Lead, Data Architecture

• Contribute to the development and execution of the data architecture strategy, ensuring alignment with the bank's strategy on data, technology roadmap and business goals.
• Design and document data models, architectural patterns, and integration approaches.
• Evaluate and recommend data technologies, tools, platforms, and analytics tools.
• Ensure architectural consistency across domains and platforms.

• Collaborate with business and IT stakeholders to develop technology policies, standards, guidelines and best practices for effective data management and data governance aligned to the data governance and data management policies, standards and guidelines as defined by the Chief Data Office (CDO).
• Help communicate architectural decisions in a clear, business-relevant manner.
• Translate business requirements into technical data architecture solutions.
• Support the definition of strategic data roadmap.

• Ensure data architecture standards and ensure adherence to data governance policies.
• Contribute to the development and enforcement of data architecture standards, principles, and best practices to ensure consistency across organization.
• Implement process for managing the complete data lifecycle, from acquisition and storage to transformation, archival and deletion.

• The role will report to Head, Data Architecture
• Contribute to a culture of knowledge sharing by staying current on modern data architecture trends and practices.
• Mentor and guide data engineers and analysts to ensure alignment with strategic vision.
• Build and lead the data architecture practice, set in place a succession plan to grow the next generation of data architects for SCB.

• Responsible for proactively seeking regular assurance that function is performing to an acceptable risk and control standards.
• Responsible to act 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.
• Responsible to balance business performance delivery and cost management with risk and control matters to ensure that it does not materially threaten the Group, remaining within risk appetite.
• Responsible to work in collaboration with risk and control teams.

• Ensure compliance with the highest standards of regulatory and business conduct and compliance practices as defined by internal and external requirements. This includes PRA SS2/21, SS2/22 as well as local banking laws and other regulatory laws as applicable.
• Ensure compliance with all salient SCB data governance frameworks where there are direct touchpoints with them or any subsequent downstream.

• 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 the Data Architecture team 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.

• Chief Data Officer & CDO's office
• Domain COOs & COO offices
• Domain Chief Architects and teams
• Domain CIOs and CIO delivery teams
• Data Architecture & Platforms teams
• Technology & Architecture (T&A) MT

• Embrace and practise SCB's brand promise of Here for Good and corporate values.
• Perform other responsibilities assigned under Group, Country, Business or Functional policies and procedures.
• Responsible for building a culture of good conduct.

• Degree in Computer Science or equivalent with 20 or more years of total experience.
• Expertise in designing logical, physical, and conceptual data models.
• Demonstrated experience in designing and implementing large-scale, enterprise level data systems.
• Understanding of data governance tools and frameworks and regulatory compliance standards
• Experience in large, complex organisations, ability to handle cultural diversity and managing senior stakeholders.
• Strong interpersonal skills to work effectively with technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Experience in regulatory expertise like GDPR, AML, KYC, Financial Regulatory Reporting, and Core Banking is a critical differentiator.
• Strong knowledge of the banking and financial services industry.

• 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

• 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.

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