HSBC Group

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We are looking for a Cybersecurity leader to join us as the Global Head of Cryptographic Services, to shape our long-term strategy, and turbo-charge delivery, as the accountable owner for Cryptography across the bank. This senior role reports directly into the Global Head of Cyber Technology & Engineering.

As our Global Head of Cryptographic Services you will:

• Define and maintain our global strategy for Cryptography, supported by engineers, architects and multiple Control Owners, enabling business success, meeting regulatory expectation and best practise, whilst responding to current and likely threat actor evolution. Includes advancing pattern maturity, HSM-as-a-Service, CBoM, data analytics, modernising our estate and embracing the post-quantum future

• Own the investment roadmap for Cryptography and its successful delivery across multiple partners. Ensure the transparent prioritisation of a common backlog to drive risk reduction, simplification and wider strategic needs. Ensure risk-risk trade-offs are managed, particularly risk mitigation and operational needs

• Empower HSBC to successfully navigate cyber risk with innovative, responsive and frictionless technologies and services, both those delivered in-house and from external partners. Foster and empower a culture of innovation, experimentation, and continuous improvement

• Form close partnerships with engineering teams: as design partners – for how capabilities will be implemented, at times in novel ways; as customers – understanding their needs as they consume cryptographic services or implement mandates, and as delivery partners – prioritising change within the Cryptography Engineering team, and to drive bank-wide adoption of uplifts. Partner with external technology providers and security specialists to integrate best practice and leverage or build cutting-edge tooling

• operate and mature a consistent and high quality centralised cryptographic operations service, and in partnership with the service delivery team similarly deliver am enabling business consulting service

• Ensure Cryptography is overseen end-to-end, robustly and throughout the organisation: from software development, federated operation through to the protocol demise. Drive a data-centric approach to observability and assessment, wherever possible supported by automation, measures and analytics

• Ensure regulatory and risk management outcomes are being maintained or robustly managed. Ownership of High-Risk Audit, Regulator and self-identified issues. Ownership of the capability budget, balancing run and change investment. As a senior leader, contribute to and champion change across both Cybersecurity and Technology, occasionally outside of your primary remit

• Lead, manage, invest in, recruit and inspire a team of highly skilled and performant SMEs across the globe. A culture driven by empowerment, experimentation, learning, partnership and delivery. A place where colleagues thrive, solving meaningful problems that keep the bank and its customers safe.

For this role, HSBC targets a pay range between $220,000.00 and $335,000.00

The final fixed pay offer will depend on the candidate and a number of variables, including but not limited to, role responsibilities, skill set, depth of experience and education, licensing/certification requirements, internal relativity, and specific work location.

At HSBC, our overall goal is to provide a competitive Total Reward Package, with an appropriate mix of fixed pay, and variable pay, as part of an employee’s overall total compensation and benefits. Variable pay generally takes the form of discretionary, annual awards (sometimes referred to as a “bonus”). Additionally, HSBC offers a wide range of competitive and flexible benefits designed to help you improve your health and well-being, finances, and lifestyle.

You´ll likely have the following qualifications to succeed in this role:

• Experience within fast-moving, complex and demanding corporate environments and able to provide appropriate direction to the team whilst dealing with ambiguity and change
• Ability to engage with and influence senior peers and leadership
• Managing, developing and retaining high-performing individuals in different geographies, often remotely
• Proven ability to collaborate across industry, academia and government to solve complex problems
• Ability to prepare concise presentations, reports and updates for senior management
• Expert knowledge of Cryptography including PKI, key management, algorithms, protocols, and attacks
• Robust understanding of common industry cyber security frameworks, standards, and methodologies, including PCI DSS, FFIEC guidelines, CIS and NIST standards
• Strong analytical skills to identify and resolve complex problems, often with risk-risk trade-offs
• Knowledge and exposure of the application of Risk and Control Management and associated frameworks, preferably from a multi-market institution
• Ability to articulate technical threats, scenarios, controls and risks to both technical and business stakeholders

In compliance with applicable laws, HSBC is committed to employing only those who are authorized to work in the U.S. HSBC may engage in immigration sponsorship for this position if needed.

As an HSBC employee, you will have access to tailored professional development opportunities to ensure you have the right skills for today and tomorrow. We offer a competitive pay and benefits package including a robust Wellness Hub, all in a welcoming, diverse and inclusive work environment. You will be empowered to drive HSBC’s engagement with the communities we serve through an industry-leading volunteerism policy, a generous matching gift program, and a comprehensive program of immersive Sustainability and Climate Change Initiatives. You’ll want to join our Employee Resource Groups as they play a central part in life at HSBC, including the development of our employees and networking inside and outside of HSBC. We value difference. We succeed together. We take responsibility. We get it done. And we want you to help us build the bank of the future!

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to age, ancestry, color, race, national origin, ethnicity, disability or medical condition, genetic information, military or veteran service, religion, creed, sex, gender, pregnancy, childbirth, caregiver status, marital status, citizenship or immigration status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression or any other trait protected by applicable law.