Chief Executive Officer & Head of Coverage, Pakistan

The position of CEO and Head of Coverage is responsible for overseeing the implementation of the global strategy and responsible for all Standard Chartered business interests in Pakistan.

As CEO

• Develop and implement an effective country plan that supports operational resilience and the delivery of strategies in the country, including people, premises, technology and behaviours. Ensure that the country plan is aligned with the country’s short, medium and longer-term aspirations.
• Participate in strategic and corporate development discussions involving the country and oversee all corporate development within the country.
• Review and approve the country strategy, ensuring that the country strategy is delivering the global business strategies of Corporate & investment Banking (CIB) and Wealth & Retail Banking (WRB).
• Oversight of material risk decisions taken in the country to ensure risk tolerances are complied with.
• Ensuring that all applicable regulatory requirements are considered and complied with and that issues relating to regulatory compliance are identified and resolved.
• Establish and maintain a robust relationship with key stakeholders in the country, including government officials, regulators, community leaders, industry bodies, political leaders and business leaders.
• Responsible for working with the following people who have responsibility for other activities of the country business:
  • The Business Heads, Transaction Banking and Financial Markets, who develop the business strategy, brand and market positioning strategies, client and segment strategies, global performance targets, technology infrastructure, and processes of the businesses globally and where relevant for the provision to customers in the country of the products that they own.
  • Function Heads, who are responsible for those policies, procedures and processes that they own that impact the business in the country.

As Country Head of Coverage

• Ensure alignment of resources managed within the country to regional and global business plan
• Co-ordinate business activities to collectively meet performance targets
• Through assignment to direct reports and working with matrix reports, ensure that the CIB Client Coverage strategy is implemented and managed in the country.
• Act as an executive sponsor to develop key client relationships, including driving business with sovereign relationships and network clients into and out of the country.
• Work with relevant risk control functions to ensure that the risks are properly monitored, mitigated and/or escalated to the relevant Senior Manager, Country Risk Control Owner and/or Country Committee with responsibility for that area and take all reasonable steps (within the job holder’s authority) to mitigate such issues and risks.
• Responsible for maintaining and monitoring compliance with the Operational Continuity in Resolution regulations in their respective local branch or subsidiary.
• Effectively ensure and intensify internal controls by keeping abreast with developments of applicable local laws and regulations on accountabilities.
• Be responsible for failure to follow relevant rules and processes, failure to properly perform the responsibilities, and implement corrections.
• Be responsible for regulatory failure or risks arising from or in connection of the event over which the employee has the duties of management and/or leadership

• Fluency in English and Urdu is mandatory.
• The successful individual must be a career banker having had at least five years experience at senior management level as an Executive Vice President and/or above, or equivalent in a Bank/DFI.
• Experience with/training in Islamic Banking highly preferred.
• Should have adequate knowledge, expertise and skill-mix related to the business model, overall size, complexity and risk profile of the bank/DFI
• Strong leadership qualities, able to articulate and communicate the growing ambition, and goals for the business and country both internally and externally.

• Minimum qualification would be a Bachelor and/or master’s degree, or equivalent.

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

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.