Strategic Planning Project Manager

Strategic Planning Project Manager

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Passionate about planning? Curious about effective communications? We're looking for a highly organised, energetic, curious and creative individual to help us relaunch and revitalise our planning process across the bank's Global Communications & Brand function.

Reporting to the Head of Strategic Planning & Content in Group Reputation, the Strategic Planning Project Manager will have an opportunity to help shape the future of communications at HSBC.

They will help us understand and coordinate the plans, campaigns and activities of teams across our global network, with the aim of helping the function focus our resources and outputs on the most significant strategic themes, topics and moments to achieve greatest impact.

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:

• Own the day-to-day management of the Global Strategic Planner document, including running key meetings with the network and building relationships across the function
• Act as a facilitator and ambassador for the Global Strategic Planner, gathering information from across the network and sharing key messaging, proof points and insights that can help teams reach key audiences on the topics and themes that matter most
• Be a proactive participant in workshops and brainstorms to add strategic and creative input into the planning process
• Project-track large-scale projects which involve multiple teams within the Communications and Brand function via Monday.com, check-in meetings and other planning tools
• Work within the Strategic Planning and Content team to devise audience-first, innovative, engaging content that helps tell the story of HSBC
• Own short-term sprints to deliver key outputs for Group Reputation
• Work closely with the Group Media Relations team to understand the opportunities within the proactive media runway and where reactive media engagement may necessitate changes to HSBC’s planned activities
• Work with the Head of Strategic Planning and Content to support the Chief Communications & Brand Officer and the Communications & Brand Exco to define the objectives of the function and coordinate delivery through effective planning.

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

Essential:

• An outcome-focused strategic thinker who can navigate the challenges of a complex, diverse, global organisation, devising and implementing methods to enable Global Communications & Brand and its constituent teams to deliver its business objectives.
• A proven ability to work closely with diverse stakeholders in multiple teams, including senior leaders from across the organisation
• Demonstrate previous experience in strategic planning – not necessarily at this scale, but examples of projects or activities run from conception through to delivery and measurement
• Be an advocate for the planning process, looking to understand and support the priorities of HSBC’s businesses and markets, as well as the needs of key stakeholders
• Show a willingness to build a network across HSBC in order to develop relationships and unlock access to information required for the planning process
• Demonstrate an ability to develop, shape and promote the Global Strategic Planner as the essential document of Communications & Brand’s activities and priorities
• Take a hands-on, creative and adaptable approach to tasks, including supporting the wider Strategic Planning & Content team where needed
• An ability to independently prioritise and juggle multiple projects and workstreams at different stages with varying deadlines
• Strong written and spoken communication skills; including an ability to articulate complex information in a meaningful way to wide and varied audiences
• Have an advanced level of competency across Microsoft PowerPoint and Microsoft Excel
• Demonstrate resilience and flexibility
• Be a self-starter, able to drive continual learning in self and others
• The ability to work within an ambiguous environment, prioritising and reconciling competing demands and resolving complex issues.

Desirable:

• Role relevant qualifications, i.e. degree level or equivalent is desirable but not essential

The base location for this role is London and it is a hybrid working arrangement.

You’ll achieve more when you join HSBC.

HSBC is committed to being an inclusive employer and providing an inclusive and accessible recruitment process for all. We will provide reasonable adjustments to remove any disadvantage to you being considered for this role. We are proud members of the Disability Confident Scheme, and will offer an interview to disabled candidates who meet the minimum criteria for the role. If you would like to receive any information in a different way or would like us to do anything differently to help you apply for our roles, please contact our Recruitment Helpdesk:

Email: hsbc.recruitment@hsbc.com

Telephone: +44 2078328500.

Within the workplace you will have access to various employee resource groups which aim to promote and achieve a healthy work / life balance and support our diversity ambitions. HSBC has processes in place to avoid nepotism. This means we will avoid circumstances in which the appearance or possibility of conflicts of interest may exist within the hiring process.