Director, Strategy and Growth Initiatives

-Job description

**Some careers grow faster than others.**

If you’re looking for a career that will give you plenty of opportunities to develop, join HSBC and your future will be rich with potential. Whether you want a career that could take you to the top, or simply take you in an exciting new direction, HSBC offers opportunities, support and rewards that will take you further.

Wealth and Personal Banking is our new global business combining Retail Banking and Wealth Management; and Global Private Banking, to become one of the world’s largest global wealth managers with USD1.4 trillion in assets. Across Asia, where wealth pools are growing faster than in any other region, HSBC’s wealth revenues grew 12% in 2019 (year-on-year) to USD5.7 billion. Our dedicated colleagues serve millions of customers worldwide across the entire spectrum of private wealth, ranging from personal banking individuals and families, through to business owners, investors and ultra-high-net-worth individuals. We provide products and services such as bank accounts, credit cards, personal loans and mortgages, as well as asset management, insurance, wealth management and private banking, that best suit our customers’ needs.

We are currently seeking a high calibre professional to join our team as **Senior Manager Strategy and Growth Initiatives**.

**Role Purpose**

This role is a senior member of the South Asia Chief of Staff team, leading a small but focused team driving the design of strategic initiatives across the Region and their execution roadmaps, as well as supporting the markets and/or products with market reviews and deep-dives. The role holder will also lead dedicated task-forces to resolve immediate business problems either regionally or in different key markets. In addition, the role holder will drive or coordinate the execution of priority initiatives for the Region, such as partnerships, collaboration, strategic actions, and others. The role holder reports to the Chief of Staff, South Asia, and works closely with the South Asia WPB Market Heads, the global Strategy teams and the wider community of global Segment and Product teams

**Principal Accountabilities**:
**Impact on the Business**

**Strategy and Strategic Projects**
- Support the Chief of Staff and Head of WPB South Asia to formulate the strategic vision and priorities for WPB South Asia, in collaboration with WPB strategy and ASP and Group strategy
- Support the Chief of Staff and Head of WPB South Asia to conduct regular Market reviews, in conjunction with Group Strategy and Market Heads
- Support the Chief of Staff and Head of WPB South Asia to lead strategic formulation projects for WPB South Asia, and conduct strategic reviews across Products/Segments, regionally or supporting local markets, setting the direction by tracking and identifying market trends and competitive developments
- Lead design and implementation of special projects in the Region or Markets, including forming or coordinating ad-hoc timebound task-forces to solve immediate business problems
- Lead discussion and regional implementation of Group projects
- In collaboration with the Governance and Business Management teams within the CoS construct, drive, manage and oversee the strategy implementation in WPB South Asia markets along with WPB Market Heads ensuring that the strategic objectives are met.
- Support group strategy for M&A deals, identifying and driving relevant South Asia opportunities to conclusion: coordinate M&A projects involving South Asia, in conjunction with Group M&A and affected markets where applicable
- Support administrative processes where needed e.g. AdCo or GSM for M&A projects
- Fulfil ad-hoc individual strategic analysis/requests, as a contribution to larger projects

**Benchmarking and Competitive Analysis**
- Prepare regular competitor benchmarking across the Region, including for several key Markets, Segments and Products, to inform management decision-making
- Prepare or coordinate the preparation of strategy related content for ASP Forums, Investors, Board, senior management meetings, often in coordination with other internal teams

**Collaboration and partnerships**
- Drive the collaboration agenda within WPB as well as with other LOB’s, across the Region and in coordination with the Markets and the Group
- Act as a first point of contact between markets and MSS, GB and CMB for multi-country solutions or escalations
- Drive solutions and best practices across Proposition (EBS), Acquisition (EBS) and Product and Pricing (MSS)
- Set up and manage relevant governance to monitor progress and take corrective actions when needed to meet agreed plans
- Support the deployment of a regional cross-border strategy across origination, activation and customer life cycle management, in close partnership with the Markets and the Group teams; support markets with best practices, idea generation and strategies; facilitate regional engagement where necessary, and