HSBC Group

If you are a UK or CIIOM based employee, please apply using the following link which will take you to our new Recruitment System: https://performancemanager.successfactors.eu/sf/jobreqpvt?jobId=8231&company=hsbcholdin&st=64CDF9FC3BC949C0E783EE6ECDB72B3EDC35CC2C

If you’re looking to take an exciting new direction with your HSBC career, an internal move can open the door to many opportunities, allowing you to take on a new challenge, and develop your skills. Bring your knowledge of our brand to a new role and grow yourself further.

A move across the business allows you to continue to access tailored professional development opportunities, and our fantastic benefits packages.

We are looking for an individual to join the team in the role of Head of Change Taxonomy.

Head of Change Taxonomy sits within the Investment, Execution & Oversight function, reporting into the Group Head of Execution and Oversight under the Group Head of Financial Planning and Analytics (FP&A). 

The role provides enterprise-level leadership over the Change-the-Bank (CtB) inventory in Clarity, ensuring all initiatives are correctly classified, aligned to value streams, and governed through the appropriate pathways.

The role is a key enabler of effective portfolio decision-making at Group level, underpinning the visibility and assurance needed for Group Finance Management Meeting (GFMM), and ultimately the GTOC, a Board-level committee.

In this role, you will:

•    Provide GFMM and GTOC with reliable, executive-ready MI, insights and reporting to inform prioritisation, risk management and investment decisions.
•    Ensure the bank’s change portfolio meets internal policy, risk and regulatory standards and can withstand audit scrutiny.
•    Define, own and continuously improve the bank-wide change taxonomy and associated blueprints (e.g., value-stream delivery, multi-stream programmes, regulatory change).
•    Maintain the enterprise change inventory in Clarity as the single source of truth for CtB activity.
•    Align all change initiatives to value streams and strategy, ensuring investment decisions are evidence-based and prioritised.

To be successful in this role you should meet the following requirements:

•    Proven track record of designing, owning and embedding enterprise taxonomies or classification frameworks.
•    Extensive experience in portfolio/change governance within a large, regulated financial services environment.
•    Deep expertise in Clarity (portfolio setup, reporting, data assurance and configuration).
•    Strong knowledge of value stream management and Lean Portfolio Management practices, alongside traditional investment governance.
•    Skilled in executive-level reporting and storytelling, with the ability to distil complex portfolio data into clear insights for decision-making.
•    Excellent stakeholder management, able to influence across Board-level committees, ExCo, Finance, Risk and COO/Technology.
•    Strong leadership and coaching capability; able to produce a roadmap of changes aligned with tooling updates and drive adoption across federated teams.
•    High levels of data literacy and ability to design controls, MI and assurance frameworks that stand up to audit and regulatory scrutiny.

The role location will be London.

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Being open to different points of view is important for our business and the communities we serve. At HSBC, we’re dedicated to creating diverse and inclusive workplaces - no matter their gender, ethnicity, disability, religion, sexual orientation, or age. We are committed to removing barriers and ensuring careers at HSBC are inclusive and accessible for everyone to be at their best. We take pride in being a Disability Confident Leader and will offer an interview to people with disabilities, long term conditions or neurodivergent candidates who meet the minimum criteria for the role.
If you have a need that requires accommodations or changes during the recruitment process, please get in touch with our Recruitment Helpdesk:

Email: hsbc.recruitment@hsbc.com
Telephone: +44 207 832 8500

You can find out more about the recruitment journey and what to expect by viewing our Recruitment Process FAQs in HR Direct and by clicking here (only available via internal access).