Head Data Design

STANDARD CHARTERED BANK; Singapore; On-site; SGD 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Standard Chartered Bank is seeking an Executive Director, Data Design to establish and govern the bank's logical data design standards, authoritative data sources, and dataset onboarding across Data Platforms & Products. You will serve as the design authority for data domains, structures and integration patterns, ensuring alignment with target architecture and governance standards across platforms.

The role requires deep experience in enterprise data management, governance, and leading data

Qualifications

• 15+ years of experience in enterprise data management, data architecture or large-scale data transformation.
• Experience embedding governance controls into SDLC and delivery processes.
• Strong executive stakeholder management and influencing capability.

Responsibilities

• Maintain the enterprise inventory of data domains and authoritative data sources.
• Lead the design authority for data models, data structures and integration patterns.
• Define and maintain data design principles, modelling standards and architecture guardrails.
• Embed mandatory data design review checkpoints into software and data delivery lifecycles.
• Define standardised patterns for AI, ML and analytics data access to enterprise data assets.
• Hire, engage and retain high-quality personnel and ensure succession plans for key roles.

Skills

Executive stakeholder management

Data architecture

Data modeling

SDLC governance

Data governance

Job description

Job Summary

This role could be based in Singapore and India. 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.

The Executive Director, Data Design is responsible for establishing and governing the Bank's logical data design standards, authoritative data source framework, and dataset onboarding model across the Data Platforms & Products function. The role serves as the design authority for data domains, data structures, integration patterns and platform onboarding, ensuring that all new data initiatives, datasets and AI/ML consumption use cases align to the Bank's target data architecture, data supply chain principles, and data management standards. The role operates horizontally across all platform and product teams and acts as the central control point for data design decisions without direct ownership of any specific platform, governance capability, or data quality domain.

Key Responsibilities

Data Domain Architecture & Golden Source Management

• Maintain the enterprise inventory of data domains and authoritative (golden) data sources.


• Define and manage canonical logical data models across business domains.


• Lead resolution of conflicting source system ownership and golden source disputes.


• Ensure all platform datasets are aligned to approved domain structures and source hierarchies.


• Support Data Product teams in identifying authoritative data assets for consumption.

Data Design Authority

• Act as the formal design authority for data models, data structures and integration patterns entering the Data Platform estate.


• Define and maintain data design principles, modelling standards and architecture guardrails.


• Review and approve new data designs, platform integrations and structural changes.


• Ensure consistency of data architecture across domains, platforms and delivery teams.


• Drive simplification, standardisation and reuse of common data models.

SDLC Data Design Governance

• Embed mandatory data design review checkpoints into software delivery and data delivery lifecycles.


• Establish approval mechanisms for new datasets, schemas and integration designs.


• Prevent non-compliant data solutions progressing into build and production environments.


• Partner with Architecture and Engineering teams to automate design compliance controls where possible.


• Monitor adherence to approved standards and escalate exceptions.

AI/ML Data Consumption Architecture

• Define standardised patterns for AI, Machine Learning and Advanced Analytics access to enterprise data assets.


• Ensure AI/ML data consumption aligns with approved architecture principles and platform standards.


• Partner with Data, Analytics and Engineering teams to establish reusable AI-ready data access models.


• Review emerging AI use cases and determine appropriate data sourcing and consumption approaches.


• Support responsible and compliant adoption of AI capabilities across the Bank.

People & Talent

• Encourage engineering excellence, automation, and ongoing improvement as core values.


• Demonstrate and uphold the Group’s values and culture through leadership and example.


• Lead and support the shift towards a client-centric, agile, and accountable culture by using standardized metrics and measurements. Ensure the team takes ownership of client outcomes and drives positive results.


• Establish transparent metrics and standards, communicate them clearly to team members, provide constructive feedback, and recognize achievements appropriately. Set the right tone and expectations for the broader team.


• Hire, engage, and retain high-quality personnel, ensuring succession plans are in place for key roles.

Regulatory & Business Conduct

• Demonstrate exemplary conduct and uphold the Group’s Values and Code of Conduct.


• Take responsibility for maintaining high ethical standards and ensuring compliance with all relevant laws, regulations, guidelines, and the Group Code of Conduct at Standard Chartered Bank.


• Lead the CDO team to deliver on the Bank’s Conduct Principles: Fair Outcomes for Clients, Effective Financial Markets, Financial Crime Compliance, and the Right Environment.


• Identify, escalate, mitigate, and resolve risk, conduct, and compliance issues promptly and collaboratively.

Key stakeholders

• ED – Data Lake, Products & Platform Engineering


• ED – Metadata, Lineage & Governance Fabric


• ED – Data Quality & Observability


• ED – Data Privacy, Records & Sovereignty


• Enterprise Architecture


• Business & Data Domain Teams

Other Responsibilities

• Embed Here for good and Group’s brand and values in Singapore / CDO team; Perform other responsibilities assigned under Group, Country, Business or Functional policies and procedures; Multiple functions (double hats)

Our Ideal Candidate

• Relevant Academic or Professional Education/Qualifications


• 15+ years experience in enterprise data management, data architecture or large-scale data transformation.


• Experience embedding governance controls into SDLC and delivery processes.


• Strong executive stakeholder management and influencing capability.

Role Specific Technical Competencies

• Deep expertise in logical and conceptual data modelling.


• Strong understanding of data platforms, data products and data supply chain concepts.


• Experience operating Design Authority or Architecture Review Board functions.


• Knowledge of metadata, lineage, data quality and data governance disciplines.


• Understanding of AI/ML data architecture and consumption patterns.

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.

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