GSC : Lead Cost and Contracts Manager

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Your career opportunity

The primary purpose of the Technology Cost & Contract management is to govern all third party IT spend for DBS (c$3bn) including managing and continuously improving the Cost Management processes. This role will include working with the IT CIOs, COOs, Architecture, Category and supporting teams to optimise IT’s utilisation of third-party hardware, software, resources, and associated IT services (including non-permanent workforce) to maximise value and cost savings to HSBC

What you’ll do

• Driving sustainable growth. Develop the IT sub-function responsibly, engaging with colleagues across the function including peer Senior Managers and typically 2 levels up the organisation reviewing and driving the sub-function strategy feeding into the overall IT strategy. Leads and facilitates change through effective communication, preparation and implementation with peers across HSBC. Strong impact to support risk and regulation. Lead global joint commercial projects.
• Achieving excellence. Focuses on medium and long term goals even when under pressure or facing uncertainty. Manages expectations, results and impact of agreed outcomes, thinking ahead to identify and overcome potential issues, benefiting from a good network of Senior Managers to collectively identify and mitigate risk.
• Contracts Management -helps to ensure that contracts are renewed in a timely manner including approval via cost management processes and sign-offs / stakeholder management
• Management Information - support creation of MI against contract database and third party spend
• Architecture engagement- support Architecture teams from a commercial perspective to ensure outcomes are aligned to Technology / Business strategies.
• Customer / Stakeholder focus. Lead a customer-centred culture, championing activities encouraging outstanding customer advocacy. Proactively seek opportunities to improve business operation in collaboration within assigned function area and Procurement amongst others.
• Strengthening stakeholder relationships. Build trusting relationships to influence decisions and ensure stakeholder advocacy, using organisational knowledge aligned to business goals and strategies.

What you need to have to succeed in this role

What we offer

If your CV meets our criteria, you should expect the following steps in the recruitment process :

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