Chief Of Staff - Quanta Venture - UK in London

SC Ventures is Standard Chartered's innovation, fintech investment and ventures arm. We were established to reinvent banking, responding to the significant technological disruptions impacting the industry's ability to serve clients and customers in the ways they need to be served.

Key Responsibilities

• Strategic Planning & Execution
  • Facilitate business case development for early-stage quantum applications and marketplace initiatives, using design thinking and lean startup methodologies.
  • Operate as the CEO's point person for project management, milestone tracking and executive communications (including press releases and LinkedIn engagement).
  • Track key initiatives and ensure accountability across the organisation.
  • Identify operational bottlenecks and implement solutions to improve efficiency.
  • Lead strategic people and culture initiatives.
  • Strengthen go-to-market performance through revenue enablement.
• Fundraising & Investor Relations
  • Support preparation of investor materials, data rooms, and due diligence processes.
  • Conduct market research and competitive analysis to support fundraising narratives.
  • Manage investor communications and board reporting.
• Cross-Functional Leadership
  • Drive cross-functional execution of strategic priorities, ensuring coordination among product, data scientists, technology, and business development teams.
  • Serve as a connective tissue between product, engineering, sales, and operations.
  • Step into functional gaps as the company scales—whether that involves leading a hiring sprint, managing a key partnership, or building internal processes.
  • Lead and implement customer-driven solution development and agile iteration.
• External Engagement
  • Represent the company in meetings with potential partners, customers, and stakeholders.
  • Build relationships within the banking technology and quantum computing ecosystems.
  • Support business development efforts for both the banking software and quantum marketplace offerings.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in strategy, operations, consulting, investment banking, or a similar high-performance environment.
• Demonstrated ability to operate effectively in ambiguous, fast-paced environments.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to synthesise complex information and make data-driven recommendations.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills.
• Proven track record of driving projects from concept to completion with minimal oversight.
• Comfort with financial modelling, business planning, and investor-facing materials.
• High emotional intelligence and the ability to build trust across diverse stakeholders.
• Strong project management expertise to handle diverse, multi-stakeholder, fast-growth environments.
• Competence in lean startup and agile product management.
• Experience in financial services, fintech, or enterprise software.
• Familiarity with emerging technologies, particularly quantum computing or its applications in financial services.
• Previous startup experience, ideally at seed or Series A stage.

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 what you'll bring.

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.

What We Offer

• 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 combine 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.

Posting End Date 31/12/2025