Technology Infrastructure Strategy Lead

Overview

In this role you will lead the annual and multi-year infrastructure strategy for HSBC’s Enterprise Infrastructure, shaping roadmaps and aligning senior teams to deliver resilient, secure, and high-performing technology. You will translate technology and business strategy into actionable transformation initiatives and govern the leadership rhythm to maintain momentum. You’ll partner with cross-functional groups to optimize investments and drive continuous improvement, making a measurable impact on infrastructure outcomes across the organisation.

Pay / Benefits

• private healthcare for UK-based employees
• enhanced maternity and adoption pay
• contributory pension scheme
• tailored professional development opportunities
• competitive pay and benefits package

Responsibilities

• Lead the annual and multi-year strategy cycle for Enterprise Infrastructure, defining vision and roadmaps
• Translate technology and business strategy into actionable infrastructure transformation initiatives
• Develop executive materials (strategy packs, decision papers, leadership updates)
• Own the leadership team’s operating rhythm (reviews, deep-dives, governance)
• Track delivery of portfolio priorities, identify dependencies, bottlenecks, risks and decisions
• Partner with Transformation & Change and COO on investment planning, budgeting and spend transparency
• Assess capacity and capability requirements to inform workforce planning and resource allocation
• Drive productivity, simplification and continuous improvement across processes, tooling and org design, aligning senior stakeholders

Key requirements

• Shaping infrastructure strategy, roadmaps and transformation plans
• Understanding core domains: compute, storage, databases, cloud and hybrid models
• Experience in on-premise infrastructure strategy and data centres
• Experience tracking delivery across complex portfolios
• Ability to produce clear strategy papers and executive updates (Exco level)
• Investment planning, budget management, prioritisation and spend transparency
• Analytical, data-driven decision making for prioritisation and risk management
• Ability to align diverse perspectives and accelerate decisions

• strategic influence
• stakeholder alignment
• clear communication
• compute
• storage
• databases

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