Job Description

Role Responsibilities

\xc2\xb7 To support the Head, Legal, COE MY as a member of the Group Commercial Legal, Centre of Excellence in Malaysia. The role will have a specific focus on delivering legal advice and support to review, draft and negotiate Group technology and other commercial contracts (including amendments and renewals) with vendors and other third parties across the Group\xe2\x80\x99s global footprint.

\xc2\xb7 To provide additional legal support to the Group\xe2\x80\x99s Business Technology Legal team and Country Legal teams where required on strategic procurement matters.

\xc2\xb7 To promote a culture and practice of good conduct of business and adherence to legal standards within the Group.

Responsibilities*

\xc2\xb7 To review, advise, draft and negotiate multi-country technology and commercial procurement contracts to ensure they meet the Group\xe2\x80\x99s third-party contract standards and applicable law. This will include software, SaaS, market data and subscription licences, escrow agreements, hardware, equipment/device purchases and support/maintenance services, business process outsourcing, proof of concepts and other general goods and services agreements, including intragroup arrangements.

\xc2\xb7 Ensure close coordination with other Legal teams, for example the client business Legal teams.

\xc2\xb7 To provide helpdesk support for the Group\xe2\x80\x99s Supply Chain Management team and Country Legal teams.

\xc2\xb7 To analyse potential risks involved with specific contract teams and other risk owners.

\xc2\xb7 To keep up to date with relevant policies and procedures and applicable law.

\xc2\xb7 To provide stakeholders with accurate and timely information and advice regarding the status of technology and commercial contract matters.

\xc2\xb7 To support with continuous improvement initiatives in relation to contract processes, workflow, guidance, playbooks and templates and provide training on contract legal issues.

\xc2\xb7 To collaborate and coordinate with other legal teams across the Group to ensure appropriate overall matter management. Where external counsel is appointed, to manage the engagement, oversee the quality of work and effective delivery of legal support and to manage external legal costs.

\xc2\xb7 To support on team management and administration tasks where required.

\xc2\xb7 Responsible for adhering to the Group Contracts Policy, the Group process for supplier contracts and the Group\xe2\x80\x99s third-party risk management framework.

KEY BEHAVIOURS

\xc2\xb7 Regulatory & Business Conduct:

o Display exemplary conduct and live by the Group\xe2\x80\x99s Values and Code of Conduct.

o Take personal responsibility for embedding the highest standards of ethics, including regulatory and business conduct, across Standard Chartered Bank. This includes understanding and ensuring compliance with, in letter and spirit, all applicable laws, regulations, guidelines and the Group Code of Conduct.

o Taking personal and team responsibility for achieving the outcomes set out in the Bank\xe2\x80\x99s Conduct Principles.

o Effectively and collaboratively identify, escalate, mitigate and resolve risk, conduct and compliance matters.

\xc2\xb7 Governance: establish strong relationships with key stakeholders at all levels, while independently performing own duties.

\xc2\xb7 Risk management: provide guidance and support on legal and operational risk identification and management.

\xc2\xb7 Commercial: pragmatic, creative and solution-oriented with good judgment and decision-making skills.

\xc2\xb7 Proactive: able to use initiative and ready to identify issues without being asked.

\xc2\xb7 Flexible: able and willing to work long hours and, at short notice, travel to, and work in, challenging environments for periods of time (if required).

\xc2\xb7 Team player: personable, responsible, helpful.

\xc2\xb7 Organised: able to prioritise workload and manage conflicting priorities to meet deadlines. Strong attention to detail to highlight potential risks in contracts and errors.

\xc2\xb7 Reliable, tactful, discreet, diplomatic: able to work with staff across varying levels of seniority and from different nationalities and cultures.

\xc2\xb7 Self-motivated: able to operate independently with minimal supervision.

Energetic: enthusiastic about the role, the function and the Group.

Regulatory & Business Conduct *

\xc2\xb7 Display exemplary conduct and live by the .

\xc2\xb7 Take personal responsibility for embedding the highest standards of ethics, including regulatory and business conduct, across Standard Chartered Bank. This includes understanding and ensuring compliance with, in letter and spirit, all applicable laws, regulations, guidelines and the Group Code of Conduct.

\xc2\xb7 Lead the function to achieve the outcomes set out in the Bank\xe2\x80\x99s Conduct Principles

\xc2\xb7 Effectively and collaboratively identify, escalate, mitigate and resolve risk, conduct and compliance matters.

Key stakeholders*

\xc2\xb7 Supply Chain Management

\xc2\xb7 Business Technology Legal

\xc2\xb7 Relevant Business units

\xc2\xb7 Group Technology and Country Legal teams

Qualifications*

Training, licenses, memberships and certifications

Must be a qualified lawyer in a common law jurisdiction (solicitor, attorney or barrister) with 5+ years\xe2\x80\x99 post qualification experience and have:

\xc2\xb7 a good knowledge and understanding of technology and commercial contract requirements including intellectual property and data protection. Experience of outsourcing is preferred but not essential

\xc2\xb7 A good knowledge in current technology and innovation trends (preferably in the financial industry) such as API, blockchain, digital platforms, virtual and digital banking and other FinTech initiatives as well experience in traditional technology procurement topics such as IP, Cloud, e-commerce, data privacy, information security.

\xc2\xb7 Experience in the banking industry (whether through in-house or private practice) is preferred but not mandatory.

\xc2\xb7 Experience in leading, structuring, and executing a wide variety of technology and innovation transactions with a strong emphasis on internal and external stakeholder management.

\xc2\xb7 experience in contract legal support (in-house or private practice) and business acumen

\xc2\xb7 experience in reviewing contracts using contract templates and/or using contract guidance/playbooks

\xc2\xb7 ability to draft contract terms to meet requirements

\xc2\xb7 ability to negotiate contract terms with third parties

\xc2\xb7 understanding of risk management techniques

\xc2\xb7 exemplary integrity, ethics, independence and resilience

About Standard Chartered

We\'re an international bank, nimble enough to act, big enough for impact. For more than 160 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

Be 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, parental/maternity (20 weeks), sabbatical (12 weeks maximum) and volunteering leave (3 days), along with 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.

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