Executive Director, Digital Assets Risk(UAE, Hong Kong)

Job Description

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Job Summary

This role could be based in UAE and Hong Kingdom. When you start the application process you will be presented with a drop‑down menu showing all countries, please ensure that you select a country where the role is based.

Key Responsibilities

Strategy

• Influence the Group’s DA Strategy and activities, advising on alignment with specific Risk Type framework, policies, standards, risk registers and risk appetite.
• Actively engage thought leaders in the DA industries to improve risk understanding, innovation, exploration, and adoption of alternative risk models and data sources.
• Conduct regulatory interpretation and associated assessments for DA related initiatives with adherence to legal and regulatory requirements.
• Evaluate and advise on risks associated with DA projects, products and investments, including the assessment of blockchain technologies and tokenomics, to ensure robust risk mitigation strategies are in place.

Business

• Inform the strategic intent and collective agenda for the DA Risk Management Approach.
• Influence stakeholders and DA Risk subject matter experts on thinking and approach for Digital Asset activities, including situations where the Group seeks to engage clients heavily exposed to DAs.
• Advise Business on alignment of individual DA activities to the Group’s DA business strategy and execution within the risk framework and parameters.
• Direct the business to undertake appropriate evaluations with regards to DA stress scenarios with support from the Group Treasury and Group Stress Testing teams as required.
• Provide timely advice, support and challenge to enable compliance with all relevant laws and regulations and support pro‑active and pre‑emptive risk mitigation.

Processes

• The Candidate is responsible for discharging Policy Owner related responsibilities as defined in the ERMF.
• Ensuring that processes within the DA Risk Management central function are identified and defined by Process Owners, and ensuring the completeness and accuracy of these identified processes.
• Reviewing, challenging, and providing oversight of the DA risk profile monitored by the DA Risk Management Function process universe.

People & Talent

• Create a culture of continuous learning and development.
• Foster an open environment to stimulate creativity and develop innovative solutions to support the Group’s aspiration.
• Lead through example and build the appropriate culture and values.
• Set appropriate tone and expectations from the team and work in collaboration with risk and control partners.

Risk Management

For DAs Initiatives, Lead Inter‑alia

• Oversight of development of the risk assessment approach (DARMA) for any planned business direct exposure to DAs and/or entities heavily exposed to DAs.
• Provide subject matter expertise on DA risks and their interaction with core banking Business risks (across CIB/WRB) including capital and liquidity impacts, and traded and credit risk limits.
• Review and challenge enhanced DA Due Diligence reviews on Business DA clients, products, initiatives and investments to enable adherence to DARMA.
• Evaluate DA risk assessments for confirmation by existing Business authorities including evaluation of blockchains and tokens, DA key management and wallet management infrastructure, operations and partnerships with DA third parties such as custodians, exchanges, staking providers etc.
• Direct and review notification requirements to relevant regulators.
• Oversight and challenge for the Group’s DA Risk Profile and activities including development and implementation of appropriate infrastructure to support DA reviews, and the monitoring of exposures and actions as required.
• Direct DA considerations in Risk Appetite by relevant Risk Framework Owners.
• Monitoring the approved metrics through the risk information reports on an ongoing basis and ensuring incidents of breach are escalated by the relevant Business and/or Risk Type to the respective Committees.

Governance

• Run and maintain a governance forum/committee structure to provide effective risk oversight of the DA Risk Profile across the Group.
• Conduct annual effectiveness reviews to identify improvement areas and implement necessary actions.
• Lead review and challenge ongoing compliance and effectiveness of the risk control environment and overall exposure and risk levels to DAs.
• Monitor top and emerging risks through forward‑looking indicators, taking into consideration external events which may be material.
• Review and assess management action being taken to mitigate their impact.

Regulatory & Business Conduct

• Display exemplary conduct and live by the Group’s Values and Code of Conduct.
• Take personal responsibility for embedding the highest standards of ethics, including regulatory and business conduct, across Standard Chartered Bank; ensuring compliance with all applicable laws, regulations, guidelines and the Group Code of Conduct.
• Effectively and collaboratively identify, mitigate and resolve risk, conduct and compliance matters.

Key stakeholders

Internal

• Members of the Group Management Team
• Digital Assets Centre of Excellence
• Business heads
• Group and Country Risk Framework Owners
• Digital Assets SMEs
• Group Head, Internal Audit

External

• Home and host regulators including PRA and FCA.
• The Group’s external auditors.

Skills And Experience

• Traded Risk
• Digital Assets
• Credit
• Operational and Cyber Security
• Reputational
• Compliance
• Treasury

Qualifications

• Strong academic background.
• >15 years of experience in banking / financial services specifically capital, liquidity risk, traded and credit risk.
• >15 years of experience in emerging Digital technology.
• >5 years direct experience in Digital Asset technology working for a Digital Asset Service Provider.
• Deep expertise (at least 5 years) of evaluating financial and non-financial risks associated with blockchains, tokens, CBDCs, stablecoins and cryptocurrencies.
• A clear understanding of novel risks in DA and how these risks manifest within relevant Risk Types such as Reputational, Traded/Market, Treasury/Capital and Liquidity, Operational, Technology and Cyber Security Risks, and Credit Risk.
• Broad experience across diverse business models within banking and Fintechs.
• Strong expertise within risk management including governance and frameworks including proven verbal and written communication skills to the Board level.
• Thought leadership in digital-related risks (Digital-asset risk, technology risk, CCS risk, resilience).
• Strong understanding of Digital-assets and fintech industry trends / developments, risk implications and impacts on the financial sector.
• Knowledge of key regulatory and supervisory frameworks. Ideal – direct experience of working closely with supervisors / regulators.
• Strong stakeholder management, communication and influencing skills.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, multicultural awareness and sensitivity.
• Programme/project management.
• Experience paper writing for senior level committees.
• Creativity and appetite for continuous improvement.

What We Offer

• 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.

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2026-04-16 07:15:15