Job Description

Job description
Some careers have more impact than others.
If you're looking for further opportunities to develop your career, take the next step in fulfilling your potential right here at HSBC.
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 Head of GPS Data Platform
Location: Pune/Hyderabad
Department Background: CIB - GPS Technology
The Opportunity:-
The Payments Services Technology team, based across 10 countries, are responsible for the IT systems that facilitate the payments processing, sanctions screening, and the clearing and settling of all payments via SWIFT and in-country Domestic Payment schemes.
Payment infrastructure allows our customers and clients to move funds freely and fast across the globe, pay their suppliers, credit salaries, pay taxes directly to authorities and transfer money via multiple channels.
What you'll do:

• The job is a leadership and transformation role for owning and driving the core data platforms that host payments data & serve as source of truth when it comes to payments in HSBC.
• Working in tandem with the key Engineering leadership to draw and implement the roadmap of our data platforms.
• As global platform owner, also is responsible for upkeep and availability of the systems to meet the operational requirements of the bank with strong focus on Risk and Control governance.
• The role will encompass accountability for finances, application design, development and testing through to production implementation, and support/maintenance in production subsequently.
• Ensure strong operating environment for high quality delivery, faster time-to-market and continual productivity improvements.
• Provide thought leadership on latest DevOps and Agile development methodologies, innovation and transformation, and have the ability to evolve, modify and adapt in a dynamic environment.
• Managing the required cross-skilling and re/up-skilling of the organization to deliver strong change agenda.
• Manage various senior management stakeholders across Technology, Ops and Business teams.
• Building capability for effective engagement and execution as well as building thought leadership for wider adoption of DevOps/Agile, APIs and reusable services.
• Lead and drive proactive risk management culture
• Ownership and Accountability in a matrix based environment

Financial Management

• Own planning and tracking of financial forecasts, resource planning.
• Ensure optimal use of resources for attaining financial goals

People Management

• Develop and manage high performing team to meet present and future needs
• Develop Talent and leadership at all levels including opportunities for growth, stretch roles, global leadership and succession for key/critical roles.
• Attract, develop and retain talent across delivery leadership and technical/functional SME
• Lead performance management including compensation, vertical/lateral progression and reward & recognition globally.

Delivery and Application Management

• Provide SME knowledge in big data, cloud, resiliency, capacity and supportability.
• Collaborate with engineering and support leads to provide a secure and resilient framework for payments data delivery
• Build strong productive working relationships with technology leadership, Payments Operations and LOBT
• Analyze and address/fix delivery issues in a timely manner
• Lead and provide direction and guidance as needed to the delivery team
• Responsible for communications to stakeholders and Payments Services (PS) management and any escalations
• Active involvement and ownership of Support activities covering stability, efficiency and improvement initiatives
• Lead and Manage regional IT Service Management teams and liaise closely with Regional Payments Operations teams for effective service management
• Ensure IT estate including Hardware and Software are remediated before OEM end-of-life and have latest security patching.
• Lead and drive RTB efficiency initiatives ensuring year-on-year cost efficiency
• Proactive management of cyber security threats, internal and external (in-country regulators like PRA, HKMA, MAS etc.) audits.
• Effective Management of audit items and their timely and satisfactory closure.

Requirements
What you will need to succeed in the role:

• Strong technology experience including 18+ years of leadership experience managing both change and run functions in large technology organizations - preferably in Banking and financial services (Payments is a plus).
• An understanding of API technology, containerization, microservices.
• Exposure to big data & cloud. Has led data platforms to support a complex organization.
• Demonstrable engineering excellence in how software is built.
• Ability to effectively drive and lead change in a global organization like HSBC in terms of scale, size and complexity
• Exposure to regulatory requirements and demands is desirable.
• Experience of audit examinations and monitor lead examinations is desirable.
• Experience of managing dev teams including managers, engineers, designers, vendor resources etc. across multiple locations and geographies in matrix model.
• Strong knowledge and experience of managing financial, operation, market and regulatory drivers impacting complex and dynamic technology environment
• Solid understanding of global technology trends especially in the Payments domain
• Sound experience of building, leading, developing and retaining high performing teams.
• Effective decision-making, influencing, critical thinking and problem solving skills
• Strong business and technology acumen, and proven experience in building a vision and developing strategy supporting the vision.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

You'll achieve more when you join 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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