Senior Strategy Enablement Manager

Standard Bank -
Douglas

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Job details

Full-time
4 days ago

Qualifications

Investment
Project Management
Stakeholder collaboration
Client engagement
Stakeholder liaison
Internal department liaison
Stakeholder coordination
Continuous improvement
Continuous improvement cycles oversight
Conflict management
Multidisciplinary collaboration
Business
Project management experience
Communication skills
Banking
Stakeholder management

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Job Overview

Business Segment: Business & Commercial Banking

Company: Standard Bank Isle of Man

Location: IM, Douglas, Douglas, Circular Road 1

Job Type: Full-time

Job Ref ID: 80455398A-0001

Date Posted: 8/17/2026

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Job Description

To drive and scale strategic enablement from Offshore centres into Africa, aligning offshore capabilities with the needs of African commercial clients. This role ensures the seamless integration of the Africa-Offshore value proposition, enabling agile teams, enhancing client experience, and promoting sustainable growth through collaboration with offshore-based stakeholders

Qualifications

Qualifications

First Degree – Business Commerce
First Degree – Project Management

Experience Required

Able to demonstrate experience (8-10 years) managing a broad range of projects to completion to achieve defined business objectives or metrics.
Significant (8-10 years) experience in influencing stakeholders at different levels across a multiple of disciplines to achieve shared outcomes, specifically within a financial services environment.

Key Outputs

Lead the execution of Africa-focused strategic initiatives from Offshore centres, ensuring offshore capabilities are aligned to the commercial priorities, growth ambitions, and client needs of African markets.
Develop and champion the Africa-Offshore strategic enablement framework, creating a consistent operating model, governance structure, and communication approach that embeds offshore capabilities across African client value chains.
Provide strategic advisory to Offshore and African stakeholders on market opportunities, regulatory considerations, and operating models that optimise client outcomes while maintaining compliance across offshore jurisdictions.
Strengthen collaboration between African and Offshore business units, fostering alignment across Coverage, Product, Operations and Support teams to accelerate execution of strategic initiatives and improve delivery to clients.
Embed Africa-specific client insights into Offshore propositions, ensuring products, services and engagement models reflect the unique commercial, regulatory and operational dynamics of African markets.
Drive the integration of Offshore capabilities into African client journeys, identifying opportunities to deepen relationships, unlock cross-border solutions, and increase commercial value for clients operating across jurisdictions.
Influence strategic investment and prioritisation decisions by evaluating opportunities across African markets and recommending initiatives that maximise client impact, revenue growth and long-term sustainability.
Monitor and evaluate the performance of Africa-originated offshore business, using data and commercial insights to identify trends, measure strategic outcomes, and recommend continuous improvements to enhance business performance.
Act as the central strategic liaison between Africa and Offshore centres, ensuring alignment of priorities, effective stakeholder engagement, and successful execution of cross-border initiatives.
Promote a culture of innovation and continuous improvement by identifying opportunities to simplify processes, enhance the client experience, and strengthen Offshore value proposition to African commercial clients.

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Additional Information

Behavioural Competencies:

Challenging Ideas
Articulating Information
Convincing People
Embracing Change
Empowering Individuals
Establishing Rapport
Generating Ideas
Interpreting Data
Encourages Feedback
Providing Insights
Resolving Conflicts
Seizing Opportunities

Technical Competencies:

Deep knowledge of African commercial clients and their offshore needs
Understands Africa’s economic and regulatory landscape to inform offshore risk and control frameworks Verbal Communication
Balances risk and opportunity in Africa-Offshore transactions.
Positions Standard Bank Offshore as a trusted partner for African clients.
Translates data into actionable insights for Africa-Offshore strategy.

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