The role of Product Manager, Supply Chain Finance is pivotal in steering the growth and development of the Supply Chain Finance (SCF) business across the Middle East, Pakistan and Africa (MEPA) region. This person will hold accountability for understanding the nuanced trade environments within these territories, leveraging insights into both international and domestic trade dynamics to strategically size and capture market opportunities for Trade Services within Standard Chartered’s footprint.

Responsibilities extend to the crafting of comprehensive customer value propositions that respond to evolving client needs and are designed to drive revenue growth for the SCF product suite. The role demands proactive competitor and regulatory intelligence gathering, ensuring that the business stays ahead in a competitive landscape through periodic competitor analyses.

Strategically, the role requires articulating robust tactical and longer-term business plans aimed at maximizing revenue while aligning closely with customer requirements. The individual will lead the development and implementation of annual operating plans, balancing short-term financial results with sustainable medium-term growth objectives.

Financial and commercialization stewardship over a portfolio of trade products falls within scope, including management of revenue and cost to deliver on agreed profit and loss targets. This also includes ongoing review of pricing, service quality, and marketing initiatives to optimize the SCF offering in the UAE and wider MEPA markets.

Operationally, the Product Manager will collaborate on local marketing strategies and campaigns, supporting effective structuring, pricing, and rollout of trade solutions. They will be responsible for the timely communication of market updates and product performance through comprehensive reporting mechanisms.

Adherence to the established risk management frameworks is essential, ensuring all activities align with corporate governance and compliance requirements. This multifaceted role requires a combination of deep market understanding, strategic insight, financial acumen and operational excellence to drive the success of Supply Chain Finance at Standard Chartered.

• Experience in Supply Chain Finance (Supplier Finance, Distributor Finance, Receivable Purchase)


• Digital and Platform Proficiency


• Experience in Multinational Bank is preferrable


• Arabic Speakers are preferred.


• Excellent stakeholder Management.

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

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.