WPS Retail Delivery Head HTC
HSBC · Guangzhou
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We are currently seeking an experienced professional to join our team in the role of WPS Retail Delivery Head
Business: IWPB Technology
Job ID：61528
Ready to shape AI-augmented delivery across our retail banking platforms?
Why HSBC
HSBC is one of the largest banking and financial services organisations in the world. Guided by our purpose of opening up a world of opportunity, our ambition is to become the world’s most trusted bank globally, putting customers at the heart of everything we do.
The Role
The WPS Retail Delivery Head is a senior engineering leadership role responsible for end-to-end software engineering delivery across the Retail Banking portfolio within iWPB Wealth & Premier Solutions. The role sets technical direction while remaining hands-on across architecture, design and critical code-level decisions to deliver scalable, resilient and secure platforms. A key focus is advancing AI-augmented engineering practices across the SDLC including generative AI coding assistants and agentic workflows to improve delivery velocity and engineering quality. The role oversees mission-critical delivery outcomes while improving Run-the-Bank (RTB) efficiency through simplification, automation and legacy modernisation. Success looks like predictable delivery of high-quality software, measurable improvements in DORA metrics and strong governance across security, privacy and regulatory requirements.
What you'll be doing
- Set strategic technical direction across the Retail Banking engineering portfolio while staying hands-on in architecture and design decisions
- Oversee cross-functional teams delivering enterprise-scale retail banking software to agreed timelines, budgets and quality outcomes
- Champion AI-augmented SDLC practices including generative AI coding assistants, automated test generation and agentic workflows
- Establish engineering standards across clean code, microservices patterns, API-first design and modern DevSecOps automation
- Embed DORA metrics to benchmark delivery performance and improve deployment frequency, lead time, change failure rate and time to restore service
- Strengthen RTB efficiency through technical debt remediation, system simplification, self-healing automation and legacy modernisation
- Partner with business stakeholders, product owners and enterprise architects to translate objectives into delivery roadmaps and value outcomes
- Govern delivery against HSBC security baselines, architectural governance, data privacy mandates and financial regulatory requirements
What we're looking for
- Bring substantial senior software engineering leadership experience delivering large-scale, mission-critical retail banking or enterprise platforms from concept to production
- Demonstrate deep hands-on full-stack capability across modern front-end, microservices and enterprise engineering with active involvement in code reviews and complex debugging
- Apply practical expertise in AI-driven engineering transformation including AI coding tools, LLM integrations and modern CI/CD and DevSecOps approaches
- Show proven capability in architecture and technical design across complex legacy-to-modern transitions and high-volume transactional systems
- Use DORA metrics, telemetry and engineering dashboards to improve productivity, release velocity and software quality
- Demonstrate coaching and stakeholder management experience across diverse technical teams and executive-level partners
- Bring strong domain knowledge in Retail Banking, Wealth Management or Financial Services including security, data privacy and regulatory compliance
- Demonstrate equivalent knowledge and capability gained through substantial engineering practice and delivery accountability in regulated environments
Building the next Retail delivery standard
If you want to shape how retail banking platforms are built and operated at scale this role offers the scope to make a visible impact. You’ll set the technical direction for delivery while modernising engineering practices through AI-augmented workflows and strong DevSecOps foundations. The work spans critical customer-facing platforms where resilience, security and quality matter every day. If this remit matches the outcomes you’ve delivered before we’d welcome your application.
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