Women in Banking - Insight Programme

About the role

A four-day, in-person insight programme in Birmingham exploring Retail Banking and Commercial Banking. Participants will complete interactive exercises, analyse information, solve business challenges and present ideas while learning about customer and client-focused roles. The programme develops confidence, connections and career clarity, with potential progression to internship or work placement programmes.

Programme Experience

• Explore Retail Banking or Commercial Banking, with placement guided by assessed skills and potential.
• Examine customer journeys involving everyday banking, complaints, disputes, fraud prevention and digital channels.
• Consider customer friction, data, experimentation and the responsible use of artificial intelligence.
• Learn how Commercial Banking supports businesses and entrepreneurs through products, services and business cases.
• Hear from graduates and senior colleagues about their roles, career journeys and experiences at HSBC.

Learning Outcomes

• Analyse information, solve business challenges and present ideas clearly through interactive exercises.
• Understand how relationship-focused and back-office roles support customers and businesses.
• Explore how teams connect customer needs with products, services and effective business outcomes.
• Build confidence, professional connections and clarity about potential banking career paths.

Eligibility

• Attend the full four-day, in-person event in Birmingham from 5–8 April 2027, 09:00–17:00 daily.
• Be on track to achieve a 2:1 undergraduate degree or above.
• Be in an eligible first-year or second-year undergraduate or integrated master’s study year.
• Be fluent in English.
• Have UK work permission without requiring HSBC sponsorship for the programme and beyond the graduate programme end date.

Application Information

• Only one application is accepted per recruitment cycle.
• Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis and may close early if application volumes are high.