Job Description

Job description

The health and safety of our employees and candidates is very important to us. Due to the current situation related to the Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19), we\xe2\x80\x99re leveraging our digital capabilities to ensure we can continue to recruit top talent at HSBC. As your application progresses, you may be asked to use one of our digital tools to help you through your recruitment journey. If so, one of our Resourcing colleagues will explain how our video-interviewing technology will be used throughout the recruitment process and will be on hand to answer any questions you might have.

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Global Software Delivery

Within HSBC Technology and Services, Global Software Delivery enables HSBC to remain at the leading edge in the development and delivery of high-quality, customised banking systems. The division provides tailored, cost-competitive and robust banking solutions and services that offer a flexible and scalable framework for delivering projects on time, within budget and at the highest quality, meeting both the current and future IT challenges facing the Group.

We are currently seeking an experienced professional to join the HSBC Technology and Services \xe2\x80\x93 India Software Delivery team.

Principal Responsibilities

Manage the development and implementation of IT projects:

• Analyse user requirements and come up with a blue print of feasible systems solution. Lead the clear choice exercise wherever applicable.
• Manage the full systems development life cycle (or project life cycle) from approved Clear Choice to Implementation to ensure business requirements are met or exceeded, on time and within budget in line with business targets
• Define Critical Success Factors (CSFs), Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) and other objectives that must be met by the project
• Create project plans using group standard tools
• Produce effective progress reports for assigned projects to keep management apprised of project status, major issues, scope changes, resource changes and milestone achievements or misses
• Facilitate and chair regular project meetings and follow up with team members as required to focus on business and operational issues or technical issues, documenting, assigning and monitoring all project issues to ensure clearance with minimal impact to project progress
• Ensure that problems are managed and escalated efficiently with the minimum disruption to the business

Manage the collaboration with business, IT and external parties (for projects managed by INM SWD)

• Identify and engage all key stakeholders, contributors and business and technical resources that must participate in the assigned projects and ensure contributors are committed to complete assigned tasks within parameters of the project plan
• Participate in the management of the relationship between the business and the IT Project team, managing business expectations and negotiating compromise
• Exhibit a team approach to project delivery with an inclusive approach to decision-making and planning
• Report progress and problems to management
• Use negotiation skills when problems arise to achieve consensus amongst all project participants
• Facilitate appropriate decision making to resolve issues and manage risk in order to keep the project on plan
• Ensure accurate effort and expenditure figures are provided to IT Finance and Relationship Management
• Ensure the Project Sponsor is informed of budget expenditure against expected expenditure
• Engage and manage relationships with third party suppliers

Contribute to the smooth running of IT systems

• Investigating and resolving problems arising in connection with IT services
• Manage the resolution of live issues with the minimum disruption to the business
• Maintain and ensure due observance of HSBC Internal Control Standards, including the timely implementation of recommendations made by internal / external auditors and external regulators. Ensure awareness of compliance requirements and implementation of Group Compliance Policy
• Maintain awareness of operational risk including its identification, assessment, mitigation and control, loss identification and reporting in accordance with section 4 of the Group Operations FIM.
• Develop a good level of understanding of the appropriate business systems of the Group and their associated IT project management requirements.
• Leading by example and pro-actively seeking support from three lines of defence

Requirements

• Graduate / Post graduate with certifications like PMP, CSM, PMI-ACP.
• Minimum 12 \xe2\x80\x93 15 years of IT background with 5 to 8 years in senior position preferably in BFSI or Ecommerce segment.
• Strong project management skills and management of development, maintenance and support teams.
• Working knowledge of application server / middleware technologies.
• Development, Production Support experience in functional domains like Core Banking, Data & Utilities and on technologies like IBM iSeries and/or Java platforms.
• Knowledge on internet / mobile security / PCI \xe2\x80\x93DSS /PKI /SSL encryption will be an advantage.
• Working knowledge of Integration technologies like XML, MQ, API\xe2\x80\x99s.
• Should be familiar with networks both Lan / WAN/Load balancing/Routing.
• Understanding and hands on knowledge of designing performance/load/stress testing strategies and test cases.
• Familiarity/ understanding of Network Security technologies like Firewall, DMZ, SSL, etc.
• Experience of having worked with Database technologies like DB2, Oracle DB, SQL Server, etc
• Candidates require to be with good communication skills, positive attitude and preferably with certification in the technologies mentioned above.

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