# Sr. Associate Director, Software Engineering

**Company**: HSBC
**Location**: Pune, Maharashtra, India, Maharashtra
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Finance

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## Description

Are you looking for an opportunity to advance your tech career? Interested in creating next-generation cybersecurity capabilities? Consider joining HSBC's Cybersecurity Technology and Engineering (CTE) team as a Sr. Associate Director, Software Engineering.

As Engineering Lead (GCB4), you'll lead a technology site and a global delivery portfolio spanning Quantum Computing/Quantum Communications, Post-Quantum Cryptography (PQC), Advanced Compute, and AI/ML/GenAI-enabled banking solutions. You'll be accountable for building and scaling high-performing engineering teams, delivering measurable business outcomes, and ensuring strong governance, resilience, and regulatory compliance across a 24/7 banking environment.

**Responsibilities:**

- Decision scope (GCB4 expectations) - Sets delivery strategy and execution approach for the site and assigned global portfolio.

- Technology site leadership & operating model - Set direction, culture, standards, and execution cadence.

- Portfolio delivery ownership (end-to-end) - Own delivery for a portfolio across quantum programmes, advanced compute platforms, and AI/ML solutions aligned to business priorities.

- Quantum programmes: Satellite QKD & PQC migration - Lead Satellite QKD initiatives from concept to pilot to operationalisation.

- Advanced compute & platform engineering - Build/scale advanced compute capabilities to support quantum simulation and AI/ML workloads.

- Talent, leadership, and culture - Recruit and scale teams and build a strong internal talent pipeline.

**Essential experience:**

- Senior technology delivery/engineering leadership experience in large-scale enterprises; strong preference for regulated financial services.

- Proven technology leadership with accountability for outcomes, controls, and culture.

- Track record delivering complex, multi-year transformation programmes across platforms and products.

- Strong experience leading security-aligned programmes.

**Essential skills & knowledge:**

- Portfolio/programme delivery leadership, agile-at-scale, dependency management, governance, and executive communication.

- Platform engineering, DevSecOps, SRE/operations, automation, CI/CD, and quality engineering.

- Risk and control mindset: audit readiness, evidence-based governance, and regulated delivery discipline.

**Desirable:**

- Hands-on exposure to PQC, crypto-agility patterns, or quantum communications concepts.

- Experience with advanced compute/HPC/accelerated workloads supporting AI/ML or simulation.

- Experience delivering GenAI solutions with strong governance and data controls.

**Education / qualifications:**

- Degree in Physics/Computer Science/Engineering (or equivalent experience).

- Postgraduate qualification preferred.

- Relevant certifications beneficial.

## Skills

### Required
- Portfolio/programme delivery leadership
- agile-at-scale
- dependency management
- governance
- executive communication
- Platform engineering
- DevSecOps
- SRE/operations
- automation
- CI/CD
- quality engineering
- Risk and control mindset
- audit readiness
- evidence-based governance
- regulated delivery discipline

### Nice to have
- PQC
- crypto-agility patterns
- quantum communications concepts
- advanced compute/HPC/accelerated workloads
- GenAI solutions

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