Chief Architect

-Job description
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HSBC Digital Business Services is a pivotal part of the Group, providing essential operational and technical support to our global businesses and helping improve customer service and efficiency. Digital Business Services combines global expertise and technology to help keep us ahead of the competition.
We are currently seeking a high calibre professional to join our team as a **Chief Architect - Asia Pacific.**
**Job Purpose**
HSBC operates across three Global Businesses (GBs): Wealth and Personal Banking (WPB); Wholesale; and Markets & Security Services (MSS) spanning across Asia, Europe, Middle East and Americas.
These three GBs and Regions are supported by Digital Business Services (DBS), whose remit includes: running customer operations; delivering innovative digital solutions for customers and colleagues; management of risk and controls; bank-wide change; and central services such as procurement and real estate management.
The DBS teams play a vital role in driving great experiences for customers and colleagues, and enabling the bank's strategy through Technology.
The Technology Architecture function sits within Technology and its mission is to 'Guide the HSBC Group to Build the Right Technology in the Right Way', by:
- Ensuring successful business outcomes by enabling by great business, data and technology architecture
- Driving modern technology approaches and an open systems mentality via architecture
- Delivering an optimised technology estate that is fit for the future through architecture enablement
**Purpose of the Role**
The Chief Architect, Asia Pacific (ASP) leads the regional architecture practice / function and shapes the technology strategy of the ASP region in collaboration with the Asia Pacific Regional: COO, CIO, Business and Technology stakeholders.
The job holder will have versatility of experience in defining business and technology architecture & strategies across multiple technical and business domains and be recognised as a visionary and industry thought-leader.
- Commercial Influence: This role will have influence over the total technology budget within the ASP region.
- Entity/Functional Management: This job will have line management responsibility of Lead IT Architects within the ASP region.
- Relationships: Global Businesses & Global Functions COOs; IT & Excos; Other HOST/SFR Function Heads; Key partnerships with Strategic Vendors.
- Strategic Importance: Champion the development and implementation of HSBC's Vision '27 strategy on behalf of Global Business/Global Functions COOs & Heads of IT.
- Regulatory & Risk - Sustains a risk aware culture across all Global Business and Global Functions within the ASP region through the design proceses and governance mechanisms. Communicates changes in Architecture policy & governance effectively.
**Principal Accountabilities**:
**Impact on the Business/Function**
- Lead and own the development and implementation of architecture strategy, standards and roadmap for the region
- Accountable for the delivery of all aspects of the design and material decision making on major architectural activities
- Accountable for the identification, management and remediation of material design issues associated with major architectural activities
- Introduce new practices, processes, techniques, products, services, technologies and standards where needed against identified use cases, via the appropriate governance bodies
- Act as the recognised technical expert associated with the region
- Accountable design authority for technology decisions and leadership of the appropriate governance bodies
- Review services provided against the regional strategy and benchmark internally/externally as appropriate
- Stay abreast of technology trends and advise IT and the business about potential benefits/impacts
- Provide a consultancy role to IT and business teams where appropriate
- Where appropriate, provide full life cycle architectural guidance to development teams and ensure quality technical deliverables
**Customers / Stakeholders**
- Customer focus - Leads a customer-centred culture, Champions activities encouraging outstanding service and/or enhancing customer advocacy. Deepens customer insight by gathering information to shape approaches to customers
- Strengthening stakeholder relationships - Cultivates strong relationships with organisationally important global and/or high value stakeholders with a tailored approach including Global Business Management, Global Functions Management, Architecture for a Global Business or Function, IT Domain Heads and key partners