Senior Consultant Specialist

We are currently seeking an experienced professional to join our team in the role of Senior Consultant Specialist.

Business: IWPB Technology

Principal responsibilities:

• Act as technical SME for a key functional stream to support WPB Insurance IT strategy to uplift the capability in the domain, working closely with business and various stakeholders.
• Maintain close relationship with all stakeholders and business teams, and provide support to the program activities across business and technology teams.
• Provide effective technical solution for end-to-end business processes or functions.
• Ensure high quality standard and on-time delivery under Agile methodology.
• Be accountable for leading in working across the Technology delivery lifecycle, including inception, construction, testing, release, and ongoing management of a product or service.
• Responsible for automating the continuous integration / continuous delivery pipeline within a DevOps Product/Service team, driving a culture of continuous improvement.
• Establish a digital environment and automate processes to minimize variation and ensure predictable high-quality code and data.
• End-to-end accountability for a product or service, identifying and developing the most appropriate Technology solutions to meet customer needs as part of the Customer Journey.
• Conduct risk assessment, identify and resolve all potential risks and issues, provide effective mitigation and contingency plan.
• Align with HSBC DevOps standard and provide support to DevOps teams working at all stages of a product or service release/change.
• Support delivery team capability uplift.

Requirements:

• 10 years' IT software engineering experience of software developments with both Water-Fall and Agile methodologies.
• Strong communication skills in spoken and written English & Mandarin. Fluent English is mandatory.
• Proven experience in architectural / technical design of IT systems.
• Knowledge in mobile development, micro-service, API design is essential.
• Solid experience on automated build, test automation, CI/CD tools to accelerate DevOps change in the team.
• Solid skills of analytical and problem-solving, able to drive independently, proactively, and under pressure against multiple deadlines.
• Enthusiastic and self-motivated with excellent time management skills and strong initiative.
• Demonstrable ability to mentor, develop talent, and motivate staff to reach their optimum performance levels and career development.
• Business knowledge in life insurance domain will be an advantage.