Associate Director, Tech SME

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HSBC is one of the largest banking and financial services organizations in the world, with operations in 64 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.

Department: Wealth Personal Banking

In this role you will:

• Define solution designs for changes in the regulatory environment in a way that supports the execution of the iWPB (international Wealth & Personal Banking) technology strategy and roadmap to deliver the Private Bank and Wealth Future State Architecture (FSA), articulating and addressing associated risks, issues, and technical debt.
• These designs are end-to-end and span often multiple platforms and owning SVSs. Acordingly, coordinate with lead platform architects to get endorsement of the solution options and ensure it aligns with the platform roadmap.
• Translate the requirements created by business analysts into designs that ensure products and services meet customer needs and expected Business Outcomes.
• Ensure the integrity of the design is maintained throughout the development lifecycle, liaising with the engineering team to ensure standards and regulatory requirements are incorporated.
• Collaborate with the technical product owners to define and deliver technical strategy and roadmap, looking for opportunities to improve the current landscape/enterprise.
• Identify dependencies across multiple Platforms and Value & Sub-Value Streams, maintaining awareness of projects/strategies outside of the Value Stream.
• Act as an interface to other engineering groups both regional and at Group level.
• Lead proof of concepts for new technical solutions and designs.
• Lead clear choice of buy versus build decisions and vendor selection where appropriate.

To be successful in this role, you should meet the following requirements:

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field.
• AWS, Azure or Google Cloud Certified.
• 10+ years in technology engineering or related technical leadership roles, at least 5 of which are solution architecture related in Private Banking / Wealth Management domain.
• 5+ years working experience on IT landscape in Asian markets (e.g. HK, Singapore, Taiwan, China, Malaysia)
• Strong understanding of agile methodologies including experience with tools like Jira, Confluence or similar for backlog management.
• Track record in coordinating solutions across multiple technology platforms and teams, and that meet overall compliance with the regulators.
• Analytical mindset with data-driven decision-making ability.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Extensive experience implementing solutions across multiple technology platforms.

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