SVS Tech Lead and Tech Centre Lead

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HSBC is one of the largest banking and financial services organizations in the world, with operations in 58 countries and territories. We aim to be where the growth is, enabling businesses to thrive and economies to prosper, and, ultimately, helping people to fulfil their hopes and realize their ambitions.

We are currently seeking an experienced professional to join our team in the role of SVS Tech Lead and Tech Centre Lead.

The Opportunity

The role holder will be instrumental in delivering the core technology mission and will act as a leader in the execution of Foundations ambition to ‘Build an Exceptional and Trusted Digital Experience for Colleagues & Clients’.

To provide the foundations to achieve this mandate, the role holder will assume a technology centre leadership role for Foundations with additional delivery responsibilities.

What You’ll Do

As a senior leader managing global teams that are designing, building and operating critical services, the role holder will empower the teams in the technology centre to ‘get the basics right’ ensuring that all operational, commercial and risk and control targets are met.

Partner with a diverse group of stakeholders including Finance and Risk Value stream leadership, Chief Technology Office, Chief Data & Analytics Office and Chief Operations Office to ensure engineering delivery commitments to these stakeholders are honored, whilst developing the team strategy to drive future alignment and sharing across Functions, alongside maintaining operational excellence.

Manage all day-to-day operational concerns for the delivery area, including Financial and headcount targets.

Ensure Technology and operational risks are appropriately controlled in line with Group and business objectives

Drive the transformation of this estate, developing the target state architecture in line with business Target Operating models and Foundations Technology architecture principles. Understand industry-wide trends.

Ensure in-scope technology outcomes on time and on budget in a manner consist with the target state architecture

Reduce interactive access to production systems through automation and ensure that all systems are engineered for resilience and security in line with Foundations engineering principles

Manage diverse teams & oversee team engagement, facilitate continuous learning, oversee reward & recognition programmes, promote engineering, service & delivery excellence with the team

Create a culture that embraces continuous improvement and enables technology and business innovation

Champion Agile practices & deliver solutions aligned to Group Chief Information Office priorities

What you will need to succeed in the role

Relevant experience as senior technologist with a proven track record of on time delivery and effective management of a large production technology estate

Experience leading large, global technology teams driving innovation and creating an environment that supports and inspires people to develop and deliver

A strong engineering background and the ability to operate strategically whilst also drilling down into the detail with the engineering teams to provide engineering leadership

Ability to provide technical and conceptual thought leadership, successfully navigate areas of ambiguity and stakeholder disagreement to achieve required outcomes

Experience of integration technologies and public cloud

Track record of DevOps and Agile adoption and optimisation in a complex, global environment

Effective stakeholder management skills

Financial acumen with a strong understanding of budgeting and forecasting. Vendor management experience is an advantage

Excellent written and spoken communication skills, with experience of successfully influencing senior stakeholders, negotiating effectively, and winning over audiences with compelling and persuasive presentations

Ability to drive culture change and engagement

You’ll achieve more when you are at HSBC.

HSBC is an equal opportunity employer committed to building a culture where all employees are valued, respected and opinions count. We take pride in providing a workplace that fosters continuous professional development, flexible working and, opportunities to grow within an inclusive and diverse environment. We encourage applications from all suitably qualified persons irrespective of, but not limited to, their gender or genetic information, sexual orientation, ethnicity, religion, social status, medical care leave requirements, political affiliation, people with disabilities, color, national origin, veteran status, etc., We consider all applications based on merit and suitability to the role.

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***Issued By HSBC Software Development (India) Limited***