Senior Consultant Specialist

of Senior Consultant Specialist. Business:IWPB Technology Principal responsibilities * Significant experience in a PMO, programme management, project management or portfolio management environment. * Experience supporting complex, large-scale technology or transformation programmes. * Strong understanding of programme governance, planning, RAID management, financial control and management reporting. * Experience working with senior stakeholders across multiple functions, locations or business areas. * Demonstrable experience analysing complex information and presenting clear recommendations. * Experience managing competing priorities in a fast-paced and changing environment. * Strong proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly Excel and PowerPoint; experience with project, portfolio or reporting tools is desirable. * Experience in financial services, banking or a highly regulated environment is desirable. * Relevant professional

, such as PMP, PRINCE2, MSP, MoP, P3O or equivalent, is desirable. Requirements Programme and Portfolio Governance * Establish and maintain appropriate governance structures, controls and reporting routines for programmes and portfolios. * Coordinate programme governance forums, including preparation of agendas, papers, minutes, actions and decision logs. * Ensure that programme documentation is complete, current and aligned with HSBC standards. * Monitor adherence to agreed delivery methodology, governance requirements and control frameworks. * Support the preparation of executive-level updates and portfolio reviews. Planning and Delivery Management * Maintain integrated programme plans, milestones, dependencies and critical paths. * Track delivery progress against scope, schedule, budget, benefits and quality objectives. * Identify slippage, delivery risks and cross-team dependencies, escalating matters through the appropriate channels. * Coordinate planning activities across technology, business, operations, risk, finance and other control functions. * Support programme mobilisation, delivery transitions, closure and lessons-learned activities. Risk, Issue and Dependency Management * Maintain programme-level RAID logs covering risks, assumptions, issues and dependencies. * Facilitate regular reviews with workstream leads and ensure actions have clear owners and due dates. * Assess the potential impact of risks and issues on delivery, customers, colleagues, controls and regulatory commitments. * Escalate material concerns in a timely and concise manner, with practical recommendations. * Track mitigation plans through to completion and challenge overdue or ineffective actions. Financial and Resource Management * Support budget planning, forecasting, tracking and variance analysis. * Monitor vendor, supplier and external resource costs where applicable. * Coordinate resource planning across workstreams and identify capacity or capability gaps. * Provide accurate financial and resource information for governance meetings and management decisions. * Work with Finance and delivery leads to ensure that financial data is timely, complete and appropriately evidenced. Management Information and Reporting * Produce clear, accurate and insightful status reports for senior stakeholders. * Consolidate data from multiple workstreams and validate key information before publication. * Develop and maintain dashboards, KPIs and delivery metrics. * Highlight trends, exceptions and emerging concerns rather than simply reporting activity. * Ensure reporting is tailored to the audience, from detailed working-level information to concise executive summaries. Stakeholder and Team Collaboration * Build effective relationships with senior stakeholders and delivery teams across business and technology functions. * Coordinate cross-boundary activities and promote consistent ways of working. * Facilitate workshops and working sessions to resolve planning, governance and delivery matters. * Provide guidance and coaching to PMO analysts and less experienced colleagues. * Encourage constructive challenge, transparency and shared accountability across the programme. You’ll achieve more when you join HSBC. HSBC is an equal opportunity employer committed to building a culture where all employees are valued, respected and opinions count. We take pride in providing a workplace that fosters continuous professional development, flexible working and, opportunities to grow within an inclusive and diverse environment. We encourage applications from all suitably qualified persons irrespective of, but not limited to, their gender or genetic information, sexual orientation, ethnicity, religion, social status, medical care leave requirements, political affiliation, people with disabilities, color, national origin, veteran status, etc., We consider all applications based on merit and suitability to the role. Personal data held by the Bank relating to employment applications will be used in accordance with our Privacy Statement, which is available on our website. ***Issued By HSBC Software Development (GuangDong) Limited***