Engineering Lead, HSBC

HSBC

Location:
China, Shanghai

Category:
IT - Software Development

Contract Type:
Employment contract

Salary:

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Job Description:

Reporting into the iWPB Digital Platforms VS Tech Lead and Head of Engineering, the Engineering Lead is accountable for the engineering practices and deliverables at Digital Platforms level in the location. The position will work in partnership with the Digital Platforms Value Streams Leads to drive world-class technology engineering and ensure engagement across all key programmes and deliverables in scope for 2025.

Job Responsibility:

Provide leadership and accountability across a globally dispersed population of Digital engineers embedded in a variety of agile teams and direct responsibility to form and management of engineering capabilities in Shanghai
Establish and develop strong technical leadership and relationships with architecture and platform functions to influence and agree approaches to tooling and other design principles
Ownership and accountability for the design and definition of the Digital Platforms Engineering practice and Strategy and the Standards and Governance that underpins these principles
Working with Platform Value Stream Leads and iWPB Technology leadership, providing technical leadership in driving transformational change and innovation across the Engineering landscape
Represent Digital Platforms across the broader iWPB and Technology community in relation to Engineering development, delivery and standards
Define, develop and practically implement state-of-the-art strategies to solving complex and ambiguous problems using modern set of technology platforms across multiple countries
Build a great engineering team that delivers excellent results to difficult problems across multiple functions and geographies
Design, develop and implement state-of-the-art approaches to solving complex and ambiguous problems using modern set of technology platforms, delivery disciplines and devops mindset
Global implementation and coordination of iWPB digital initiatives, working with global and regional and business / service lines leads / Technology functions leads to provide optimised global services adjusted to address regional demand
Manage the annual budget spread between designing and developing new services (Change The Bank) as well as managing and supporting existing services (Run the Bank)

Requirements:

Outstanding Technology leader who is passionate about driving the business agenda
Ability to understand the relationship between application design, data and infrastructure
Large scale and complex enterprise planning capabilities
Experience of agile at scale methods, using Scaled Agile and DevSecOps tools and processes
Demonstrable success in understanding and delivering towards customer needs in large, complex organizations
Commercially aware and understands platforms, services and underlying processes to fulfill these needs
Ability to lead and influence across a broad range of the Technology organization
Managing operational functions, directing process re-engineering and efficiency exercises
Strong ability to balance risks vs. rewards and maximizing the cost effectiveness and profitability for the business
Respectful of different cultures, working with colleagues from across all 5 regions (North America, LATAM, Middle East, Asia Pacific and Europe)
Experience in and working understanding of hosting platforms for online and mobile applications (SHP, TP, GSP)
Experience of managing programmes or projects or a variety of delivery / assurance roles across a number of projects/ programmes
Strong track record of leading digital technology engineering teams within a retail / consumer industry, preferably at scale and across global markets
Commercially viable and understands digital platforms, services and underlying processes to fulfill
Ability to lead and influence global teams
Strong understanding of operational effectiveness and strong number drive
Leading and directing executive and non-executive work groups and effecting change through people
Managing operational functions, directing process reengineering and efficiency exercises

What we offer:

Equal opportunity employer
Continuous professional development
Flexible working
Opportunities to grow within an inclusive and diverse environment

Additional Information:

Job Posted:
May 25, 2025

Expiration:
June 15, 2025

Employment Type:

Fulltime

Work Type:

Hybrid work

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Engineering Lead

HSBC

Location:China, Shanghai

Category:IT - Software Development

Contract Type:Employment contract