Consultant Specialist

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If you’re looking for a career where you can make a real impression, join HSBC and discover how valued you’ll be.

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

Business:AMH CMB Tech

Principal responsibilities

Test strategy & planning

• Define and maintain the test strategy, approach, scope, entry/exit criteria, and test deliverables across initiatives/releases.
• Build and manage test plans aligned to sprint/release milestones, dependencies, and integration points.
• Ensure appropriate coverage across functional, integration, regression, UAT support, and non-functional testing (as applicable).

Test execution & quality governance

• Lead day-to-day test execution, triage, and defect management; ensure clear severity definitions and timely resolution.
• Drive risk-based testing and ensure traceability from requirements/user stories to test cases and outcomes.
• Provide clear quality sign-off recommendations for releases, supported by evidence and metrics.

Automation & continuous improvement

• Partner with engineers and testers to increase test automation coverage and reduce cycle time
• Improve testing efficiency through reusable assets, better data management, and streamlined environments.

Stakeholder & dependency management

• Coordinate testing across distributed teams, tech/business stakeholders
• Communicate test status, risks, and mitigation plans to Product Owners, Engineering Leads, Operations, and Risk/Compliance stakeholders.
• Support UAT planning and execution with business users, including readiness, defect triage, and go/no-go inputs.

Requirements

Experience

• Solid experience as a Test Lead / QA Lead in technology delivery, ideally within banking/financial services.
• Experience testing digital channels, APIs, integration flows, and data-driven systems.
• Wealth/investment product knowledge (e.g., funds, bonds, investment onboarding/servicing) is an advantage.

Testing mastery

• Strong knowledge of test design techniques, risk-based testing, and end-to-end test management.
• Proven ability to lead testing under time pressure.
• Experience with non-functional testing (performance, security, resilience) is beneficial.

Tools & ways of working

• Proficient with Jira/Confluence (or similar) for test tracking, dashboards, and reporting.
• Familiar with test management and automation tooling (e.g., Xray/Zephyr, Selenium/Cypress, API testing tools) — tooling can be adapted to the team’s stack.
• Comfortable working in Agile/Scrum delivery with distributed teams across locations/time zones.

Mindset

• Ownership, resilience, and a practical “get it done” approach while maintaining quality and controls.
• Calm, structured problem-solving—especially when defects, environments, or timelines get spicy.

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You’ll achieve more when you join HSBC.

HSBC is an equal opportunity employer committed to building a culture where all employees are valued, respected and opinions count. We take pride in providing a workplace that fosters continuous professional development, flexible working and, opportunities to grow within an inclusive and diverse environment. We encourage applications from all suitably qualified persons irrespective of, but not limited to, their gender or genetic information, sexual orientation, ethnicity, religion, social status, medical care leave requirements, political affiliation, people with disabilities, color, national origin, veteran status, etc., We consider all applications based on merit and suitability to the role.

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