Chief Portfolio Strategy & Commercial Execution

Job Summary

• Standard Chartered operates at enterprise scale across multiple markets in a regulated environment. This role is a foundational leader within the Technology COO team, designed to sit above individual domains and provide the portfolio, execution and commercial governance mechanisms that enable the Group CIO organisation to deliver outcomes at speed with control alignment.
• The role operates as a neutral integrator – credible with business and technology stakeholders alike – and reduces friction across domains through transparent decisioning, disciplined execution cadence, and evidence-led trade‑offs.
• In practice, the role functions as the Group CIO organisation’s direction‑setting and integration capability: shaping the forward agenda, uplifting the quality of divisional CIO plans, and translating priorities into coherent roadmaps, commercial levers and selective execution interventions. It is designed to increase GCIO credibility wit...