Lead, Wellbeing (United Kingdom, Singapore)

Job Summary

Location: This role offers flexible location options and can be based either in the United Kingdom or Singapore or Hong Kong. Candidates will select their preferred base country during the application process from an interactive dropdown menu.

We are seeking a dynamic and strategic professional to join our team as the Lead for Wellbeing. In this position, you will play an instrumental role supporting the development and execution of Standard Chartered's global wellbeing strategy designed to foster a resilient, healthy and engaged workforce. By translating the Bank's strategic priorities into actionable, evidence-based programmes, you will empower colleagues and teams to perform sustainably in a rapidly evolving work environment.

The role demands exceptional collaboration skills as you will partner closely with HR teams, business leaders, and various functional stakeholders to integrate wellbeing seamlessly into the employee lifecycle, organizational culture, and workplace practices.

Leveraging a robust understanding of employee data and external research, you will identify emerging wellbeing trends and deliver targeted initiatives that create measurable impact while continuously refining the Bank's wellbeing approach to meet the needs of a diverse global workforce.

This position offers the opportunity to lead innovative wellbeing interventions that contribute not only to individual and team performance but also to broader organizational effectiveness and culture.

Key Responsibilities

Key Responsibilities

Wellbeing Strategy and Programme Leadership
- Provide expert insight and contribute to the continuous refinement of the Bank's wellbeing strategy, ensuring alignment with evolving business goals and employee needs.
- Translate strategic wellbeing objectives into detailed, actionable programmes with clear deliverables and success metrics addressing individual, team, and organizational wellbeing.
- Lead complete lifecycle management of assigned wellbeing initiatives, from conception and research through implementation, communication, monitoring, evaluation, and iterative refinement.

Insight & Data-Driven Decision Making
- Conduct comprehensive analysis of internal employee wellbeing data, organizational metrics, and external research sources to identify priority areas and inform programme design.
- Distill complex data sets into accessible insights and stories to guide leadership decisions and stakeholder engagement.
- Develop and enhance measurement frameworks that capture programme reach, user experience, effectiveness, and business value.
- Collaborate with data governance teams to uphold high standards of data quality, confidentiality, and ethical use when handling sensitive employee information.

Programme Design and Innovation
- Design inclusive, accessible wellbeing interventions grounded in best practice and tailored to diverse workforce needs.
- Create comprehensive resources including toolkits, guidelines, and communication materials to support programme adoption.
- Pilot new ideas rigorously, utilizing data and participant feedback to refine solutions prior to wider rollout.
- Regularly evaluate existing wellbeing offerings for relevance, alignment to strategic priorities, and ease of navigation for employees and leaders.
- Balance global consistency with local adaptability to ensure interventions respect cultural nuances and meet regional requirements.

Continuous Improvement and Collaboration

This role requires a strong commitment to ongoing learning and continuous enhancement of wellbeing initiatives. The successful candidate will actively seek feedback, engage with diverse stakeholder groups, and incorporate competing perspectives to strengthen programme relevance and impact.

They will champion an inclusive approach, ensuring wellbeing efforts resonate across varied cultural and demographic profiles while fostering an environment where employees feel supported and valued. Partnership with global and local teams will be essential to embedding wellbeing into the fabric of employee experience and organizational culture, ultimately driving sustainable performance and business success.

The role also involves keeping abreast of emerging trends and innovations in workplace wellbeing, leveraging external networks and research to inform the Bank's strategy and maintain a competitive edge.

Effective communication and influence skills will support strong engagement across senior leadership and frontline teams, enabling shared ownership and advocacy for wellbeing initiatives.

Skills and Experience

Essential Skills and Competencies

• Wellbeing Techniques: Proficient in evidence-based approaches and interventions that support physical, mental, and emotional wellbeing in a workplace context.
• Strategic Mindset: Ability to think holistically about organizational wellbeing challenges and craft long-term strategies aligned with business goals.
• Cross-functional Collaboration: Skilled at building relationships and working effectively across different teams, cultures and regions to drive wellbeing programmes.
• Instils Trust: Demonstrates ethical conduct, confidentiality, and reliability essential to managing sensitive information.
• Organizational Behaviour: Deep understanding of how organizational dynamics and cultural factors influence employee wellbeing and engagement.
• Business Acumen: Insight into organizational priorities and operational realities to align wellbeing interventions with business needs.
• Project Management: Competency in planning, executing, and monitoring wellbeing projects ensuring timely delivery within scope and budget.
• Evaluation Frameworks: Experience developing and applying metrics and assessment tools to validate programme effectiveness and inform improvements.
• Design Thinking: Ability to creatively design user-centered solutions and iterate through feedback and testing.

Qualifications

Qualifications and Experience

Professional Experience

• Proven track record delivering complex wellbeing, employee experience, or organizational effectiveness programmes within large, matrixed organizations.
• Strong expertise in translating multifaceted workforce data and employee insights into compelling narratives and targeted, measurable interventions.
• Experience leading cross-functional and multi-market projects, engaging senior stakeholders and managing external partnerships effectively.
• Skilled in devising and executing frameworks, communications, and change management interventions that promote consistent adoption and embed wellbeing in organizational practices.
• Comfortable preparing evidence-based recommendations and presenting decision-ready materials to senior executives and governance bodies.

Certifications and Qualifications

• No mandatory professional certification required unless specified by local regulations.
• Relevant qualifications or accreditation in Human Resources, Organisational Psychology, Occupational Health, Public Health, Wellbeing, Coaching or Programme Management are advantageous but not essential.

Language Requirements

• Excellent written and spoken English proficiency is necessary for global collaboration and communication.
• Additional language skills are beneficial for liaising within a culturally diverse workforce but are not essential unless required for specific location needs.

About Standard Chartered

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,

What we offer

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.