VP/Sr VP - Founder Success - Innovation Banking - 12 month secondment Greater London, United Kingdom Area

The Growth Platform team is focused on originating and building deep and authentic client relationships with pre-seed to Growth stage founders, clients and VC partners primarily in the UK. The Growth platform team is looking for a Vice President secondee to cover for maternity leave who will provide continuity for ‘Founder Success’ activities. During the maternity leave period, the successful candidate will take ownership of established programmes, relationships and processes, and ensuring already agreed activity is delivered effectively and to a high standard.

The teams you’ll work with:

Part of the ICBD Growth Platform team building Founder, Investor and forthcoming CFO success value add pillars

Predominantly focus on the Early-Stage Banking team (ESB) with a close eye on the industry venture and growth relationship banking teams

Focused on building deep, authentic relationships with UK based pre-seed to Series A founders, clients and partners

Colleagues across HSBC Innovation Banking and relevant HSBC UK teams, including CCO, RB, SFS and ICBD

Founders, investors, corporates, accelerators, incubators, professional advisers, universities and industry groups

The value you’ll add:

Reporting to the Head of Growth Platform you will ensure continuity and high-quality delivery of the agreed Founder Success programme during a maternity leave period.

Build trusted, commercially relevant relationships across HSBC and the wider founder ecosystem.

Strengthen founder engagement through valuable introductions, events, workshops and network connections.

Support ESB’s origination and growth objectives through effective ecosystem development.

Improve programme impact by tracking outcomes, capturing feedback and applying lessons learned.

Represent Founder Success professionally and ensure activity meets HSBC’s governance, risk, compliance and brand standards.

What you can expect to be doing:

Own delivery of established Founder Success programmes, relationships and processes.

Deliver:

Corporate Innovation Days

Innovation Showcases

Founder workshops

Networking activities

With support from the marketing and events team, Mmanage events end to end, including agendas, invitations, registrations, speakers, partners, communications, logistics, approvals and follow-up.

Identify and secure suitable speakers, experts and ecosystem partners.

Manage founder and ecosystem enquiries from initial assessment through to resolution, referral or introduction.

Support Relationship Managers with relevant connections and ecosystem insight.

Develop relationships with founders, investors, corporates and community partners.

Work with the Content team on founder stories, blogs, event promotion and event communications.

Prepare concise reports, briefings, updates and stakeholder communications.

Track engagement, outcomes and return on investment through Monday.com, CME and other relevant systems.

Qualifications:

Deep understanding of the seed and Series A ecosystem, including fundraising and the founder journey

Experience setting up, scaling or managing an accelerator, founder or innovation programme, or a similar initiative

Proven experience planning and delivering events, workshops and networking activity

An established network across relevant channels, including:

Accelerators and incubators

Law firms, accountants and corporate finance advisers

Universities and industry groups

Early-stage venture capital funds and angel investors

A corporate network is advantageous but not essential

Experience working towards ambitious individual and team origination targets in a origination-led environment

Strong relationship-building skills, with the ability to develop authentic, long-term and commercially focused partnerships

Confidence presenting to groups, hosting events and facilitating workshops

Ability to work independently, exercise sound judgement and deliver high-quality outcomes at pace

Being open to different points of view is important for our business and the communities we serve. At HSBC, we’re dedicated to creating diverse and inclusive workplaces - no matter their gender, ethnicity, disability, religion, sexual orientation, socio-economic background or age. We are committed to removing barriers and ensuring careers at HSBC are inclusive and accessible for everyone to be at their best. We take pride in being a Disability Confident Leader and will offer an interview to people with disabilities, long term conditions or neurodivergent candidates who meet the minimum criteria for the role.

If you have a need that requires accommodations or changes during the recruitment process, please get in touch with our Recruitment Helpdesk via hsbc.recruitment@hsbc.com.