Operating Excellence Graduate Programme

This two-year graduate programme will give you experience in driving business change, so you can deliver the innovative solutions and best-in-class customer experiences that define our success.

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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 the course of two years, youll get to:

  • Explore Digital Business Services (DBS) – the foundation of our organisation, 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 standardise our processes to make life easier for our colleagues and customers
  • Analysing 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

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

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