Lead, Securities & Loan Trade Processing Technology

Job Summary

Lead the global Securities &

• Secondary Loan Trade Processing Technology organisation, owning trade processing capabilities across securities, repo, financing and secondary loan products, including trade capture, lifecycle processing, settlement integration, asset servicing, financing events, controls, exception management and operational resilience.

• Own the strategy, architecture and delivery roadmap for resilient, scalable and well-controlled trade processing platforms, ensuring accurate and timely processing from trade capture through settlement, servicing and lifecycle completion.
• Drive platform modernisation, application simplification, AI-enabled engineering, automation, data quality improvement and observability to increase processing efficiency, reduce operational risk and improve platform resilience.
• Lead the evolution of strategic securities and financing processing capabilities, enabling business growth, product expansion, regulatory compliance and operational excellence.
• Provide senior engineering leadership across a global organisation, ensuring architecture, security, data, risk and operational design decisions translate into accurate, scalable and well-governed business outcomes.
• Act as the senior technology partner for Markets Product, Markets COO, Operations, Risk, Compliance, Finance, Architecture and Markets Technology leadership on securities and financing processing strategy, transformation and service performance.

Key Responsibilities

• The role holder leads others and is accountable for strategy, delivery outcomes, technology risk management, investment prioritisation, stakeholder alignment and organisational capability across the global Securities &
  • Secondary Loan Trade Processing Technology organisation.

Strategy and Transformation

• Define and execute the multi-year Securities &
  • Secondary Loan Trade Processing technology strategy, aligned to Markets priorities, enterprise architecture standards, regulatory obligations and business growth objectives.

End-to-End Capability Ownership

• Own securities and secondary loan trade processing capabilities from trade capture and enrichment through settlement, financing lifecycle events, asset servicing, accounting integration, exception management and completion, with accountability for processing accuracy, timeliness and control effectiveness.

Platform Ownership and Business Outcomes

• Lead resilient, standardised and scalable trade processing platforms and services, improving settlement efficiency, lifecycle processing effectiveness, control integrity, platform stability, service quality and business responsiveness.

Architecture and Platform Modernisation

• Drive simplification of legacy application estates and convergence toward strategic trade processing capabilities, reducing fragmentation, technical debt and operational complexity while improving agility and long-term sustainability.

Controls, Risk and Regulatory Readiness

• Strengthen processing controls, reconciliation, data quality, auditability, entitlement governance, observability and cyber resilience, ensuring platforms operate within regulatory expectations and the Bank's risk appetite.

AI, Automation and Engineering Excellence

• Lead adoption of AI-enabled engineering, intelligent automation, workflow technologies and observability capabilities to improve software quality, engineering productivity, operational efficiency and root-cause resolution effectiveness.

Portfolio Governance and Investment Management

• Partner with Technology and Business leadership to prioritise investment, manage run and change spend, address platform risks and technical debt, and provide transparent executive reporting on delivery, resilience, regulatory and platform health outcomes.

Enterprise Leadership and Stakeholder Management

• Influence senior stakeholders across Markets, Operations, Risk, Compliance, Finance and Architecture to align strategic priorities, investment decisions and transformational outcomes.

People and Talent

• Lead a globally distributed engineering organisation spanning engineering, platform services, architecture and delivery leadership.
• Build a high-performing, engineering-led culture focused on accountability, innovation, continuous improvement and business ownership.
• Develop future leaders and establish strong succession pipelines across critical technology capabilities.
• Champion AI-enabled software engineering, platform ownership, DevOps excellence and modern engineering practices.
• Create an inclusive environment that attracts, develops and retains exceptional technical talent.

Skills And Experience

Must-have Skills

Software Product Business Knowledge

• Technology Strategy, Innovation and AI Enablement
• Technology Platform and Engineering Leadership

Other Skills

• People Leadership and Team Culture
• Strategic Stakeholder and Portfolio Management
• Operational Resilience and Service Management

Motivations

• The ideal candidate is motivated by building strategic platforms that safeguard the integrity of securities, financing and loan processing across Financial Markets. They are energised by leading complex transformation initiatives, modernising critical platforms and delivering measurable improvements in operational resilience, risk management and business outcomes.
• They thrive on solving large-scale processing, settlement and servicing challenges, influencing enterprise-wide technology decisions and building high-performing engineering organisations that deliver lasting business value through innovation, automation and AI-enabled transformation.

Qualifications

Key Experiences

• Extensive experience in Markets Technology with strong knowledge of Securities &
  • Loan trading and post-trade processing.

• Proven leadership of large-scale engineering teams and mission-critical technology platforms.
• Strong understanding of trade processing, lifecycle management and regulatory expectations.
• Experience leading technology transformation, platform modernisation.
• Demonstrated success delivering strategic change while maintaining operational stability.
• Strong stakeholder management and executive communication skills.

Certifications / Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field.

Languages

English

About Standard Chartered

We're a global bank connecting clients to our differentiated network, offering growth opportunities in the world's most dynamic markets. Our strategy, which combines cross-border capabilities and leading wealth management expertise, helps us deliver our purpose - to drive commerce and prosperity through our unique diversity.

Over our 170-year history, and across a unique geographical footprint connecting Asia, Africa and the Middle East to each other and the world, we've built a bank like no other, with diverse capabilities and partnerships that set us apart.

What We Offer

• Being part of an inclusive and values driven organisation, one that embraces and celebrates our unique diversity, across our teams, business functions, and geographies.
• 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 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.

Visit our careers website to learn more about us: www.sc.com/careers.