Head of Risk and Compliance Technology MX and LAM

HSBC; Ciudad de México; Presencial; MXN 600,000 - 800,000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

A leading global financial institution is seeking a Head of Risk and Compliance Technology in Mexico. You will be a strategic advisor, providing consultancy and management across technology services while ensuring compliance with regulations. The ideal candidate has over 5 years of experience in technology management and a relevant degree. This role promotes a culture of well-being and professional development.

Servicios

Competitive paid leave

Continuous professional development

Flexible working opportunities

Formación

• 5+ years of experience working with technology teams.
• Experience leading software delivery teams in an Agile environment.
• Strong oral, written, and interpersonal skills.

Responsabilidades

• Provide consultancy & support for Risk and Compliance Technology services.
• Govern and promote ethical management of risks.
• Collaborate with peers and stakeholders to implement objectives.

Conocimientos

Relationship management

Problem solving

Leadership

Effective communication

Agile methodologies

Educación

Engineering or Bachelor’s degree in IT

Herramientas

AWS

Postgres

Python

Agile PMO

Descripción del empleo

If you’re looking for a career where you can make a real impression, join Global Service Center (GSC) HSBC and discover how valued you’ll be. 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 Head of Risk and Compliance Technology MX and LAM.

Role Purpose

The Head of Risk & Compliance Technology MX and LAM position is responsible to the regional Risk and Compliance Technology Head, global Risk & Compliance CIO, as well as the Head of Americas and Mexico Tech Centre to ensure the effective delivery of technology services in the region. This position will play an important role in enabling operational resilience of our current estate global Risk & Compliance Technology solutions as well as help to build our delivery capability of global solutions for all markets from the Mexico Tech Centre. In addition, this position maintains direct relationship with the business at regional level, acting as a trusted advisor and offering advice and support to the GB/GF Regional Business Unit, the Regional CIO, and the GB/GF COO to define and ensure the GB/GF Technology portfolio and IT service.

Main Activities

This role will carry out some or all the following activities:

• Provide consultancy & support to effectively deliver of Risk and Compliance Technology services in the entity.
• Responsible for providing support to ensure that all market demand is captured and effectively prioritized within the Risk and Compliance global portfolio.
• Responsible for providing support on direct cost, headcount management, and annual planning for market teams.
• Ensuring the daily execution of applications in accordance with the standards, controls, and SLAs, defined with the business, measuring, and communicating the results, to allow a continuous and stable operation.
• Responsible for governing risk responsibly, promoting ethical management of risks, communicating changes in policy, and ensuring in market regulatory processes and procedures are adhered to.
• Provide status of issues related to critical IT incidents for Risk and Compliance applications consumed in the region. Support regional CIOs, when necessary, on issues related to relevant regulations and relations with the Board at a regional level.
• Responsible for collaborating and providing support with peer market Heads, Risk and Compliance stakeholders, and other senior Technology Personnel to implement Risk & Compliance Technology objectives in the LAM region within entity, policy, spend, and regulatory constraints.
• Responsible for providing support on building and nurturing a world-class engineering practice capability to attract, develop and retain Technology talent.
• Encourage and promote development of technical skills and ongoing training for Risk and Compliance Technology staff in the region.
• Responsible for implementing the LAM Risk & Compliance applications Roadmap in agreement with all areas, local, regional, and global. Drive continuous improvement and adoption of global technology solutions.

Education

• Engineering or bachelor’s degree in careers related to information technology.

Experience (To be successful in this role, you should meet the following requirements)

• Exceptional relationship management skills and experience required. A history of managing stakeholders in a Global organization.
• 5+ years of experience working with technology teams in either an infrastructure, software delivery or technical management role.
• Experience leading software delivery teams in an Agile environment.
• Experience of managing a medium-sized team across multiple locations, including remote workers is desirable.
• Strong oral, written, and interpersonal skills; strong executive presentation and persuasion skills.
• Experience with Risk and Compliance processes would be a significant advantage.
• A higher education qualification in Computer Science (or similar) would be a significant advantage.
• Experience planning technology budget.

Soft Skills

• Analytical capacity / Problem solving.
• Leadership of multidisciplinary teams
• Decision making
• Effective communication
• Adaptability
• Teamwork and collaboration

Technology

• Cloud services (AWS/GCP)
• Databases (Postgress/Oracle/Mongo DB)
• Programming (Python/Java/React/API frameworks)
• Generative AI
• Data Refinery / Data Management (Cloudera, Bigquery)
• CI/CD pipelines and deployment tools (Ansible, Jenkins)
• Monitoring tools (AppDynamics/ Splunk) and open telemetry standards

Administration / Management

• Project management (Agile, PMO)
• Budget management (Capex, Opex, Forecast)
• Technology Controls (related to SDLC, deployment, Data, Security)
• DevOps Research and Assessment Metrics (DORA)

Competencies

• Analytical capacity / Problem solving.
• Leadership of multidisciplinary teams
• Decision making
• Effective communication
• Teamwork and collaboration

Due to the urgent hiring need, candidates with immediate right to work locally and no relocation need will be prioritised.

At HSBC we offer our colleagues a greater number of leave days so that they can fully enjoy their wedding, take care of the new member of the family, or grieve the loss of a family member. Our paid leave package is at the forefront in Mexico, now you have one more reason to be HSBC and proudly live a culture of well-being, balance, and care.

HSBC is an equal opportunity employer committed to building a culture where all employees are valued, respected and opinions count. We take pride in providing a workplace that fosters continuous professional development, flexible working and, opportunities to grow within an inclusive and diverse environment. We encourage applications from all suitably qualified persons irrespective of, but not limited to, their gender or genetic information, sexual orientation, ethnicity, religion, social status, medical care leave requirements, political affiliation, people with disabilities, color, national origin, veteran status, etc., We consider all applications based on merit and suitability to the role.

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