Strategic Digital Platforms Architect Lead

HSBC Holdings plc; Royal Borough of Greenwich; Hybrid; GBP 100,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private healthcare for UK-based staff

Enhanced maternity and adoption pay

Contributory pension scheme

Job summary

HSBC Holdings plc is seeking a Digital Platforms Business Architect Lead in London. You will translate strategy into executable enterprise architectures, operating models and transformation initiatives across Product, Technology, Design, Data and Business, reporting to the Head of Digital Platforms.

You will partner with senior leaders to deliver enterprise-scale capabilities across more than 20 million customers in 36 markets, aligning strategy, investment and delivery with AI-enabled,

Qualifications

• Substantial experience in management consulting, enterprise strategy, business architecture or large-scale transformation
• Demonstrated delivery of complex enterprise-wide strategic initiatives within financial services or another highly regulated industry
• Ability to influence executive stakeholders and coordinate cross‑functional programmes across Product, Technology, Design, Data and Business
• Comfortable at building operating models, business capabilities and strategic roadmaps that translate strategy into execution
• Can apply structured problem solving, hypothesis‑driven analysis and commercial thinking to inform decisions
• Knowledge of AI-enabled transformation, platform modernisation, intelligent automation or digital banking platforms

Responsibilities

• Translate Digital Platforms strategy into executable business architecture, operating models and transformation initiatives
• Solve ambiguous enterprise problems using structured consulting approaches and hypothesis-driven thinking
• Benchmark industry trends, emerging technologies and leading practices to inform Digital Platforms evolution
• Establish enterprise capability roadmaps aligned to long-term Digital Platforms transformation priorities
• Define target operating models that improve alignment across customer strategy, business capabilities, platforms and technology
• Develop business cases, commercial assessments and prioritisation frameworks to support investment decisions

Job description

HSBC Holdings plc is seeking a Digital Platforms Business Architect Lead in London. You will translate strategy into executable enterprise architectures, operating models and transformation initiatives across Product, Technology, Design, Data and Business, reporting to the Head of Digital Platforms.

You will partner with senior leaders to deliver enterprise-scale capabilities across more than 20 million customers in 36 markets, aligning strategy, investment and delivery with AI-enabled,