Global CIB Cloud Strategy Lead (GCP-first)

HSBC Holdings plc; Sheffield; On-site; GBP 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

HSBC Holdings plc is seeking a Head of CIB Cloud at director level to define the cloud strategy, governance, and engineering standards for cloud services across Global CIB. You will partner with the central CTO Cloud team to drive GCP adoption and ensure regulatory alignment.

You will lead FinOps, risk, and enterprise patterns, influencing platform usage and cost efficiency while delivering scalable cloud solutions across the business.

Qualifications

• Significant experience overseeing GCP-focused cloud, infrastructure, or technology transformation in a large, regulated organisation.
• Deep knowledge of public and hybrid cloud including security, resilience and automation.
• Proven cloud architecture, design governance and enterprise-standard setting.

Responsibilities

• Define and drive the CIB cloud strategy aligned to CTO, CIB and Group technology strategies.
• Set target state for cloud adoption, platform usage and engineering capability across CIB globally.
• Act as escalation point for cloud incidents, risks and delivery decisions.
• Own FinOps agenda including budgeting, forecasting, chargeback/showback and cost optimisation.
• Oversee cloud infrastructure and service management meeting standards for availability and resilience.
• Govern cloud risk and control agenda including risk assessments and remediation.
• Represent technology in regulatory engagements, audits and information requests.
• Shape cloud solutioning and architecture governance, promoting IaC, automation, observability and security-by-design.

Skills

GCP expertise

Cloud strategy

FinOps

Governance

Regulatory risk

Cloud architecture

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's degree or higher

Tools

Google Cloud Platform (GCP)

Job description

HSBC Holdings plc is seeking a Head of CIB Cloud at director level to define the cloud strategy, governance, and engineering standards for cloud services across Global CIB. You will partner with the central CTO Cloud team to drive GCP adoption and ensure regulatory alignment.

You will lead FinOps, risk, and enterprise patterns, influencing platform usage and cost efficiency while delivering scalable cloud solutions across the business.