Principal Relationship Manager - Affluent Relations

Standard Chartered Bank; Kolkata District; On-site; INR 2,000,000 - 3,500,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Retirement savings plan

Medical and life insurance

Generous leave and flexibility

Wellbeing programs

Learning and development

Inclusive culture

Job summary

Standard Chartered Bank is seeking a Principal Relationship Manager - Affluent Relations in Kolkata. You will manage Priority Banking clients, grow relationships, and act as the primary bank contact for high-net-worth customers. Role focuses on delivering tailored financial solutions and maintaining client satisfaction.

You will lead relationship strategies, ensure compliance with AML/KYC, and collaborate with product teams to achieve sales targets and portfolio stability.

Qualifications

• Strong relationship management skills with high-net-worth clients.
• Experience in priority banking and affluent segments.
• Knowledge of AML/KYC policies and procedures.
• Understanding of banking products and services relevant to affluent clients.
• Proven track record in cross-selling and revenue growth.
• Ability to manage portfolios and drive client satisfaction.

Responsibilities

• Acquire, grow and deepen Priority Banking relationships.
• Analyze and meet clients’ financial and investment needs.
• Be the face of the Bank to high-net-worth customers.
• Build and deepen relationships to increase share of wallet.
• Coordinate events and collaborate with product teams.

Skills

Account Management

Addressing Customer Needs

Anti-money Laundering Policies

Bank Account Features

Cross-Selling

Customer Retention

Education

Graduate/Postgraduate

Job description

Title: Principal Relationship Manager - Affluent Relations

Requisition Number: 63421

Job Location: Kolkata, IND

Global Grade: Band 7

Work Type: Office Working

Employment Type: Permanent

Posting Start Date: 29/10/2026

Posting End Date: 29/11/2026

Key Responsibilities

• Acquiring, growing and deepening Priority Banking customer relationships through effective relationship management
• Focus on the analysis and satisfaction of Priority Customers’ financial as well as investment needs and objectives.
• To provide the face of the Bank to the highest net worth customers of the Bank.

Relationship Management

• Build and deepen relationships with existing Priority Customers to achieve increase in share of wallet and revenues.
• Provide professional customer service to achieve a high percentage of customer satisfaction and retention.
• Manage the portfolio to de-risk against attrition and achieve stability of book.
• Have complete knowledge of the customer base in terms of the profile, demographics & psychographics and assets in the Bank and in other places.
• Serve as the one-point contact to the High-Net-Worth customers of the Bank.

Sales

• Generate new business to achieve defined targets in terms of no. of customers, volumes and revenue for the segment
• Achieve the Targets set in terms of product mix
• Induction of all new customers brought in by the Branches & Direct Sales team.
• Achieve "best in class" productivity in order to maximize the efficacy of the sales process.
• Achieve the budgeted cross sell targets.
• Aggressive Sales call plans to acquire large prospective customers through referrals.
• Ensure coverage of customer base in accordance with the approved contact plans.
• Coordinate customer events for the cluster along with the product team.

Sales MIS

• Update & maintain all Sales MIS (Calls, Prospects, Attritions, Business done, etc.)
• Maintain and update customer information on WMSServicesNPS & Customer management

NPS & Customer management

• Ensure that NPS is at least in second quartile as compared to peers.
• Use the online CMP system diligently and achieve > 75% of their require customer contact each month.

Risk Management & Compliance

• Ensure full awareness of all policies and procedures issued in relation to money laundering prevention and KYC.
• Ensure compliance with the above policies on an ongoing basis and reported any suspicious transaction immediately to the supervising officer.
• Ensure full awareness of all policies relating to operational risk, sales processes, misselling, etc. and comply with the same.
• Read, understand and comply with all provisions of the Group Code of Conduct.

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

Skills and Experience

• Account Management
• Addressing Customer Needs
• Anti-money Laundering Policies and Procedures
• Bank Account Features and Services
• Cross-Selling
• Customer Retention

Qualifications

• Graduate/ Postgraduate, consistent academic career
• Extensive sales experience (2 to 5 years)
• Sales focused and highly target oriented
• Able to pick up new concepts quickly
• Able and excited about going out to meet new customers
• Competitive awareness & benchmarking
• Excellent communication, interpersonal & relationship building skills
• Banking knowledge
• Management Information Skills
• Good Interpersonal Skills
• Customer and Service Orientation

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. Never settle, continuously striving to improve and innovate, keeping things simple and learning from doing well, and not so well. Are better together, we can be ourselves, be inclusive, see more good in others, and work collectively to build for the long term.

What we offer

• 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 all sorts of 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.
• Being part of an inclusive and values driven organisation, one that embraces and celebrates our unique diversity, across our teams, business functions and geographies - everyone feels respected and can realise their full potential.