Infrastructure Strategy Lead — Cloud & Data Center Transformation

HSBC Group; Sheffield; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private healthcare for UK-based staff

Enhanced maternity and adoption pay

Contributory pension scheme

Job summary

HSBC Group in the United Kingdom is seeking a senior leader to head Enterprise Infrastructure strategy, delivering vision, priorities and roadmaps across group tech. You will translate business strategy into actionable infrastructure transformation initiatives and create executive materials for Exco.

Lead the leadership operating rhythm, govern forums, and track delivery of portfolio priorities while partnering with Transformation & Change and COO to ensure budget transparency and workforce

Qualifications

• Shape infrastructure strategy, roadmaps and transformation plans.
• Understand compute, storage, databases, cloud and hybrid operating models.
• Strong experience of on-premise strategy in Data Centres.
• Experience tracking delivery, dependencies, risks, issues and benefits.
• Produce clear strategy papers and concise leadership updates at Exco level.
• Investment planning, budget management, prioritisation and spend transparency.
• Analytical and data-driven decision making.
• Bring diverse perspectives to enable faster decisions.

Responsibilities

• Lead the annual and multi-year strategy cycle for Enterprise Infrastructure, defining the vision, priorities and strategic roadmaps
• Translate Group Technology and business strategy into clear, actionable infrastructure transformation initiatives
• Develop high-quality executive materials, including strategy packs, decision papers and leadership updates
• Own the leadership team's operating rhythm, including regular reviews, strategic deep-dives and governance forums
• Track delivery of critical portfolio priorities, identifying dependencies, bottlenecks, risks and decisions needed to maintain momentum
• Partner with Transformation & Change and the Chief Operating Office to support investment planning, budget management and spend transparency
• Assess infrastructure capacity and capability requirements, supporting workforce planning and resource-allocation decisions
• Drive productivity, simplification and continuous improvement across processes, tooling and organisational design, while building alignment across senior stakeholders

Skills

Strategy formation

Cloud & infra

Portfolio tracking

Budget planning

Executive communication

Data-driven decisions

Stakeholder alignment

Exco updates

Job description

HSBC Group in the United Kingdom is seeking a senior leader to head Enterprise Infrastructure strategy, delivering vision, priorities and roadmaps across group tech. You will translate business strategy into actionable infrastructure transformation initiatives and create executive materials for Exco.

Lead the leadership operating rhythm, govern forums, and track delivery of portfolio priorities while partnering with Transformation & Change and COO to ensure budget transparency and workforce