Senior Manager, Et Cost Optimisation - Singapore - Standard Chartered

Standard Chartered

Verified Company

Singapore

2 weeks ago

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Wei Jie

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Description

Job:
Technology

Primary Location:
Asia-Singapore-Singapore

Schedule:
Full-time

Employee Status:
Permanent

Posting Date: 22/Jan/2024, 8:45:00 PM

Unposting Date: 06/Feb/2024, 5:59:00 PM

Short Term Assignment - 3 months

The Role Responsibilities

This role is part of the Enterprise Technology (ET) Transformation team a function which partners with colleagues to create #simplerfasterbetter processes, putting clients and business outcomes at the centre of what we do.
The roles focus is to assist the ET Cost Optimisation Portfolio. The role will also help in developing and delivering strategies to effect the changes required to proactively ensure that the people agenda is delivered and identify opportunities for improvement and efficiency gains.
Working with ET Domain Heads and Business and Functional stakeholders the role will involve collaboration and buy in from stakeholders across CIO domains to drive the infrastructure resizing (both onprem and cloud), automating cloud FinOps controls, and other cost optimisation initiatives.
The role will also coach, mentor, and develop all delivery staff in the ET Cost Optimisation to improve how transformation is executed in all areas of our business.
The scope of this role goes across TTO (Transformation, Technology and Operations). It includes a blend of strategic thinking and execution and provides a good platform for future roles.

Strategy

Understand and align the ET Cost Optimisation to Strategy 2
Assist in driving the implementation and execution of ET Cost optimisation to deliver an operationally efficient, effective, and lowfriction organisation.
Establish and maintain a highly engaged working relationship with shared accountability across businesses/functions.
Own, contribute and deliver projects / experiments as required to deliver change outcomes and innovate insightbased analyses.
Ensure TTO compliance to overarching Enterprise Change Management and other governance processes as appropriate.
Work in partnership with the First and Second line of defence teams to ensure risk appetite is maintained while manual intervention in operational processes is minimised.
Measure and track financial benefits to ensure accurate planning and alignment to Corporate Plan.
Development and tracking of productivity metrics to demonstrate improvement of overall performance.

Business

Establish and maintain a highly engaged working relationship with shared accountability across businesses/functions.
Assist in ensuring traceability and clear metrics to demonstrate the achievements delivered.
Identify and implement cost optimisation opportunities within ET and associated functions.
Ensure the delivery of initiatives in line with the Bank's control and governance framework.
Looks for opportunities to drive continuous cost optimisation, including the implementation of improved ways of working, automation, and simplification across the infrastructure.

Processes

Assist in driving automation in cost optimization for Cloud and On-Prem to maintain appropriate hygiene in our estate and add further value for the Bank.
Help in creating and executing plans to achieve 2024 cost save targets that are in the $100m BoW.
Execute multiple cost optimisation programs focusing on technology rationalisation, Cloud Optimization and more, to deliver annual sustainable saves for ET and the Bank
Lead projects that improve the effectiveness and efficiency of ET operations globally. Improve processes and reduce cost by working across ET subdomains
Assist in the cost optimisation initiatives to identify, propose & deliver varied optimisations across cloud and on prem infrastructure. This encompasses the overall understanding of existing infra usage patterns in collaboration with infrastructure, engineering, product, and business leaders to produce cost and demand forecasts and optimization plans
Driving selfsustaining saves through automation making processes more efficient & effective.

People & Talent

Contribute to process training and skills building initiatives, including the coaching and development of colleagues to support and accelerate the Ways of Working.
Develop best practice of Cost optimisation skills by coaching and mentoring.
Work closely with colleagues with different expertise in selfsteering teams and help embed a culture of continuous improvement across TTO.
Identify and implement cultural and behavioural changes that are required to support and embed ways of working into the DNA of ET.

Risk Management

Appropriately escalate and manage risks arising from Change initiatives, ensure RAID is priced, captured, and managed as part of the entire portfolio delivery.
Ownership / accountability for ensuring implementation of a comprehensive Group Transformation Office Framework as appropriate to TTO and ET
Be proactive in seeking regular assurance that the teams ar