Managing Associate General Counsel – DBS Legal Technology and Operations in Leeds

Managing Associate General Counsel – DBS Legal Technology

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You will work alongside senior DBS and Business Line management, enabling HSBC’s global businesses and functions to support the HSBC Group strategy including our continued investment in technology to transform and grow.  Our legal strategy is to lead our stakeholders through a complex and dynamic legal and regulatory environment.  By providing world class and commercial legal advice we partner with our stakeholders – the HSBC Group’s Digital Business Services Functions (DBS) - to help them achieve their objectives. 

We are looking to appoint a Managing Associate General Counsel for a new people manager role within the DBS Legal team to be based in the UK.  This person will be an experienced Technology lawyer with an enthusiasm for change and strong financial services experience.

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.

Responsibilities: 

• The team operates in a semi-agile model where responsibilities are shared across the GCB3 managers.  Responsibilities will change from time to time to reflect business needs.  As an indication, key day 1 responsibilities for this role will include:
• Legal Business Partner to Chief Technology Officer and Cyber Information Security Officer
• Legal representative on the Group Technology Risk Committee
• Leads cross-functional collaboration with Data Privacy lawyers including on cyber matters 
• Emphasis in supporting technology with the heightened regulatory focus on critical IT, cyber and operational resilience
• Line manager for 4-6 GCB4 team members, supporting and empowering them in their roles
• Broader Legal Function collaboration and stakeholder management supporting the DBS Legal senior leadership team and General Counsel for DBS 
• Shared team management responsibilities including in relation to workload and resource management, priority activities and support, team planning, engagement, learning and continuous improvement
• Provide leadership and direction to the members of the DBS Legal team, as a senior manager with 1:1 impact with direct reports and a role model working across the wider global team

To be successful in this role the following would be relevant and helpful experience: 

• This is a key management role (in a large team) so experience of managing, supporting and empowering others is essential
• Technology, outsourcing and financial services legal experience is essential
• Experience in managing and navigating critical service and supplier risks in FS, including cyber, cloud, AI, operational resilience, outsourcing as well as broad commercial 
• A high performing team player with experience and desire to develop others
• Proven robust stakeholder management skills at a senior level demonstrating gravitas and providing confidence
• Strategy legal advice background
• Experience in relationship building and engagement with regulatory and law enforcement agencies regarding cyber security
• experience in contracting (incl commercial and M&A) is sought.  
• Intelligent, conscientious and confident problem solver
• Skilled communicator with a track record of influencing a wide range of audiences ensuring alignment and common purpose
• Excellent written communication skills and ability to absorb complex information and simplify
• Ability to operate at pace and adapt to a fast changing internal and external environment

Other information: 

• Our preferred location is our Leeds UK Hub for Digital Business Services Legal 
• We will accept applications to be based at our UK Headquarters at 8 Canada Square, Canary Wharf but the Leeds location is our preference.  
• Travel between Leeds and London office is required
• Office-based with discretionary home-working options (typically two days per week based on a 5 day working week)

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At HSBC we look to enable our employees to better balance their work / life priorities and have the flexibility required to meet challenging needs as they progress through different life stages. Where possible we will consider the following flexible working options: part-time working, job sharing, term-time working, and working from home and staggered hours. If in considering a role with HSBC you have a need for some flexibility in your working arrangements please discuss this with the recruitment team in the early stages of the application process.

HSBC is committed to being an inclusive employer and providing an inclusive and accessible recruitment process for all. We will provide reasonable adjustments to remove any disadvantage to you being considered for this role. We are proud members of the Disability Confident Scheme, and will offer an interview to disabled candidates who meet the minimum criteria for the role. If you would like to receive any information in a different way or would like us to do anything differently to help you apply for our roles, please contact our Recruitment Helpdesk: 
Email: hsbc.recruitment@hsbc.com 
Telephone: +44 2078328500

Within the workplace you will have access to various employee resource groups which aim to promote and achieve a healthy work / life balance and support our diversity ambitions. HSBC has processes in place to avoid nepotism.  This means we will avoid circumstances in which the appearance or possibility of conflicts of interest may exist within the hiring process.