Candidate criteria
At Standard Chartered we want to be the world's best international bank, leading the way in Asia, Africa and the Middle East. To help us achieve our aim, we need outstanding leaders.
Have you got what it takes to make a difference at Standard Chartered?
Is this you?
- Are you strongly results oriented with a passion to deliver?
- Are you undeterred by obstacles or setbacks, finding ways around them to achieve your objectives?
- Are you numerate, comfortable with analysis and able to make connections between things?
- Do you often ask yourself 'What are the right measures to solve this problem or drive performance harder'?
- Are you comfortable with ambiguity but also able to look for detail?
- Do you understand the drivers at the micro level and the implications at the macro level?
- Are you team oriented and collaborative, comfortable with brainstorming problems as they arise?
- Are you dissatisfied with poor performance and likely to drive yourself and the team around you to deliver superior performance?
- Do you understand that, in a fast-growing company like Standard Chartered, your job will evolve?
- Do you relish the opportunity to stretch yourself with more responsibilities on an international scale?
- Are you non-hierarchical and willing to break the status quo to drive change?
- Do you understand how critical it is to develop successors and build competence in teams?
- Do you focus on building capability while overachieving against your targets?