Head of Corporate Affairs and Brand & Marketing

Job description / Role

The Role Responsibilities

* Responsible for driving and delivering the CA and Brand & Marketing strategies for KSA, ensuring consistent and aligned delivery with the global agendas
* Leads the combined Corporate Affairs and Brand & Marketing function to identify opportunities and bring expertise and creativity at both strategic and execution levels within agreed budget and scorecard
* Represents the interests of the KSA Corporate Affairs and Brand & Marketing functions on the Management Team and within the function Corporate Affairs and Brand & Marketing Management Teams to help ensures strategies are relevant.
* Leads on delivering governance, issues and risk (operational and reputational) across KSA
* Provide thought leadership, lead the in-country marketing function
* Develop, manage and drive the following strategic deliverables: strategic Marketing, Strategic Brand, Marketing Communication, Digital Marketing, Corporate Events, Sponsorship and Client Engagement and the performance of the team

Requirements

Our Ideal Candidate

Functional

* Relevant years of Corporate Affairs and Brand & Marketing experience, preferably in the banking/financial services industry with an international context
* Relevant tertiary qualifications, preferably with MBA experience
* Strong business/product knowledge and sufficient expertise to command respect and credibility with senior stakeholders
* Strong analytics and portfolio management experience
* Strong digital marketing and communications experience

Talent, Skill & Knowledge

* Strategic acumen
* Conceptual thinking - able to structure and organise
* Execution orientation - able to execute and deliver results
* Service and customer centricity
* Leadership and change agent
* People management
* Influencing and networking
* Presentation and communication (written and speaking skills)
* Ability to manage in a geographically and culturally dispersed environment
* Experience in developing teams in diverse international organisations
* In-depth understanding of key business drivers, cultural, ethnic and religious conditions across geographies in order to translate global strategy in to effective local operations
* Excellent time management and working under tight deadlines

About the Company

Standard Chartered Bank started in 1958 in UAE with its first branch in Sharjah. The Group’s business gradually increased in Dubai with the opening of several branches and today, Dubai is the administrative hub of the Middle East and South Asia Region. In its 43rd year, the Bank enjoys the position of having the most extensive branch network among foreign international banks in UAE with 10 branches emirate-wide.

Standard Chartered is an international bank, focused on the established and emerging markets of Asia, Africa, the Middle East and Latin America with an extensive global network of more than 600 offices in over 50 countries. The three principal business groups are Global Markets, Personal Banking and Corporate and Institutional Banking.

In UAE, we are one of the leading banks, offering an extensive range of products and services for personal customers, local companies, multinational corporate and financial institutions.