Operating Excellence Graduate Programme (Jun 2025)

What you'll do

Your HSBC journey will be built upon - and thrive with - your skills.

We know how important it is to have the right skills, both for your future and ours. By building this skillset now, we’ll help you develop the agility to keep learning new skills throughout your career.

Over two years, you’ll get to:

• Explore Digital Business Services (DBS) – the foundation of our organization, providing the operations, technology, and business services we need to succeed
• Complete four rotations – in Global Operations, our Deputy Chief Operating Office, our Chief Control Office and Global Procurement
• Take part in different activities; from managing transformation projects to implementing mergers and acquisitions, and advising on risk and governance to leading teams in one of our Global Service Centres

Depending on your role, you could be:

• Delivering digital solutions as part of existing and emerging projects across our various business lines
• Driving change initiatives that simplify and standardize our processes to make life easier for our colleagues and customers
• Analyzing and interpreting data and management information, including financials, operational performance, and risks and issues monitoring
• Supporting our innovation agenda by identifying and solving problems, researching market practices, and driving an innovative culture

Who you are

We welcome students from all degree disciplines and backgrounds, particularly those with a passion for technology.

It takes a broad range of skills to be successful at HSBC. We're looking forward to seeing the mix of skills you’ve learned so far, and hearing about the unique perspective that you’ll bring to our teams. We’ll help you learn everything else.

To join us on this programme, you’ll need to be:

• Forward-thinking and curious, with a passion for finding innovative solutions to complex problems
• A natural communicator who loves to be part of a team and work in a collaborative way
• Empathetic, open to ideas, and able to see multiple points of view
• Agile when it comes to work and learning
• Good at organizing your time and managing conflicting priorities

What you'll learn

We’ll help you develop the technical skills most relevant to your role. We’ll also provide plenty of opportunities to advance your non-technical skills, like communication and collaboration, that will help you move your career forward successfully.

During your time on the programme, you’ll:

• Have a dedicated Programme Manager to support you and guide your journey through the different rotations
• Embrace agile ways of working and develop strong influencing and relationship-building skills
• Gain first-hand experience in strategy and planning, business, people, and project management
• Develop an in-depth understanding of how our organisation operates, and all the skills you need to be a Senior Operations Manager at the end of the programme

Virtual work experience

Try our virtual work experience in Digital Business Services. You’ll get a feel for the type of work this business area undertakes, the activities you could be involved in, and the skills you would develop on the programme.

Ready to apply?

• For: Final year students or recent graduates
• Duration: Two years
• Areas: Operating Excellence
• Start date: July 2025 onwards

Guangzhou

Requirements:    

• Available to work full time for 2 years commencing July 2025
• Obtained, or expected to achieve, a 3.0/4.0 cumulative GPA or equivalent 2.1 degree from a recognized University (as appears on your official University Transcript or Degree Certificate)
• Fluent in English and Mandarin
• Legally permitted to work in mainland China

Additional information:    

We encourage you to apply early as we review applications on a rolling basis and may close this vacancy before its closing date if all roles are filled.

• Start date: July 2025 onwards