Director, Strategic Workforce Insights and Enablement​

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If you’re looking for a career that will unlock new opportunities, join HSBC and experience the possibilities. Whether you want a career that could take you to the top, or simply take you in an exciting new direction, HSBC offers opportunities, support and rewards that will take you further. 

This role will play a pivotal role within the People Strategy & Innovation function, driving the workforce analytics and reporting agenda, supporting the Head of Strategic Workforce Insights & Enablement in shaping strategy and delivery.  This role leads a fungible pool of insights consultants, data scientists and advisory specialists, ensuring the organisation's leaders and stakeholders receive high-quality, data driven insights to inform strategic workforce decisions. 

 As an HSBC employee in the UK, you will 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. 

A move across the business allows you to continue to access tailored professional development opportunities, and our fantastic benefits packages. 

In this role you will: 

• Act as the deputy to the Head of Strategic Workforce Insights & Enablement, providing leadership across the portfolio. 

• Lead the design and delivery of executive-ready reporting, disclosures, and insights packs. 

• Shape and refine the team’s consulting approach, balancing proactive analytics with responsive business support. 

• Work alongside Workforce Insights & Enablement consultants to craft the forward runway and team priorities 

• Oversee prioritisation and resource allocation across the entire People Strategy & Innovation portfolio, ensuring timely, high-quality delivery. 

• Drive continuous improvement in workforce analytics and insights methodologies. 

• Champion new ways of working with workforce data, including predictive modelling, scenario analysis, and data storytelling. 

• Ensure insights and reporting adhere to data governance, ethical use, and regulatory disclosure standards. 

• Collaborate across People, Strategy and Innovation, in particular the People Data Products & Platforms team to maintain alignment between insight products and platform capabilities. 

To be successful in this role you should meet the following requirements: 

• Working in a team focusing on Strategy, Analytics and Insights is essential 

• An understanding of Analytics best practice, external trends and developments is essential 

• Being an expert in Agile coordinating delivery through others is essential 

• Ability to translate business needs and problem statements, into reporting deliverables and improvements, by partnering across People Strategy & Innovation to deliver compelling information and analytics  

• Experience of working in or with a People Function within a large matrix organization  

• Evidence of owning and delivering a book of work for data science and insights with appropriate internal governance  

• Leader of leaders – managed and developed ICs and managers, ideally onshore and offshore  

• Builds strong relationships, stakeholder management and clear communications; with a client-centric approach 

• Balance experimentation, automation/improvement with delivery and promote continuous improvement 

• Experience with Azure, Power BI technology stack a plus 

This role is based in London, UK