Head Wealth Management

Our team comprises 25,000 colleagues across 35 countries, united by a commitment to transformation through agile and innovative ways of working. We prioritize thinking from the client’s perspective to serve millions of affluent and emerging affluent clients worldwide. Our client base includes individuals and small businesses, supported by a broad range of traditional banking services such as investment, credit, and wealth planning solutions. We offer career opportunities in relationship management, customer service, product and segment management, sales, and wealth planning. If you are seeking new growth opportunities, Standard Chartered Bank provides a dynamic environment to advance your career.

Wealth and Retail Banking (WRB) serves over 11 million clients in some of the world’s fastest-growing markets. Our client spectrum ranges from Mass Retail to Affluent, including high-net-worth individuals supported by our Private Bank. We combine digital banking channels with personalized service to deliver differentiated products and services, including deposits, payments, financing, wealth management, and tailored advice. Additionally, we support small business clients with their banking needs.

This role is responsible for designing and executing the Global Wealth Management strategy, tailoring the global proposition to local market dynamics, client needs, and regulatory requirements. The successful candidate will lead the growth and integration of Wealth Management solutions across key client segments, focusing on Affluent, SME, and Employee Banking clients. They will drive wealth product penetration and performance across all relevant channels, build strong stakeholder relationships, and deliver on customer, business, revenue, and profitability goals. The role aims to establish a sustainable, client-centric Wealth Management franchise.

Key Responsibilities

- Design and lead the in-country Wealth Management strategy, ensuring alignment with Group Wealth priorities, country business objectives, and client segment strategies to drive sustainable growth and integration across all relevant client segments.
- Provide strategic leadership across Investment Strategy & Advisory, Wealth Markets Products, and Sales by translating Group Wealth product strategy into an effective local proposition that meets evolving client needs, market conditions, and regulatory requirements.
- Develop and continuously enhance the consolidated country Wealth strategy over short-, medium-, and long-term horizons, collaborating with Business Heads, client segments, and support functions to prioritize initiatives, resolve strategic issues, monitor performance, and ensure execution of business plans.
- Maintain a comprehensive understanding of the local business environment, competitive landscape, client needs, and emerging trends to identify growth opportunities and cross-sell potential, leveraging multiple products and services to deliver differentiated customer propositions.
- Drive commercial performance of Wealth products by setting and monitoring sales, revenue, service, and productivity KPIs, allocating targets, and implementing corrective actions to meet business objectives.
- Identify opportunities to grow the Wealth franchise by acquiring new-to-Wealth and high-net-worth clients, deepening existing relationships, increasing product holdings, and optimizing portfolios to build sustainable annuity revenue.
- Lead the development and delivery of customer-centric Wealth propositions in partnership with internal stakeholders, external product providers, and regulators, ensuring compliance with Group standards and local regulations.
- Enhance operational effectiveness by improving policies, processes, systems, and workflows to support Wealth strategy delivery, improve customer experience, increase collaboration, reduce inefficiencies, and enable scalable growth.
- Ensure governance oversight and maintain high standards of regulatory compliance, aligning policies, processes, systems, and personnel with internal and external requirements.
- Provide strong leadership to the Wealth team by setting strategic direction, establishing priorities, fostering collaboration, and ensuring resources and capabilities are in place to achieve business goals.

Required Qualifications

- Proven experience in wealth management strategy development and execution within a banking or financial services environment.
- Strong understanding of investment products, advisory services, and wealth markets.
- Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional teams and manage complex stakeholder relationships.
- In-depth knowledge of local market dynamics, regulatory frameworks, and competitive landscapes.
- Excellent strategic thinking, communication, and leadership skills.
- Ability to drive commercial performance through data-driven decision-making and KPI management.

Preferred Qualifications and Benefits

Standard Chartered offers a competitive salary and benefits aligned with our Fair Pay Charter, supporting mental, physical, financial, and social wellbeing. Benefits include core bank funding for retirement savings, medical and life insurance, flexible and voluntary benefits depending on location, and generous time-off policies including parental leave, sabbaticals, and volunteering leave. Flexible working arrangements are available to support work-life balance.

We provide proactive wellbeing support through digital platforms, resilience development courses, employee assistance programs, and mental health resources. Our continuous learning culture encourages reskilling and upskilling through various learning modalities. As part of an inclusive and values-driven organization, we celebrate diversity and foster an environment where everyone feels respected and empowered to reach their full potential.

If you are passionate about making a difference and growing your career in a global bank committed to driving commerce and prosperity, we encourage you to explore this opportunity with Standard Chartered.