Global Director, Third-Party Resilience

HSBC Holdings plc; City of Edinburgh; On-site; GBP 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

HSBC Holdings plc in Edinburgh seeks a Director, Head of Third Party Resilience to set the global strategy and governance for third party risk across the bank. This role leads enterprise resilience initiatives and aligns operations with regulatory expectations.

You will shape Group-wide standards, drive risk-informed decisions, and partner with procurement, legal and regulators to embed resilient patterns across Global Businesses and Functions.

Qualifications

• Extensive senior leadership experience in Operational Resilience or related non-financial risk disciplines within a large internationally regulated financial institution.
• Proven track record delivering global strategies across geographically dispersed businesses and functions.
• Experience leading complex transformation programmes and scalable operating models.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute HSBC’s global Third Party Resilience strategy aligned to risk management priorities.
• Shape governance, priorities and investment to deliver measurable resilience outcomes across the bank.
• Oversee enhancement of resilience capabilities to strengthen operations, control maturity and supplier ecosystem.
• Direct enterprise resilience transformation programmes and embed outcomes into business-as-usual operations.
• Establish and govern Group-wide resilience standards and control requirements.

Skills

Senior leadership

Operational Resilience

Third Party Risk Management

Regulatory knowledge

Stakeholder management

Regulatory engagement

AI/Data/Automation

Programme management

Job description

HSBC Holdings plc in Edinburgh seeks a Director, Head of Third Party Resilience to set the global strategy and governance for third party risk across the bank. This role leads enterprise resilience initiatives and aligns operations with regulatory expectations.

You will shape Group-wide standards, drive risk-informed decisions, and partner with procurement, legal and regulators to embed resilient patterns across Global Businesses and Functions.