Job Description

Role Responsibilities

Job Purpose

• Act as a single point of contact supporting all Legal, Co Sec and Shared Investigative Services (\xe2\x80\x9cLCS\xe2\x80\x9d) stakeholders in the end-to-end matter management of data collection and review
• An expert in Legal review, with a clear mandate to assist in defining the strategy and methodology of Legal and Investigations reviews.
• Driving forward utilisation of industry \xe2\x80\x93 leading strategies and delivering innovative solutions for all types of data analysis.
• Reduce external eDiscovery spend by leading vendor management and designing cost efficient legal strategies.

Strategy

• Supporting Head of eDiscovery, Operations & Analytics in delivering against the strategic objectives of the function.
• Working with the Head of eDiscovery, Operations & Analytics to ensure LCS has the right technology in place to recover, store and analyse electronically stored information in response to requests for use in external litigation or internal investigations.
• Support the Head of eDiscovery, Operations & Analytics in building an appropriate data governance framework ensuring the functions remains aligned to all privacy, legal and regulatory standards.
• Working with the Head of eDiscovery, Operations & Analytics to promote the awareness of good eDiscovery practices in LCS and the Bank.
• Building and managing relationships with key stakeholders and colleagues across LCS and the wider bank.

Business

• As required, lead the Bank\xe2\x80\x99s most complex eDiscovery matters and provide oversight to matters being managed by all eDiscovery Associate Directors.
• Support the Head of eDiscovery, Operations & Analytics in the implementation of innovative and industry-leading processes, enhancing the eDiscovery capabilities of the bank.
• Support the Head of eDiscovery, Operations & Analytics in marketing the functions service offerings to all key internal stakeholders.
• Maintaining and developing relationships with all key functional stakeholders, ensuring that the Legal functions requirements are aligned with the wider bank policy.
• As required, support the Head of eDiscovery, Operations & Analytics in the development of less experienced members of the team.
• Providing timely advice to Legal colleagues on aspects of relevant legal discovery and disclosure frameworks.
• Support the Head of eDiscovery Operations & Analytics, in ensuring the function remains aligned to the relevant Risk Management Framework.
• Support the development and growth of the function by acting as a trusted and experienced mentor.
• Interfacing and directly representing the bank in front of external counsel, law enforcement and regulatory bodies.

Processes

• Responsible for the adherence and development of controls, ensuring the defensibility of all phases of the eDiscovery lifecycle.
• Ensuring the functions forensic practice is carried out in accordance with all legal and regulatory requirements.
• Assist the relevant LCS colleagues in the development of proportionate data review methodologies by providing expert solutions defensible recommendations.
• Responsible for the technical management and utilisation of eDiscovery technology solutions (e.g. Relativity) and providing training to other members of the function when required.
• Supporting the Head of eDiscovery, Operations & Analytics, in collation of MI, ensuring relevant management information and key performance indicators are provided to all key internal stakeholders.

People & Talent

• As required, support the Head of eDiscovery, Operations & Analytics in the development of less experienced members of the team.
• Support the development and growth of the function by acting as a trusted and experienced mentor.
• Responsible for the technical management and utilisation of eDiscovery technology solutions (e.g. Relativity) and providing training to other members of the function when required.

Risk Management

• Have awareness and understanding of legal and regulatory risks relevant to the role and to identify and inform relevant stakeholders of those risks through appropriate channels
• Support the Head of eDiscovery & Data Advisory in ensuring the function remains aligned to the relevant Risk Management Framework.

Governance

• Reinforce an effective and exemplary risk and control culture and further strengthen the control environment
• Act to minimise operational loss and audit failures and take proactive measures to respond to matters arising.

Regulatory & Business Conduct

• Display exemplary conduct and live by the Group\xe2\x80\x99s Values and Code of Conduct.
• 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
• Effectively and collaboratively identify, escalate, mitigate and resolve risk, conduct and compliance matters.

Key stakeholders

• Legal, Co-Sec and SIS Management Team
• Legal, Co-Sec and SIS Regional Teams.
• Compliance
• HR/ER
• Financial Crime Compliance
• GIS/CISO

Our Ideal Candidate

• 8+ years\xe2\x80\x99 experience in an eDiscovery role with industry recognised qualifications or accreditations.
• Significant experience in independently managing large Legal or Investigation eDiscovery matters
• An excellent understanding of the legal eDiscovery framework including the relevant legal standards.
• Significant experience with eDiscovery platforms such as Relativity, Nuix (Ringtail), Axelerate or Autonomy
• Experience across the whole Electronic Data Reference Model including a strong understanding of eDiscovery concepts and the adoption and utilisation of technology.
• Understanding of digital forensic practices including experience with Encase, Cellebrite and other standard industry forensic tools.

Role Specific Technical Competencies

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to multitask within tight deadlines, and excellent analytical skills
• Demonstrated ability to translate technical concepts to a wider audience
• Demonstrated Legal Project Management experience and an ability to track and manage costs.

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 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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