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If youre looking for a career that will help you stand out, join HSBC and fulfil your 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.

HSBC is one of the largest banking and financial services organisations in the world, with operations in 64 countries and territories. We aim to be where the growth is, enabling businesses to thrive and economies to prosper, and, ultimately, helping people to fulfil their hopes and realise their ambitions.

We are currently seeking an experienced professional to join our team in the role of Associate Director, Enterprise Architecture.

In this role, you will:

• Work with the Value Stream Lead Architect to define and deliver architectural roadmaps for UK Common Services, focusing on Service Enablement and Customer Comms.
• Engage key stakeholders to shape strategic investment decisions and drive desired technology outcomes.
• Promote adoption of CTO strategic platforms for new application hosting and AI enablement.
• Collaborate with product, engineering, and business teams to align architecture with value-stream goals and delivery plans,
• Provide hands-on technical leadership through coding, design reviews, and assurance of critical solution implementations.
• Assess emerging technologies, tools, and frameworks to drive innovation and maintain competitive advantage.
• Act as the technical point of contact, clearly communicating architectural decisions, trade-offs, and recommendations across agile, distributed teams.
• Ensure compliance with internal instructions (FIMs/GSMs/circulars) and external regulations, managing operational risk and ethical standards.

To be successful, you will:

• Proven experience designing and integrating utilities such as workflow, case management, and document management solutions.
• Strong track record defining and implementing architectural standards, coding guidelines, and engineering best practices.
• Analytical, detail-oriented problem-solver with clear written and verbal communication skills.
• Effective in fast-paced, collaborative environments, managing ambiguity and providing clear technical direction.
• Demonstrated ability to influence complex, multi-location teams and promote new ideas across the organisation.
• Skilled at engaging both business and technology stakeholders, enabling cross-functional collaboration to deliver HSBC UK outcomes.
• Resilient and tenacious, with strong influencing, negotiation, and persuasion capabilities.

Youll achieve more when you join HSBC.

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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.

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Issued by HSBC Software Development India