Global Portfolio Risk & WWM Strategy Lead

HSBC Holdings plc; Greater London; On-site; GBP 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

HSBC Holdings plc in London is seeking a senior leader to own HSBC’s global problem exposure management and deterioration oversight framework within Corporate & Institutional Banking. You’ll design and continuously develop the Watch, Worry and Monitor (WWM) framework, setting standards, MI and effectiveness across regions.

The role turns macroeconomic, portfolio and single-name insights into decisive portfolio actions that improve risk visibility, capital deployment and regulatory resilience.

Qualifications

• Extensive wholesale banking and credit risk experience.
• Experience designing or operating WWM, EWI, client risk profiling.
• Ability to convert risk data into practical management information.
• Strong governance, documentation and control discipline.
• Cross-functional collaboration across regional teams.

Responsibilities

• Own the global approach to problem exposure management and first‑line portfolio and credit‑risk strategy for deteriorating and heightened‑risk exposures across CIB.
• Translate macroeconomic, sector, portfolio and single‑name insights into portfolio recommendations and strategic interventions.
• Balance growth, risk, return, concentration, capital consumption and financial-resource considerations in portfolio steering.
• Partner with Distribution, Coverage and Risk to implement optimization opportunities including distribution, restructuring and risk‑mitigation actions.
• Establish global minimum standards for WWM identification, referral, risk profiling, review frequency, escalation, action ownership and exit criteria.

Skills

Wholesale banking

Credit risk

Portfolio management

Risk governance

WWM framework

Data analytics

Cross-functional collaboration

Job description

HSBC Holdings plc in London is seeking a senior leader to own HSBC’s global problem exposure management and deterioration oversight framework within Corporate & Institutional Banking. You’ll design and continuously develop the Watch, Worry and Monitor (WWM) framework, setting standards, MI and effectiveness across regions.

The role turns macroeconomic, portfolio and single-name insights into decisive portfolio actions that improve risk visibility, capital deployment and regulatory resilience.