Senior Manager, Cloud Technology Controls

If you’re looking for a career that will help you stand out, join HSBC, and fulfil your potential - whether you want a career that could take you to the top, or an exciting new direction, we offer opportunities, support and rewards that will take you further.

We’re one of the largest banking and financial services organisations in the world, with a network that covers more than 50 countries and territories. We aim to be where the growth is, enabling businesses to thrive and economies to prosper, and, ultimately, helping people fulfil their hopes and realise their ambitions.

We’re currently seeking an experienced professional to join our Technology Risk and Control team in the role of Senior Manager – Cloud Technology Controls

In this fantastic role, you’ll take the lead for Cloud Technology controls at HSBC, where resilience and trust matter every day. You’ll work side-by-side with senior technology leaders to embed effective risk and control management across critical services—shaping a strong control environment through risk assessments, issues management and audit outcomes.

This is a high-impact role where you’ll use data and insight to drive smarter decisions, challenge inefficient controls, and deliver practical, commercially viable improvements. You’ll also help shape future-fit risk management and regulatory frameworks, staying ahead of emerging trends across operational resilience, cybersecurity and IT risk—while building strong partnerships across all lines of defence and with external stakeholders.

As an HSBC employee in the UK, you’ll 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.

In this role, you will:

In this role, you will:

• Act as a trusted adviser to senior management on operational risk (risk assessments, control environment, issues management, audits)
• Promote accountable risk and control decision-making using quality data and analysis, challenge poor, inefficient, or excessive controls and behaviours
• Provide specialist risk and control insight; lead continuous improvement of the control environment and risk monitoring (including behaviours)
• Advise on and design processes and controls that are commercially viable, practical, and effective
• Identify trends to anticipate future developments in the risk and control environment
• Influence and shape the development and implementation of future-fit risk management and regulatory frameworks (including keeping senior management updated on relevant policy/project changes impacting operational risk)

To be successful in this role you should have the following skills:

• Cloud technology controls knowledge (technology/data, SDLC, deployment controls), either directly or via 1/2/3 LoD control management
• Data/IT/Operations risk management expertise
• Operational resilience, cybersecurity, and IT risk frameworks knowledge
• Non-Financial Risk (NFR) framework understanding and experience
• Senior stakeholder management (trusted adviser, influencing, partnering)
• Risk and control reviews capability (assessment, monitoring, and continuous improvement)

Opening up a world of opportunity

Being open to different points of view is important for our business and the communities we serve. At HSBC, we’re dedicated to creating diverse and inclusive workplaces - no matter their gender, ethnicity, disability, religion, sexual orientation, or age. We are committed to removing barriers and ensuring careers at HSBC are inclusive and accessible for everyone to be at their best. We take pride in being a Disability Confident Leader and will offer an interview to people with disabilities, long term conditions or neurodivergent candidates who meet the minimum criteria for the role.

If you have a need that requires accommodations or changes during the recruitment process, please get in touch with our Recruitment Helpdesk:

Email: hsbc.recruitment@hsbc.com

Telephone: +44 207 832 8500