Business Consultant jobs in United Kingdom

If you’re looking for a career that will help you stand out, join HSBC, and fulfil your potential - whether you want a career that could take you to the top, or simply take you in an exciting new direction, HSBC offers opportunities, support and rewards that will take you further.

HSBC is one of the largest banking and financial services organisations in the world, with operations in 64 countries and territories. We aim to be where the growth is, enabling businesses to thrive and economies to prosper, and, ultimately, helping people to fulfil their hopes and realise their ambitions.

We are currently seeking an experienced professional to join our team in the role of People Business Consultant Team Lead.

As a key member of the UK People Business Consultancy team your thought leadership and creativity will enable HSBC to accelerate its people strategy and enable our colleagues and teams to thrive. You will shape, create, and deliver projects and campaigns that will connect our people with our purpose. No day will be the same, you will have a diverse portfolio with a variety of stakeholders across People and the broader business with the ability to collaborate with People specialists across areas like Learning, Reward, Talent, and Recruitment to deliver market leading people solutions. Your project management and critical thinking skills will be key to helping with the design and delivery of innovative people initiatives, whilst your ability to harness data and analytics will be instrumental in your approach. You get to do all of this whilst being part of a fun, dynamic and supportive team who hold broad HR and project management expertise, alongside a passion for delivering to stakeholders and building a culture of continuous learning and coaching.

As an HSBC employee in the UK, you will have access to tailored professional development opportunities and a competitive pay and benefits package. This includes private healthcare for all UK-based employees, enhanced maternity and adoption pay and support when you return to work, and a contributory pension scheme with a generous employer contribution.

• Lead a team of consultants to deliver across a broad portfolio of work, driving high performance and acting as a key contact point for our businesses and customers.
• Manage project delivery proactively balancing scope, schedule, interdependencies, budget, and risks where applicable.
• Effectively manage complex relationships and drive high engagement with internal stakeholders across both People and the broader business.
• Be responsible for effective project controls and procedures.
• Report progress, issues, dependencies, and risks to relevant governance forums and make recommendations to influence decision making.
• Be able to effectively communicate and demonstrate how People projects connect the people strategy with the broader business strategy.

• Leadership – experience in leading teams to deliver individual and shared outcomes, supporting development and driving high-performance.
• Project management – delivery of people projects from scoping through to post implementation review.
• Campaign management - ability to take a concept from ideation through to development and delivery.
• Stakeholder management – ideally across a complex, matrixed organisation.
• Influencing skills - ability to establish trust and credibility at pace.
• Flexibility, tenacity, and resilience - when dealing with business demands and high-levels of ambiguity.
• Calm under pressure - ability to re-prioritise in very short timescales.
• Data analysis – use of multiple data sources to make decisions and tell compelling stories.

• Experience of organisational design and change execution.
• Experience of people strategy oversight and activation.
• Consulting agility.
• Problem solving & Critical thinking.
• Data analysis including Excel competence.
• Leadership – experience in leading teams to deliver individual and shared outcomes, supporting development and driving high-performance.
• Presentation and storytelling capability including Power point competence.

This role can be based in Birmingham or Leeds (Hybrid).

Being open to different points of view is important for our business and the communities we serve. At HSBC, we’re dedicated to creating diverse and inclusive workplaces - no matter their gender, ethnicity, disability, religion, sexual orientation, or age. We are committed to removing barriers and ensuring careers at HSBC are inclusive and accessible for everyone to be at their best. We take pride in being a Disability Confident Leader and will offer an interview to people with disabilities, long term conditions or neurodivergent candidates who meet the minimum criteria for the role.

If you have a need that requires accommodations or changes during the recruitment process, please get in touch with our Recruitment Helpdesk :

Email: hsbc.recruitment@hsbc.com

Telephone: +44 207 832 8500