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Securities Services provides robust and reliable solutions that enhance performance and mitigate risk, today and in the future. Working with institutional investors, banks, insurance companies, governments and multinational corporations, Securities Services offers a range of fund administration, global custody, sub-custody and clearing, and corporate trust and loan agency services. 

Securities Services is part of the Markets and Securities Services division at HSBC with a strategic ambition to extend our position as the #1 provider for Asia, servicing investors’ and issuers’ global needs across a unique international network.  We have three strategy imperatives i) Asia First ii) Global Competitiveness and Scale and iii) Technology-led operating transformation.  We are currently seeking an experienced professional to join our team in the role of Global Head of Architecture, Securities Services Technology. This position will be critical to help us achieve our ambition and strategy.

You are a technologist at heart, you are passionate about building outstanding products and services for clients and customers. You believe that delivering cutting-edge technology solutions, at scale and at pace, depends on a thoughtful but pragmatic approach to application architecture and design. You enjoy a challenge and solving problems at scale within a large organisation. You are a strong advocate of open-source software engineering and collaborative development practices.

Principal Responsibilities

• Integrate architecture into everything we do, rather than it being a “parallel” organization that’s engaged through silo programmes/processes/governance
• Ensure that the target Technology Architecture roadmap is implemented consistently by engaging and leading a team of architects, engineers, and their respective DevOps teams, providing technology consultation and solution design
• Working closely with senior business and technology stakeholders to drive global initiatives and define short and long-term strategies that will lead and own the development and implementation of Enterprise Architecture strategy.
• Developing group-wide architecture strategies with key stakeholder support and implementing enterprise platform roadmaps to meet the current and future needs of the business and our clients
• Collaborating across business lines both regionally and globally and aligning with Group and MSS architecture design and strategy
• Exercising strong governance of architecture compliance along Group policies and principles, and supporting effective architecture decisions with well-defined processes and artefacts; chairing the regional and global architecture and engineering forums for design decisions
• Proposing technology solutions for businesses and functions, governing design conformance in project execution, and enabling effective architecture input under the Agile and DevSecOps model
• Managing bank-wide technology stack and application system inventory, driving improvement, saving and evergreen opportunities in optimizing IT investment whilst protecting against technology risks and debts
• Innovating through the use of emerging technologies, specifically Cloud, Big Data, AI/ML, FinTech etc., and bringing business values via proof of concepts and an experimental approach to solution design
• Championing technology and engineering excellence in the organization and thereby uplifting capability and the continuous improvement and efficiency of the IT function as a leader-by-example; passionately evangelising to and educating the broader engineering community as a strong promoter of self-learning

Requirements

• Extensive experience in the technology domain specifically in IT architecture and hand-on development with expert knowledge current cutting-edge design
• Outstanding enterprise architecture exposure and an exemplary track record of innovative solution design in banking or financial services
• Strong technology leadership skills, hands-on experience in emerging technologies including Cloud, Big Data, AI/ML, API etc.
• Expertise with modern software architectural patterns such as micro-services, cloud-native and Hexagonal architecture
• Experience in working with diverse culture, with global or regional exposure being an advantage
• People management experience and leadership skills in driving a high-performance team
• Strong communication, analytical and stakeholder management skills
• Practicable experience in applying agile and DevSecOps, preferably from an architecture perspective
• Great sense of ownership and servicing mind-set to ensure efficient and effective customer service processes
• Good knowledge of the full software development lifecycle and applying different methodologies such as Kanban, Scrum and Waterfall

Competencies

• Leadership: Positively influence others to achieve results that support the outcomes of the programme and of the wider bank in general
• Creativity/Innovation: Develop new and unique ways to improve the delivery of the future state architecture
• Build Relationships: Establish and maintain positive working relationships with others, across business and IT communities both internally and externally, to achieve the goals of the bank.
• Focus on Client Needs: Anticipate, understand, and respond to the needs of internal and external clients to meet or exceed their expectations and the critical success factors of the programme.
• Make Decisions: Assess situations to determine the importance, urgency and risks, and make clear decisions which are timely and in the best interests of the organisation.
• Communicate Effectively: Speak, listen and write in a clear, thorough and timely manner using appropriate and effective communication tools and techniques.
• Collaboration & Teamwork: Work cooperatively and effectively with others to set goals, resolve problems, and make decisions that enhance outcome on the programme. Make better use of the technology solutions more broadly available across HSBC Group where applicable.
• Organise: Set priorities, develop a work schedule, monitor progress towards goals, and track details, data, information and activities.
• Planning: Determine strategies to move the organisation forward, set goals, create and implement actions plans, and evaluate the process and results. Issue and Risk Management: Assess risks and issues, work with teams to generate and execute effective mitigation and contingency countermeasures. Manage problem situations effectively (including stakeholder engagement, and exceptional communication)
• Behave Ethically: Understand ethical behaviour and business practices, and ensure that own behaviour and the behaviour of others is consistent with these standards and aligns with the values of the bank

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