Business Analyst -Trade Finance - Product Owner

Strategy

Define and execute the Cash Product strategic initiatives as the S2B Access Product Owner for Corporate, Commercial, and Institutional banking (CCIB) toenable industry leading Straight2Bank (S2B) experience for our institutional clients, across our footprintpositioning Standard Chartered as a leader in this space

Working with both a strategic and a tactical focus, the suitable candidate will be responsible for delivery of a significant investment in enhancing our clients digital experience. The candidate shall determine priorities,manage deliveries, prioritise product developments based on client requirements and client insights to achieve agreed outcomes.

Require experience building out business benefit case and present to the CPOs and Management Team audience with the objective of garnering support and resource allocation on proposed S2B Access initiatives and/or investment asks.

Business

The role requires close partnership with Transaction Banking and Financial Markets businesses to gain in-depth understanding of the business strategies and objectives to develop and align the roadmap and priorities with business goals to meet client needs.

Understanding of Cash Products and Commercial and Wholesale Payments business domain and technical integration through Host to Host channels is critical.

Processes

Roadmap/Backlog Planning: Own (develop and maintain) the product roadmap, prioritizing features, ensuring alignment with business goals and client needs and ensure all the product releases are managed as per the expectations.

Product Development: Oversee the entire product development lifecycle, from Inception to Build and Test, Deployment Activities (Pre-and-Post) and go-live (post go-live issue resolution, if any, ensuring timely delivery of features and enhancements.

oPost Deployment Verification (User Verification Test) - To ensure deployment is successfully completed in the production environment.

Data-Driven Decision-Making: Leverage data and client insights from GA, CSAT to make informed decisions, optimize product features, and drive continuous improvement. Work alongside Data team in ensuring provision of management information, metrics and useful insights for S2B Access.

Budget Management: Manage the product budget effectively, making strategic investment decisions to maximize ROTE

Product owner must prioritize the Stories to ensure that all the details are well covered, and impacts assessed.

Design & Architecture - PO reviews and approve Chapter 1 of Solution Intent before it goes for Domain/Country Architect approval and reviews mapping specification documents with business stakeholders and gets sign off

Test Strategy - PO and Technology Service Owner validates and approves the test strategy

Approved Requirement (NFR) - PO validates and approves Non Functional requirements

Approved Requirement (Functional) - PO validates and approves scope of work with clear business outcome and acceptance criteria.

Bug and stories - PO should prioritize bugs and stories into development stage indicating the approval

Functional Testing - PO along with Technology Service Owner verifies Test Summary Report and provides signoff in the Release pipeline before the release deployed into production

Traceability and Test Evidence are being generated automatically in the ADO.

Pre- Deployment Verification - Make sure all the controls are met prior to deployment (to production) or exceptions explicitly Approved by PO

At release level POs are expected to validate the adequacy of the testing, exceptions to the compliance if any before finally approving the release for production.

People & Talent

Provide effective leadership and management of the squad to ensure they are highly engaged and performing to their potential

Lead and inspire a cross-functional team, including product managers, designers, and engineers, to deliver high-quality features and enhancements.

Ensure active communication of the vision, priorities and progress to the business to foster engagement, awareness and motivation

Risk Management

Review applicable internal policies and procedures to prevent gaps against risk governance framework.

Identify and mitigate risks related to product development, compliance, legal, and security teams. To have strong engagement and liaison with these teams to drive the regulatory approvals required to ensure S2B Access channel remains compliant with banking and data protection laws.

Ensure Country compliance on Group standard for Audit and Control.

To be the product SPOC with the local risk committees

Effectively and collaboratively identify, escalate, mitigate and resolve risk, conduct and compliance matters.

Governance

Responsible for assessing the effectiveness of the Group's arrangements to deliver effective governance, oversight, and controls in the business and, if necessary, oversee changes in these areas

Awareness and understanding of the regulatory framework, in which the Group operates, and the regulatory requirements and expectations relevant to the role.

Regulatory & Business Conduct

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.

Key stakeholders

Technology (Non-Interactive and Interactive Channels, DCDA Tech, Delivery Teams, Solution Architect Teams, Security Technology Teams)

Digital Platforms and Products, DCDA (Cash, Common Platform Services, Data Analytics & Insights, Channel Performance & Measurement)

Client Engagement, DCDA (Regional Teams, Digital Client engagement team, Digital Adoption & Growth team, Global deployment, Research and Insight team)

Client Experience, DCDA (Design Operations, Design Product/Platforms)

API & Open Banking Ecosystems, DCDA

Project/Program Management Office, DCDA

DCDA COO

Transaction Banking (Cash, Trade, Financial Markets, Implementation Teams, Client Servicing and Onboarding )