People Delivery Lead, Merger & Acquisition - 24 Months fixed term contract

If you’re looking to take an exciting new direction with your HSBC career, an internal move can open the door to many opportunities, allowing you to take on a new challenge, and develop your skills. Bring your knowledge of our brand to a new role and grow yourself further.   

To manage the large number of Merger & Acquisition (M&A) transactions (ongoing and future), a central M&A People team has been formed within People, Governance and Communications (PGC) to lead and deliver M&A transactions. The central team will ensure consistency of PGC approach to transactions, facilitate governance and approvals, change & risk management and deliver projects including due diligence and overall program management of delivery including resourcing for a project. The role holder will also be accountable to build M&A capability

We are currently seeking a high calibre professional to join our team as a People Delivery Lead, Merger & Acquisition - 24 Months Secondment.

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 need:

• Manage people aspects of key M&A transactions across the deal lifecycle, including acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures, and strategic partnerships, ensuring seamless execution and alignment with business objectives, whilst leading overall delivery of key transactions by defining resourcing and program management of a cross functional PGC workstream structure and mobilise cross functional PGC. teams from all relevant areas (Rewards, ER, Talent etc.) for delivery and providing appropriate inputs across different stages of a transactio
• Support in implementing ‘best in class’ M&A practices in delivery, governance and post implementation review of a transaction 
• Accountable for identifying and highlighting key risks and align PGC & business stakeholders on Risk mitigation
• Enable resourcing discussions for PGC workstreams and serve as the point of contact for all people-related elements of a transaction
• Enable day 1 PGC Readiness in collaboration with respective People Heads and continuously track people metrics to measure the success of a transaction particularly post deal outcomes for teams joining HSBC and support in building HR capability of M&A processes, upskilling internal teams and building institutional knowledge for future transaction.

To be successful you will need:

• Extensive experience in M&A  managing large transactions in financial services or highly regulated organisations
• Experience in delivering large complex M&A assignments across different market, leading cross-functional teams and managing C-suite expectations and Program management of large transactions
• Change Management expert
• A comprehensive understanding of a value unit / product / region / legal entity, alongside a good understanding of the industry and the challenges and changes in the sector.
• Prior experience if Management responsibilities for a sizeable team of professionals (including responsibility for budget, and plannin.
• Latitude to make decisions outside of established procedures but within a policy framework.  Broad guidelines are available.  Role implements strategy set by others
• The ability to guide, persuade and influence others through the developed skills of communication and diplomacy.

This role is based in London and is Hybrid working.

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