GPS Technology delivers payment solutions for HSBC's corporate clients. Within this, the Client Connectivity team provides reliable, high-quality services that enable clients to connect to HSBC as their banking partner. This role exists to restore disrupted services quickly and safely, lead and coordinate incident recovery across multiple parties, and provide clear stakeholder communications, with appropriate escalation and adherence to HSBC controls and change governance.

As our Lead Production Support Specialist, you will:
• Respond to user and service queries, including those linked to regulatory requirements, and provide timely guidance
• Act as service recovery manager for incidents, coordinating resolver groups to restore service as quickly as possible
• Investigate incidents end-to-end, identify root symptoms, and drive actions to stabilise services
• Escalate critical incidents appropriately and provide regular updates on impact, recovery progress, and recovery plans
• Resolve system failures and maintain service stability across mainframe and integrated platforms
• Lead or contribute to post-incident reviews, capturing learnings and agreed follow-up actions
• Develop and maintain knowledge articles, runbooks, and operational documentation to improve team capability
• Identify recurring issues and propose improvements to reduce incident volume and shorten resolution times
• Collaborate with global teams to share knowledge and standardise support practices across regions
• Participate in change review activities to ensure compliance with HSBC policies, procedures, and control requirements
• Raise concerns and potential/actual risks to managers, ensuring issues are addressed before implementation
• Support change activities such as role swaps, disaster recovery tests, patching, and evergreening
• Work with stakeholders to plan and execute changes with minimal service impact
• Work flexibly in a fast-changing environment, balancing multiple priorities and stakeholder needs
• Provide support outside standard office hours, including holidays andweekends, when required
• Follow alternative schedules as requested (e.g., start between 09:00-12:00 and finish between 17:00-20:00)
• Partner effectively with global virtual teams across multiple regions, building strong cross-boundary relationships

You'll likely have the following qualifications to succeed in this role:
• Proven experience in production support and service management, with strong incident recovery leadership
• Proven hands-on experience in application development and/or production support
• Strong knowledge of IT infrastructure and service operations in a controlled environment
• Good mainframe knowledge, including CICS, DB2, COBOL, MQ, TWS, and SPUFI
• Familiarity with incident, problem, change, and release management processes, including disaster recovery concepts
• Excellent problem-solving and negotiation skills, with clear escalation judgement for critical incidents
• Strong English communication skills and the ability to work effectively with global virtual teams
• Ability to multi-task, stay self-motivated, and adapt quickly to changing priorities
• Understanding of AI tooling such as Copilot and Claude (or equivalent)
• Experience in Corporate Banking, with Payments domain exposure preferred
• Experience with monitoring/observability tools such as AppDynamics, Splunk, and Geneos
• Knowledge of network concepts and dependencies in distributed environments
• ITIL accreditation

As an HSBC employee, you will have access to tailored professional development opportunities to ensure you have the right skills for today and tomorrow. At HSBC, our overall goal is to provide a competitive Total Reward Package, with an appropriate mix of fixed pay, and variable pay, as part of an employee's overall total compensation and benefits. Variable pay generally takes the form of discretionary, annual awards (sometimes referred to as a "bonus"). Additionally, HSBC offers a wide range of competitive and flexible benefits designed to help you improve your health and well-being, finances, and lifestyle.