make sure that the team members are suitably skilled and qualified for their roles, ensuring that they have effective supervision in place to mitigate any risks.\nEmploy, engage and retain talents with diversity agenda in mind.\nRisk Management\nEnsure a full understanding of the risk and control environment\nEnsure onboarding of technologies are done properly with Legal, Compliance and Security Teams\nAct quickly and decisively when any risk and control weakness become apparent and ensure they are addressed within an appropriate timeframe and, if necessary, escalated through the relevant committees\nGovernance\nEnsure adherence to, bank-wide technology, cloud, security and architecture standards.\nAwareness and understanding of the regulatory framework, in which the Group operates, and the regulatory requirements and expectations relevant to the role.\nImprove and simplify architecture and cloud governance and decisioning across the strategic Technology Themes\nRegulatory & Business Conduct\nCross\nDisplay exemplary conduct and live by the Group’s Values and Code of Conduct.\nTake 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.\nEffectively and collaboratively identify, escalate, mitigate and resolve risk, conduct and compliance matters.\nKey Stakeholders\nCIO, WRB\nCIO Technology Platforms & Architecture\nChief Architect, WRB\nGlobal Head of Platforms/Journeys Delivery, WRB\nPlatform Domain Tech Leads\nEnterprise/Domain Architecture Teams, Enterprise Technology Team, Technology Standards Team\nBusiness Domain Heads\nCloud Engineering, Cyber Security and Compliance teams\nOther Responsibilities\nEmbed Here for Good and Group’s brand and values in first line operational risk management.\nKey Requirements for the role:\nArchitecture and Problem Solving ability\nDeep knowledge of Mobile and Web Technologies AND/OR deep business domain knowledge in one or more of payments, wealth, Retail Banking\nUsage of AI in Business solutions and Architecture\nExperience in Financial Services or adjacent industries, or tech sector\nSkills and Experience\nArchitecture Modelling\nRequirements Analysis\nPlatform Architecture\nSoftware Product Technical Knowledge\nApplication Design, Architecture\nBusiness Architecture\nData Architecture\nInformation Security Architecture\nIT Architecture\nTransitional Architecture\nWealth Management\nRetail Banking\nQualifications\nBachelor’s degree\nIdeally 8+ years of experience in banking, technology or another relevant environment\nLanguages: English and/or local language skills as relevant to country requirements\nAbout Standard Chartered\nWe'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.\nOur 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.\nTogether we:\nDo the right thing and are assertive, challenge one another, and live with integrity, while putting the client at the heart of what we do\nNever settle, continuously striving to improve and innovate, keeping things simple and learning from doing well, and not so well\nAre better together, we can be ourselves, be inclusive, see more good in others, and work collectively to build for the long term\nWhat we offer\nIn line with our Fair Pay Charter, we offer a competitive salary and benefits to support your mental, physical, financial and social wellbeing.\nCore bank funding for retirement savings, medical and life insurance, with flexible and voluntary benefits available in some locations.\n 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.\nFlexible working options based around home and office locations, with flexible working patterns.\nProactive 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\nA continuous learning culture to support your growth, with opportunities to reskill and upskill and access to physical, virtual and digital learning.\n Being part of an inclusive and values driven organisation, one that embraces and celebrates our unique diversity, across our teams, business functions and geographies - 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