Ics - Lead, Vendor Mgmt. & Governance(Singapore

**JOB SUMMARY**
- The Group Chief Information Security Officer (CISO) organisation is instrumental in protecting and ensuring the resilience of Standard Chartered Bank’s data and IT systems by managing Information and Cyber Security (ICS) risk across the enterprise.
- Group ICS Risk & Governance Function is central to ensuring the Bank’s ability to meet its ICS commitment to internal and external stakeholders, including regulators, as well as maintaining an acceptable ICS risk profile that is regularly reported to the Board.
- The ICS Vendor Management & Governance Lead role provides vendor Management, Governance & cost oversight and transparency support for the Head, ICS Strategy, Financials & Service Mgmt., Global Head, ICS Risk & Governance and Global Head, Group CISO.
- The role will be responsible for coordinating activities and processes required for effective day to day organisation of ICS Vendors and Contracts.
- Providing frameworks, transparency, and reporting capabilities to streamline our vendor engagement & governance processes, provide full visibility of vendor spend to identify efficiency opportunities and improve accuracy in forecasting future vendor spend (Investment to BAU).
- Ensure awareness and compliance to Bank’s governance standards and form strategic partnerships with key vendors that support the ICS roadmap & strategy.

**RESPONSIBILITIES**
- Lead the ICS Vendor, Governance & Contract Management team responsible for managing ICS vendor portfolio in terms of vendor engagement, on-boarding, contract renewals & vendor governance ensuring alignment to Bank’s best practices.
- Implement and maintain an accurate BAU & Investment vendor schedule providing full visibility on contract due dates, budget, and areas of future budget risk.
- Expand Vendor Governance & Contract Management service across ICS BAU & Investment portfolio, providing a seamless & unified Vendor Governance & Contract management service across ICS and provide full vendor cost transparency across function. Develop & Maintain ICS vendor strategy & roadmap, identify key vendor partners to develop product roadmap & capabilities aligned to ICS strategy and business needs.**Vendor/Contract Life-Cycle Management**
- Develop and maintain frameworks, RACI and end to end process/engagement model for on-boarding new vendors and renewal of existing vendor engagements.
- Extend ICS Vendor, Governance & Contract Management across ICS BAU & Investment portfolio, ensuring unified & streamlined vendor management service across ICS portfolio.
- Vendor Schedule Maintenance: Adhere to deadlines and complete “vendor spend Input template” with finance team.
- Define set of key ICS contract standards, including but not limited to exit clauses, quality assurance criteria, service availability & support, and define plan for implementation across applicable ICS contracts.
- Contract Renewals / Extension: Maintain accurate contract inventory providing early visibility on upcoming contracts renewals & allocated budgets; ensure timely and cost-efficient contract renewals in line with ICS budgets and act as liaison between ICS, Vendors and SCM.
- Vendor Portal: Continued maintenance and enhancements to include vendor approval flow & providing visibility of all vendor engagements, contract due dates, owners across BAU & Investment portfolio.
- ePROC: Support Vendor related Purchase Order process across BAU & Inv ensuring end to end tracking/audit trail, invoice validation against completed work & payment accuracy and compliance to local standards& regulations.

**Vendor Governance / Strategic Partnership**
- Vendor Governance & Oversight: Develop framework, RACI, standards and governance processes to ensure appropriate ownership & alignment of ICS Vendor portfolio & processes to Bank’s standards and reduce risk of financial impact and/or audit findings.
- Provide regular oversight & reporting of ICS compliance to Bank’s governance standards to ICS MT.
- Periodic internal quality assurance assessment across ICS vendor portfolio, highlighting any potential gaps, defining remediation plan and ensuring continued adherence to evolving Vendor governance standards.
- ICS Vendor Strategy: Develop & maintain an ICS Vendor/Product strategy, identify key vendor partners to develop product roadmap & capabilities aligned to ICS, Bank strategy and business needs.

**Cost Planning / Tracking**
- BAU/Investment Cost Mgt - across resource, third party engagements, provide cost transparency and a baseline to measure efficiency, enhanced relationship with CFO.
- Provide detailed reporting to support ICS to effectively measure and track vendor/contract spend, make informed cost impacting decisions, and take early corrective action to address overruns.

**Business**
- Maintain strong stakeholder engagement with ICS MT, TTO MT, GTO MT, Finance, HR, SCM and Vendor Management to ensure alignment across stakeholder groups.
- Work with ICS MT to ensure work is