The opportunity : Senior Solution Architect & Technical Product Manager - Private Bank
Being part of HSBC in Switzerland, you’ll help evolve and grow our business.
The Senior Solution Architect & Technical Product Manager - Private Bank is a hybrid role combining the management and operation of tokenisation technology with a broader support role for architectural expertise on systems integration, esp. for applications hosted out of Switzerland.
Are you interested ? Do you have an extensive experience in technology engineering or related technical leadership roles, with a strong focus on solution architecture related in Private Banking / Wealth Management domain. ? Do you enjoy to be part of a cohesive team ?
If you answered yes to any of these questions, we want to hear from you!
What you will do:
As Technical Product Manager you will will be accountable for managing a small team enabling the technical hosting and run-time operation of tokenisation technology that based on 3rd party products, running on AWS, and integrating with consumer business applications running outside Switzerland.
The Technical Product Manager is an experienced engineering professional with an architecture thinking mindset and business domain knowledge who is responsible for providing subject expertise and guidance alongside the engineering function. That expertise and guidance is specifically relevant for guiding global teams on how to deploy and integrate their business application in the Swiss market, or how to integrate their business application with the SDPT Technology. This guidance also is to make sure global patterns and strategies are adopted as appropriate.
The Technical Product Manager primary stakeholders are on the one hand in-country interested parties in ensuring HSBC remains compliant with Swiss regulations when it comes to client data management, and on the other hand the global stakeholders relying on the local guidance such as Sub-Value Stream (SVS), Business Outcome & Technical Leads and Technical Product Owners.
In this role you will:
* Work with Product Owner and DevOps team, and be responsible for the delivery, ongoing success and continuous improvmeent of the SDPT platform. This includes:
o Formulate the test strategies, including test automation, test data, test environments, as well as non-functional and security testing, with Product owner and Security specialists.
o Ensure compliance with mandatory and regulatory requirements, control objectives as per risk and control framework – including data controls, technical currency and data standards, and implementation of business imperatives
o Ensure adherence to service management standards, service resilience, service sustainability and recovery time objectives
o Pursue high levels of automation
o Management of the vendor relationship(s) related to the SDPT underlying components
o Management of total cost of ownership of the SDPT platform
o Stakeholder management of the cyber, risk and compliance functions of the Swiss bank that have a keen interest in secure client data management
* Define solution designs for changes in the Swiss hosted IT landscape. This includes:
o In a way that supports the execution of the iWPB (international Wealth & Personal Banking) technology strategy and roadmap to deliver the Private Bank Future State Architecture (FSA),
o Articulating and addressing associated risks, issues, and technical debt
o Ensuring the integrity of the design is maintained throughout the development lifecycle, liaising with the engineering team to ensure standards and regulatory requirements are incorporated
* Collaborate with the various technical product owners looking for opportunities to improve the current landscape
* Act as an interface to other engineering groups both regional and at Group level
* Lead proof of concepts for new technical solutions and designs where appropriate
* Lead clear choice of buy versus build decisions and vendor selection where appropriate
You should apply if you have:
* Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field
* Public Cloud Certified (e.g. Amazon Web Services, Azure or Google Cloud Platform)
* Extensive experience in technology engineering or related technical leadership roles, with a strong focus on solution architecture related in Private Banking / Wealth Management domain
* Strong understanding of agile methodologies including experience with tools like Jira, Confluence or similar for backlog management and collaboration in general
* Track record in coordinating solutions across multiple technology platforms and teams, and that meet overall compliance with the regulators
* Analytical mindset with data-driven decision-making ability
* Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
* Working experience in a Swiss Private Banking context
* Working experience with AWS
* Any working knowledge of HSBCs vaste IT landscape, esp. Private Banking oriented, is an asset
* Knowledge of Swiss regulations esp. regarding banking secrecy and data protection
* Coding capability in Python or Java, REST APIs, Springboot Microservices
* Familiarity with physical infrastructure design is an asset
* Experience of Machine Learning, Data Science and Generative AI is an asset
* Due to immigration restrictions in Switzerland we will only be able to consider applications from Swiss or EU citizens or from candidates holding a valid Swiss work permit.
Even if you feel you do not meet 100% of our qualifications, we encourage you to apply, if you believe this role is right for you.
What you’ll get in return:
We offer a comprehensive and competitive package of benefits usually covering healthcare, life assurance, pension, and family friendly leaves, as well as many other benefits to support your wellbeing.
HSBC operates multiple variable pay plans, to reflect the diverse nature of the businesses, roles and markets in which we operate. Variable pay is designed to reward colleagues for their individual performance and contribution, as well as the performance of their relevant Business / Infrastructure, and the overall Group.
HSBC has been certified “Top Employer 2026” in Europe. This recognition from the Top Employers Institute rewards our HR practices and recognises HSBC as an HR Leader in France, Germany, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Poland, Spain and Switzerland.
HSBC is a signatory company of the Advance Charter. This Charter is a commitment towards gender equality in business and hence a workplace environment that supports a fair and balanced approach to hiring, remunerating, promoting and retaining female talent.
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