Lead, Data Solutions & Analytics (India, Malaysia)

Requisition Number

65166

Job Location

Global Grade

Band 5

Work Type

Office Working

Employment Type

Permanent

Posting Start Date

11/11/2026

Posting End Date

30/11/2026

Job Description

Job Summary

This role could be based in India and Malaysia. When you start the application process you will be presented with a drop down menu showing all countries, please ensure that you select a country where the role is based.

Lead the strategy, roadmap and delivery of data solutions and analytics capabilities for Transaction Banking (Cash Management, Trade Finance & Working Capital and Digital Channel Solutions), maximising client and business value from data-driven insights. The role translates client needs and business challenges into scalable data products and analytics solutions that enable better decision-making, improve client experience, support growth and increase operational efficiency.

The role works across Product Management, Digital Channel Solutions (DCS), Technology, Operations and other CIB partners to take data and AI/ML solutions from concept and proof of value through to scaled production, commercialisation and adoption. It also leads and develops a high-performing team with strong product, data and analytics capabilities.

Key Responsibilities

• Define and execute the strategy and roadmap for a portfolio of data products, solutions and analytics capabilities aligned with Cash Management, Trade and DCS priorities and investment appetite.
• Identify opportunities to use data and analytics to improve client experience, support business growth, strengthen commercial outcomes and address business challenges across Transaction Services and CIB.
• Enable external clients and internal business users to access relevant and actionable insights that support faster and better decision-making.

Product Development and Delivery

• Lead the end-to-end development of data and analytics solutions, from problem definition and concept development through to launch, scaled production, commercialisation and adoption.
• Translate business and client needs into clear product propositions, use cases, requirements, roadmaps and measurable delivery outcomes.
• Partner with Technology and Business Platforms teams to develop and deliver scalable data, analytics and AI/ML solutions.
• Embed disciplined product management, Agile delivery and human-centred design practices, with clear outcome-based KPIs and a strong focus on customer experience.
• Establish appropriate processes, controls and operational infrastructure to support efficient, scalable and compliant delivery.

Commercialization and Adoption

• Drive the commercialisation and adoption of data solutions across Transaction Banking, measuring success through active usage, client and colleague outcomes, and realised business value.
• Act as a culture carrier for the digital and data agenda, helping clients, business teams and colleagues adopt new data-driven ways of working.
• Remain at the forefront of developments in data, analytics, AI and automation, identifying relevant opportunities to strengthen the Bank’s digital capabilities

Risk & Governance

• Ensure data products and analytics solutions comply with relevant policies, governance frameworks, laws, regulations and information security requirements.
• Work closely with Risk, Compliance, Control, Security and other relevant teams to identify, escalate, mitigate and resolve risks associated with data and analytics solutions.
• Ensure material changes to data solutions are appropriately assessed through the relevant process and technology change frameworks.
• Maintain effective governance, oversight and controls across the data analytics portfolio, while simplifying processes and improving speed to market.

People and Talent

• Set direction and drive high performance by translating strategy into clear direction, aligning individual goals to team outcomes and providing regular, constructive feedback.
• Develop talent and capability through coaching and career conversations that build critical skills, stretch potential and prepare individuals for future opportunities.
• Lead by example by role-modelling the Bank’s valued behaviours, upholding strong risk and conduct standards, exercising sound judgment, and creating an inclusive team culture that supports wellbeing, values diverse perspectives, and drives accountability.
• Build and lead a high-performing team of data, analytics and product professionals, creating a culture of collaboration, accountability, innovation and continuous improvement.

Skills and Experience

Must-have Skills

• Business Data Analysis
• Data Analysis and Visualisation
• ML & Data Analytics

Other Skills

• Product Line (Transaction Banking (TB))
• Digital Channel Management
• Product Management
• Leadership

Motivations

• Motivated by turning complex client and business problems into practical, scalable data and analytics solutions.
• Energised by using data, analytics and emerging technologies to improve client experience, enable better decision-making and create measurable business value.
• Thrives in an environment that combines strategic thinking with hands-on product delivery, requiring ideas to be taken from concept through to scaled implementation and adoption.
• Driven by working across products, functions and geographies to align diverse stakeholders around common outcomes.
• Motivated by building new capabilities, challenging established ways of working and continuously improving the Bank’s digital and data proposition.
• Energised by developing people, strengthening team capabilities and creating an environment in which colleagues can take ownership, innovate and perform at their best.
• Key Experiences
• Significant experience in data product management, analytics solutions or data-led transformation, preferably within Corporate and Institutional Banking, Transaction Banking or a comparable complex industry.
• Proven experience defining and executing data product strategies and roadmaps, with accountability for delivery, commercialisation and adoption.
• Experience taking data, analytics or AI/ML solutions from concept or proof of value through to scaled production.
• Strong understanding of the product development lifecycle, including Agile delivery, use-case development, business requirements, user stories, workflows and functional solution design.
• Experience delivering data solutions across multiple products, markets, regions or business units.
• Demonstrated ability to work with senior business, product, technology, operations and control stakeholders.
• Experience leading and developing high-performing, cross-functional and geographically distributed teams.
• Strong communication, presentation, negotiation and influencing skills, including the ability to operate effectively without direct authority.
• 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.