Senior Manager, Data Governance - Risk & CFCR

Job Summary

The Senior Manager, Data Governance – Risk & CFCR will be responsible for leading and governing the documentation, metadata, and data governance activities that support BCBS 239 compliance across Risk and CFCR functions. The role will drive the design, maintenance, and oversight of regulatory documentation related to risk data aggregation, risk reporting, data lineage, controls, governance processes, and metadata management.
Working closely with Risk Data Governance, Risk Reporting, Technology, and Business stakeholders, the incumbent will ensure that documentation standards aligned to Data Quality Management Standards (DQMS) are consistently applied, regulatory expectations are met, and audit readiness is maintained. The role requires the ability to translate complex risk data flows, reporting frameworks, and governance requirements into clear, structured, and compliant documentation while supporting effective metadata management across various Risk and CFCR PRTs

Key Responsibilities

Regulatory Documentation & BCBS 239 Compliance
•    Lead the development, maintenance, and governance of documentation supporting BCBS 239 requirements, including risk data aggregation, reporting processes, controls, and governance frameworks.
•    Ensure documentation remains current, accurate, and aligned with internal standards, regulatory expectations, and audit requirements.
Data Governance & Metadata Management
•    Drive metadata management activities across Risk and CFCR PRTs, ensuring completeness, consistency, and adherence to governance standards.
•    Maintain documentation related to critical data elements (CDEs), business glossary, lineage, data ownership, and governance controls
Stakeholder Engagement & Governance
•    Partner with Risk Data Governance, Risk Reporting, Technology, and Business stakeholders to establish and maintain documentation standards.
•    Facilitate governance discussions and ensure alignment across stakeholders on documentation expectations and regulatory requirements.
Key Stakeholders
•    Head, Data Governance, CDO
•    Head, BCBS 239, CDO
•    Risk Reporting Leads 
•    Reporting Team
•    TTO Team
•    CDO Team
•    Governance Team

Skills and Experience

Must-have Skills    
•    Action Oriented
•    Collaborates 
•    Customer Focus 

Other Skills    
•    Decision Quality
•    Strategic Mindset
•    Stakeholder Management
•    Analytical Thinking

Motivations

The role is being established to strengthen BCBS 239 compliance and data governance capabilities across Risk and CFCR by providing dedicated leadership for documentation governance, metadata management, data lineage, and regulatory reporting artefacts. The position will support audit readiness, enhance documentation quality, and ensure adherence to DQMS standards and regulatory expectations.

Qualifications

•    Key Experiences        
•    Experience in Risk & CFCR & BCBS 239 or similar regulatory areas
•    Experience in data management and data delivery projects 
•    6+ Years of relevant experience in similar role & specifically in Risk
•    Strong Stakeholder management & communication skills
•    Strong RCA skills
•    Able to make good working relationships with people at all levels, to work in a team environment.
•    Able to work under time pressure & adapt to changing requirements.
•    Certifications / Qualifications (only where mandatory): Any Data Management/Governance related certifications
•    Languages: English 

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.