Location: New York,NY, USA
JOB SUMMARY
The Head of HR, US & HRBP, CIB, US is an HR leader who thrives in transformational change and effectively working with agility across the CIB organisation in the US to land the CIB people priorities through partnership to the highest value leaders and their leadership teams. Through this role you are an architect of colleague experience that drives performance excellence. You are focused on embedding business-driving operating models; becoming a truly skills based organisation; embedding value driven talent management; and inclusive and ambitious leadership and culture in service of excellence. As Head of HR, you will be responsible for leading the HRBP team in US, by providing strategic HR guidance and expertise to key value seat holders in order to achieve business performance and execute Group Strategy. You will ensure the effective utilisation and development of the Bank's human capital, maintaining effective employer-employee relations and relations with the US' regulatory authorities, in line with Group strategy and values. This role's direct reports include HRBP CFCC, Risk, TTO & Functions US. As HRBP, you will work collaboratively and cross-functionally across business and HR CoEs, in continuing to refine and execute the CIB People Priorities in service of the business strategy and delivering our Group RoTE commitments. To be successful, you will require demonstrable skills thriving in a fast-paced environment, operating in ambiguity, leveraging data to drive decision making, excellent communication skills, solid professional confidence and the ability to hold the mirror up and constructively challenge stakeholders and partners at all levels. You will have demonstrated impact in roles with a global remit, and been effective in both HR business partnering and HR Centre of Expertise roles.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES
* Communicate the Group's global strategy, priorities, and objectives in a local context, providing thought leadership to management team in the development of consolidated US's strategies and human capital management, ensuring alignment with Group.
* Provide strategic HR guidance and partnership with value seat holders in delivering business outcomes .
* Act as a key role within the CIB HR Leadership Team, a squad member and potentially a co-Lead, work across the transversals on the CIB People Plan value and enabling streams and provide thought leadership and oversight to pan-CIB people work in support of the overall CIB business strategy.
* Be accountable for landing the CIB People Plan in service of the CIB business strategy, across CIB in Europe, working in close partnership with the country Heads of HR, to drive the CIB people agenda in a context-relevant manner.
* Identify, prioritise and develop organisational capabilities and behaviours to build a workforce that is future-ready.
* Provide recommendations and HR leadership to the business in change management and organizational transformation initiatives.
* Bring deep knowledge of the market, business and broader global HR initiatives to strategically advise and partner the business effectively.
* Effectively partner with, challenge and influence business leaders to deliver business optimal outcomes that balance the right now with longer term horizons, across the people agenda.
* Be a disruptor, driving culture change and delivering transformation in the US context.
* Partner with CoEs across development and deployment of HR product and experiences, actively being part of HR delivering business centric solutions.
* Contribute to the delivery of the business agenda in the country by appropriate alignment with the business as agreed in the country business plan to maximise and protect franchise value and resolve issues.
* Provide HR leadership on divestment activities within US.
* Drive the execution of the CIB People Plan for the US, ensuring US specific priorities are reflected within the plans and CIB wide priorities are executed appropriately.
* Identify areas for improvement in HR processes, providing feedback and escalating issues where appropriate to relevant CoEs to enhance client experience and improve productivity within HR.
* Provide guidance and review HR processes in accordance with Group HR standards to improve service and delivery.
* Ensure adequate crisis/disaster recovery contingent planning is undertaken and reviewed on a regular basis for the HR function.
* Champion and act as a role model of the Group's values and culture in the US
* Provide active role in developing and embedding a high-performance culture within US and in key talent decisions, including senior hiring.
* Provide support to key business heads within US. This involves coaching in the performance of their duties and assisting to resolve or mitigate material country risks and issues. The level of support provided will vary depending on the experience of the member of the team.
* Ensure an integrated approach to people and talent management across the business and functions that facilitates cross-functional development as appropriate.
* Ensure that there is a high-quality succession pipeline and succession plan at all levels of the country organisation, working with the business and functions; sponsor ongoing development activities that focus on identified high performing and high potential individuals within the country.
* Ensure the provision of ongoing training and development of people and ensure that holders of all critical functions are suitably skilled and qualified for their roles, and that they have effective supervision in place to mitigate any risks.
* Provide input into Fair Accountability reviews.
* Collaborate with colleagues within HR to facilitate internal movement of key talent.
* Employ, engage and retain high quality people.
* Maintain networks of external contacts that enables the benchmarking of compensation practices against relevant comparator organisations and migrate best practice where appropriate.
* Ensure the Operational Risk framework is embedded across the HR function in the US and an effective control environment is maintained with regard to HR's First and Second line processes as well as ensure the operational risk profile for HR US remains within the Group's risk appetite.
* Ensure that required control standards are being met, by continuous monitoring of risk and control indicators.
* Ensure that the applicable regulatory limits (immigration limits / if applicable) are managed effectively to support the execution of CIB and US strategy and business plans.
* Implement and maintain robust structures to support effective corporate governance within HR.
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Key Stakeholders
Head, Banking & Coverage, Americas
Head, Markets, Americas
Head of TB Americas
HR CoEs
Regulators if required
Qualifications
Academic or Professional Education/ Qualifications: Degree or Professional Qualification
Desirable - Professional certifications in HR
Desirable - Membership with professional associations
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
Expected annual base pay range for the role is $200,000 - $275,000. The final offer will be determined on an individualised basis using a number of variables, including but not limited to skill set, depth of experience and education, internal relativity, and specific work location. At Standard Chartered Bank, Base pay is only part of the total compensation package. Discretionary variable pay and a range of attractive bank sponsored benefit programs are available and designed to foster employee overall health and well-being including, but not limited to, a best in class 401k plan with up to 8% employer match, robust medical plan coverage with employer funded Health Savings Accounts, inclusive family building benefits, and flexible/hybrid working arrangements for many of our positions subject to role specific considerations
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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.