Head of Cybersecurity Engineering Product Management

If you’re looking for a career that will help you stand out, join HSBC, and fulfil your potential - 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.

HSBC is one of the largest banking and financial services organisations in the world, with operations in 64 countries and territories. We aim to be where the growth is, enabling businesses to thrive and economies to prosper, and, ultimately, helping people to fulfil their hopes and realise their ambitions.

We are currently seeking an experienced professional to join our team in the role of Head of Cyber Security Engineering Product Management

The Head of Cyber Security Engineering Product Management is responsible for overseeing the delivery and implementation of a product management framework across Cyber Technology and Engineering. Working as head of practice, this role will drive the adoption of product management working practices through collaborating with leaders across the function. It will be an advocate for a customer-first mindset, assisting teams in their development of artefacts, processes and methodologies to match.

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.

In this role you will:

• Develop and implement an appropriate Product Management framework across Cyber’s Engineering teams
• Work with teams to aid their development of related artefacts, such as roadmaps, prioritised backlogs, and strategies.
• Drive the development of a cross-domain cybersecurity engineering strategy and roadmap that aligns with HSBC's broader cyber security strategy and goals.
• Develop and maintain a comprehensive understanding of the bank's cybersecurity capabilities, the solution(s) they provide, their associated roadmaps, and potential areas for further utility.
• Collaborate with Cyber security stakeholders, internal business customers, and other internal teams to gather and prioritise Cyber security engineering requirements. Work with Capability and Product Owners to ensure these are translated into detailed functional specifications.
• Work closely with cross-functional teams to ensure seamless communication and collaboration throughout the product development lifecycle.
• Drive framework adoption to ensure teams make informed decisions about roadmap prioritisation based on customer needs, technical feasibility, and regulatory demand.
• Drive a customer focus across delivery teams
• Establish appropriate a customer-focussed metric programme to measure progress across Cyber
• Introduce and encourage adoption of customer engagement models
• Collaborate with design teams to provide focus on the enhancement of the user experience and usability of the cybersecurity product.

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

• Extensive Product Owner experience – producing product roadmaps; prioritising and managing feature request delivery and backlogs – ideally for multiple different products.
• Demonstrable experience of successfully delivering major product enhancements - managing different stakeholders and balancing the requirements of customers and delivery with available resources, skills and budgets.
• Extensive experience of successful Agile delivery – ideally using methodologies such as SAFE or Scrum – with good knowledge of Agile tools (e.g. Jira) and Agile metrics (e.g. DORA).
• Technical subject matter expertise in at least one of IT Infrastructure, Cloud, Software Development, or Cyber Security
• Demonstrable examples of developing communities of practice or user focus groups to gather feedback and build consensus on technical issues and solutions
• Proven experience building and leading teams – ideally of product owners or high performing technical individuals required to expand the scope and reach of the practice

This role is based in Sheffield.