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OCIR&FMI Cluster Lead

🗓️ Posted 2026-08-02 UAE Hybrid ICT

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Market rate

AED 45,000–AED 65,000/mo (AED 540,000–AED 780,000/yr)

Based on similar roles (title + domain + location).

About the Company

Job Summary - Group Resilience is responsible for enabling the Bank to anticipate, withstand, respond to, recover from, and learn from operational disruptions through a unified framework and capabilities to meet regulatory expectations and strengthen operational readiness. We continue to stay committed to enhancing and embedding resilience as a capability throughout the Bank, via a comprehensive approach which encompasses 3 key pillars: Resilience, Resolvability and Crisis Management. - Operational Resilience ensures the safeguarding of the Bank's critical business services and their supporting resources, ensuring they can function effectively during adverse events. Resolvability ensures the Bank can maintain continuity of critical operations and access to services in the event of severe stress or resolution, in line with regulatory expectations. Crisis Management provides the structures, capabilities, and coordination required to respond decisively to incidents, protect stakeholders, and stabilise the Bank during periods of heightened uncertainty. As a collective, these pillars support regulatory compliance, protect stakeholders, and reinforce the Bank's reputation as a trusted and reliable institution. - Group Resilience plays a pivotal role in supporting the Bank by implementing robust frameworks, monitoring risks, and maintaining compliance with evolving regulatory requirements. Through proactive planning, rigorous testing, and continuous improvement, we help to

Responsibilities

  • ● This role has diverse responsibilities: providing strong foundations and strategic direction for the Operational Continuity barriers with a specific focus on geographies and country related implementation and oversight. The role will represent the cluster within the enterprise-wide approach to regulatory adherence, ensuring alignment with local regulations while maintaining the highest quality from a Group perspective.
  • ● The ideal candidate will be an Executive Director with at least 10 years of experience in managing build-up and ongoing running of operational capabilities that support Operational Continuity, in organisations with a similar level of geographical footprint and complexity. A pan-Bank understanding of operations and underlying technology that underpins these operations will be a significant plus for this role
  • ● This includes but is not limited to Bank of England regulations for OCIR & FMI, which are in effect and need to be complied with. It is important to note that the asks and scrutiny from the regulators continues to increase significantly.
  • ● For the countries covered and in support of the Group approach
  • ● Ensure compliance to relevant OCIR & FMI regulations both locally and at an enterprise level.
  • ● Provide inputs to the Restructuring options menu of the Bank and support scenario-agnostic operational capability build for the Bank that enables execution of such Restructuring options for the Group and in country.
  • ● Work with the Services Management Office (SMO) to embed a service-led culture for the Bank by providing regular and streamlined mapping information of underlying operational assets that underpin the Bank's
  • ● Services, including the Important Business Services (IBS).
  • ● Be a key conduit between local regulation and regulatory direction and internal strategic direction.
  • ● Own end to end compliance of local, country specific OCIR & FMI regulations and track that requirements are met across all Businesses and Functions.
  • ● Provide ongoing awareness of Operational Continuity objectives across the Bank through training, communication and regular 'teach-in' sessions with senior stakeholders including the Group Management Team and the Board.
  • ● Responsible for engaging key stakeholders / CMT in the countries i.e. Country CEOs and COOs, Business and Function Heads on the regulatory requirements, capabilities in place, initiatives and key risks
  • ● Work closely with Group Businesses, Functions and RRP Teams to align on the requirements and deliverables
  • ● Partner with the cluster entity FMI Owners to support contingency planning for our critical FMIs
  • ● Act as escalation point for regional / country issues and queries related to all OCIR & FMI activities
  • ● Conduct briefings (directly and through other regional directors) periodically for all OCIR & FMI updates and deliverables across relevant countries and at a Group level where appropriate
  • ● Support the regulatory engagements both at the Group and Countries in the cluster with respect to bilateral meetings and CMG meetings, Requests for Information (RFI) etc.
  • ● Support the OCIR & FMI Scenario Testing together with RRP through structured training and communications
  • ● Drive quality and effectiveness of OCIR capabilities and processes, specifically including Critical Economic Functions (CEF) assessment, core business lines, maintenance of the OCIR Service Catalogue, OCIR & FMI Playbook, principles for FMI continuity, contractual requirements, operational barrier framework and Scenario Testing
  • ● Support strategic change initiatives for OCIR, FMI and Group Resilience and drive continuous improvement initiatives for process efficiency

Requirements

  • ● + years of relevant experience in OCIR and FMI, within the financial services and with good understanding of resolution, resolvability and resilience regulations
  • ● Understanding of Standard Chartered Group's Businesses, footprint, and operating model
  • ● Strong knowledge of Operational and Technology Risk Type Framework, risk governance and controls will be preferred. Well versed in the RCSA end-to-end process.
  • ● Ability to engage and influence stakeholders across Businesses, Functions and Countries
  • ● Excellent written and verbal communication skills to communicate with Business and Functions, Group and Regional stakeholders. Confident in communicating with senior management
  • ● Strong analytical skills and ability to analyse, prioritise, make decisions while working with tight timeframes
  • ● Must be a self-starter who is able to initiate and successfully drive programmes and projects to completion with minimum management supervision
  • ● Languages English
  • ● Role Specific Technical Competencies
  • ● Understanding of Operational Continuity regulations
  • ● Understanding of Financial Market Infrastructure regulations
  • ● Knowing and understanding bank's organisation structure, products and policies
  • ● Stakeholder Engagement
  • ● Communication
  • ● Analytical and data quality framework
  • ● 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