Job Description

Principal Responsibilities HSBC’s in-house Executive Resourcing Team has recently restructured to create one global function and following significant investment is scaling internationally. The team’s mission is to open up a world of opportunity by ensuring that HSBC has access to top-performing and diverse leadership talent, enabled by a best-in-class search and talent advisory team who are globally connected, collaborative in their approach and innovative in their thinking. The team’s ambition is to be the pre-eminent in-house executive resourcing function within the global Financial Services industry by the end of 2025. Reporting to the Global Head of Executive Resourcing, Wealth & Personal Banking, this role will be a key member of the team, responsible for partnering and supporting Asia Pacific based Executives across HSBC’s Wealth & Personal Banking (WPB) organisation to deliver on their business strategy through the hiring of world-class and transformative Managing Director (MD) level talent across the region.

• End-to-end delivery of MD hiring across WPB, across the APAC region, with a primary focus on research and insight led direct search execution and delivery, ensuring a high-touch and exceptional experience for all stakeholders
• Future proof the WPB business through the proactive development of external and diverse talent pipelines aligned to strategic priorities
• Focus on HSBC’s internal talent marketplace, leveraging deep knowledge of our people to drive internal mobility and opportunity
• Support General Manager succession planning activity by proactively identifying & pipelining ‘ready now’ & future successor external talent to those roles with weak internal bench-strength, ensuring a focus on diverse talent
• Provide an executive resourcing advisory service to WPB Exco members, enabled by deep sector knowledge and insight of both internal and external talent markets
• Operate as part of a borderless internal Global Executive Resourcing function, partnering closely with colleagues in other regions
• Produce reports of the highest quality and which reflect the seniority of the recipient stakeholders ((inc. shortlist reports, market mapping and research/insight)

• A demonstrable track record within executive search/resourcing, including a proven ability to deliver MD level searches directly
• Experience of partnering with Executive level stakeholders, including the ability to challenge and influence decision making effectively
• Deep specialist Wealth Management sector knowledge (specifically Private Banking, Asset Management and/or Insurance)
• Experience of working effectively in a global matrixed manner
• Financial Services native – understanding of all dimensions of Financial Services and the entire resourcing lifecycle, including regulatory obligations
• Excellent Report and presentation skills, including advanced PowerPoint and Excel