Job description
Some careers shine brighter than others.
If you’re looking for a career that will help you stand out, join HSBC and fulfil your potential. Whether you want a career that could take you to the top, or simply take you in an exciting new direction, HSBC offers opportunities, support and rewards that will take you further.
HSBC is one of the largest banking and financial services organisations 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 realise their ambitions.
We are currently seeking an experienced professional to join our team in the role of Senior Consultant Specialist.
In this role, you will:
Manage the project approach, building stakeholder buy-in around the project plan, commitments and changes.
Support Technology teams to manage delivery proactively, balancing scope, schedule, resourcing, dependencies, communications, budget
Work with the Technology team and Product Owner to drive improvements in productivity through backlog management, maturity in the use of Agile methodologies (e.g. Scrum, Kanban, Lean), and corresponding management of dependencies
Manage, monitor and report progress, issues, dependencies, risks to the programme management, internal stakeholders and/or steering committees. Make recommendations to influence decision-making in order to maintain progress towards delivery and benefits realisation
Ensure adherence to standard controls and drives teams to achieve compliance and framework, capability management, Security controls and technology architecture designs
Establish effective governance and controls, in line with Business Transformation Framework and coordination of cross DevOps, cross Global Business/Global Functions delivery
Requirements
To be successful in this role, you should meet the following requirements:
Demonstrable experience as Senior Project manager (GCB 5.2 or equivalent)
Experience within financial services (preferably HSBC) and within large IT/ Change delivery function.
Strong track record of supporting complex change programmes across a matrix-structured organisation.
Experience of producing high quality reporting to tight deadlines
Strong Stakeholder management / Relationship Building Skills
Experience of operating and delivering within an agile development framework
Ability to deliver on time and at a consistent professional level.
Excellent written and interpersonal communication skills and ability to communicate with diverse audience.
Ability to work alone or as part of a team, as required.
Robust and resilient self-starter
Professional certification such as PMP or Prince 2 with full project lifecycle experience
Experience managing server builds (on premise and cloud), other infrastructure experiences a plus.
You’ll achieve more when you join HSBC.
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Issued by – HSDI