Senior Portfolio Execution & Governance Lead

Standard Chartered Bank; Singapore; On-site; SGD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Standard Chartered Bank in Singapore seeks an senior leader to provide enterprise-wide oversight of the transformation portfolio health, execution risk and delivery outcomes. You will own and strengthen Change Delivery Standards, risk frameworks and portfolio dashboards to enable timely intervention and executive confidence.

The role requires vast experience in governance, risk aggregation and cross-functional leadership across multiple geographies, with ability to translate complex data into

Qualifications

• 15+ years experience leading complex programmes or portfolios in financial services, technology or another highly regulated environment.
• Proven track record of establishing enterprise governance, delivery standards, risk aggregation or assurance frameworks that improve delivery confidence and decision quality.
• Experience influencing senior executives, Accountable Executives, transformation leaders and risk partners across multiple businesses, functions and geographies.
• Strong understanding of project and programme lifecycles, portfolio analytics, financial management, risk and control, and both Waterfall and Agile delivery methods.
• Ability to turn complex delivery data into clear executive insight, decisions and actions.
• Hands-on experience with portfolio and delivery tools, including Clarity and ideally Azure DevOps.
• Demonstrated ability to lead through ambiguity, exercise independent judgement and elevate difficult issues constructively.

Responsibilities

• Own the Execution Risk Dashboard and Portfolio Health Dashboards, ensuring the indicators provide forward-looking insight rather than retrospective reporting.
• Ensure the portfolio remains aligned to Change Delivery Standards and within agreed tolerances for execution risk and portfolio health.
• Challenge weak recovery plans, unclear accountabilities and unsupported delivery assumptions; drive remedial action with Transformation Leads, Accountable Executives and Programme Managers.
• Develop scalable mitigation approaches for high-impact risks and interdependencies, enabling businesses and functions to replan, sequence or intervene before outcomes are compromised.
• Track whether interventions restore delivery confidence and reduce risk, rather than only confirming that actions have been completed.
• Shape the enterprise narrative on portfolio execution risk, explaining the strategic, financial, regulatory, client and delivery implications of material issues.
• Prepare decision-ready reports, presentations and papers for Group Management Team, Board and executive committees, clearly setting out risks, trade-offs, decisions required and recommended actions.
• Coordinate portfolio-execution input to audit and regulatory responses, partnering with second- and third-line teams on requests from external auditors and regulators.
• Provide clear evidence of governance effectiveness, risk ownership and remediation progress.
• Build strong awareness of the principal risks affecting the Bank’s transformation and change portfolio.
• Partner with Risk and Financial Crime Risk, Compliance and Conduct Risk and Group Internal Audit to embed risk management principles into portfolio and programme planning.
• Maintain effective procedures and controls in line with Group security, risk and audit requirements.
• Identify, elevate and resolve material risk, conduct and compliance matters promptly and transparently.
• Set direction and drive high performance by translating strategy into clear priorities, measurable outcomes and individual accountabilities.
• Build deep portfolio execution, governance and risk capability through coaching, development and succession planning for critical roles.
• Ensure the team has the right structure, capacity and skills to provide credible independent oversight and timely intervention.
• Role-model the Bank’s values, constructive challenge, sound judgement and strong risk and conduct standards.
• Create an inclusive and accountable culture that values evidence, transparency and enterprise outcomes over activity.
• Provide evidence-based feedback on transformation leaders to their people leaders as part of performance reviews.

Skills

Portfolio Governance

Portfolio Risk and Assurance

Change Delivery Standards

Portfolio Management and Analytics

Project and Programme Management

Change Management

Financial and Commercial Acumen

Tools

Clarity

Azure DevOps

Job description

Standard Chartered Bank in Singapore seeks an senior leader to provide enterprise-wide oversight of the transformation portfolio health, execution risk and delivery outcomes. You will own and strengthen Change Delivery Standards, risk frameworks and portfolio dashboards to enable timely intervention and executive confidence.

The role requires vast experience in governance, risk aggregation and cross-functional leadership across multiple geographies, with ability to translate complex data into