Structured Product Specialist

HSBC; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

HSBC Global Private Banking seeks a Structured Product Specialist to advise on structured products for Private Banking and Premier clients, translating objectives into suitable structures with clear risk/return trade-offs.

The role partners with frontline and control functions to originate, price, and execute across asset classes, driving end-to-end development, governance, and platform improvements in a regulated environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in structured products or derivatives across asset classes.
• Strong governance, suitability and regulatory documentation.
• Ability to translate client objectives into structures.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication.

Responsibilities

• Provide structured products advisory and solutioning for Private Banking clients, translating objectives into suitable structures.
• Partner with RMs/ICs/CSEs to originate, price and execute structured products and OTC options.
• Drive end-to-end product development and lifecycle management (idea generation, approvals, launch readiness).
• Maintain governance and risk discipline across the product lifecycle, ensuring suitability and documentation quality.
• Deliver market insights, trade rationales and investment commentaries to support positioning.
• Conduct portfolio reviews and provide recommendations where permitted.
• Ensure accurate booking, confirmations, audit trail and escalation of issues.

Skills

Structured products

Derivatives

Client advisory

Governance

Job description

HSBC Global Private Banking helps high net worth and ultra-high net worth clients manage, grow, and preserve their wealth for generations to come. Our network of global experts helps clients access investment opportunities around the world, plan for future with wealth and succession planning, manage their portfolio with tailored solutions, and find the right support for their philanthropy.

This is a regulated, client-facing role with accountability for driving cross asset structured products advisory, platform development and strategic delivery. The role partners closely with RMs, ICs, CSEs, Risk, Compliance, Legal and Operations to deliver a scalable, well-governed structured products offering.

We are currently seeking a high calibre professional to join our team as aStructured Product Specialist.

In this role you will:

• Provide structured products advisory and solutioning for Private Banking and Premier clients, translating client objectives into suitable structures with clear risk/return trade-offs.
• Partner with RMs/ICs/CSEs to originate, price and execute structured products and OTC options across asset classes.
• Drive end-to-end product development and lifecycle management (idea generation, evaluation, approvals, launch readiness, monitoring and enhancements/retirements).
• Maintain strong governance and risk discipline across the product lifecycle, ensuring suitability, documentation quality and adherence to regulatory/internal requirements.
• Deliver timely market insights, trade rationales and internal investment commentaries to support product positioning and distribution.
• Conduct structured exposure portfolio reviews (performance, scenario analysis, concentrations and lifecycle events) and provide recommendations (where permitted).
• Ensure high-quality execution and controls, including accurate booking, confirmations, audit trail, and escalation of issues promptly and transparently.
• Collaborate with Operations/IT and stakeholders to resolve breaks, improve workflow/platform efficiency, and provide training/deal coaching to frontline teams.

To be successful you will need:

• Proven experience in structured products and/or derivatives (sales, advisory, structuring, trading or product management) across asset classes.
• Strong understanding of product governance, suitability, documentation standards and regulatory requirements for a regulated, client-facing role.
• Demonstrated ability to translate client objectives into appropriate structures and clearly articulate risk/return trade-offs.
• Strong market knowledge with ability to provide actionable insights, trade rationales and investment commentary.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills; able to partner effectively with Frontline, Risk, Compliance, Legal and Operations.
• High attention to detail and control mindset, with experience ensuring accurate execution, booking and end-to-end process discipline.

The chosen candidate for this role will be required to undergo enhanced vetting. Subject to local laws, this will require the individual to satisfactorily pass a series of additional checks as part of the recruitment process and on an ongoing basis, if appointed to the role. HSBC Group reserves its position with regard to any steps which it may take in relation to any material adverse findings which arise either when the checks are originally completed, and/or if relevant, on an ongoing basis. For more information about the enhanced vetting for this role please contact the recruiter for this role.

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