Multiple Regional Banks Launch Open Recruitment for Mid-Level Managers, Some Posts Set Age Limits

By Global Times Finance Desk

Recently, several Chinese banks—including Bank of Beijing, Harbin Bank, and Beijing Rural Commercial Bank—have launched open market-based recruitment for mid-level management positions, releasing a number of core business management roles at the head office level. These positions span areas such as asset-liability management, risk management, technology management, and corporate banking.

Bank of Beijing Opens Five Core Management Positions

Bank of Beijing has opened five core management roles simultaneously:

• General Manager of the Asset and Liability Management Department
• General Manager of the Transaction Banking Department (International Business Department)
• General Manager of the Risk Management Department
• Deputy General Manager of the Risk Management Department
• Deputy General Manager of the Post-Investment and Loan Management Department

Age requirements:

• The first three positions require candidates aged 50 or below (born on or after October 1, 1975)
• The latter two positions require candidates aged 45 or below (born on or after October 1, 1980)

Exceptional candidates may have certain conditions appropriately relaxed.

Harbin Bank and Beijing Rural Commercial Bank

Harbin Bank is recruiting for:

• Deputy Director of the Board Office (Party Committee Office)
• Deputy General Manager of the Technology Management Department
• Deputy General Manager of the Data Management Department

Each position is for one candidate, with an age requirement of 45 years old or below. Exceptional candidates may be considered with relaxed conditions.

Beijing Rural Commercial Bank has initiated market-based selection for a Corporate Banking Director. Applicants must have at least 10 years of experience in the relevant field and at least 5 years of corresponding management experience in financial enterprises. Preference will be given to candidates with management experience at the head office or provincial branches of major state-owned commercial banks or national joint-stock commercial banks.

Earlier Senior Management Recruitment by Regional Banks

In addition to mid-level positions, some regional banks have previously conducted open recruitment for senior management roles:

• February this year: Langfang Bank publicly recruited five senior management positions at the head office level, including two Deputy General Managers, one Board Secretary, one Chief Risk Officer, and one Chief Compliance Officer.
• April this year: The same bank again opened recruitment for the General Manager of its Tianjin Branch and the General Manager of its Financial Markets Department at the head office.
• May this year: Guangdong Nanyue Bank publicly recruited a Deputy General Manager and an Assistant General Manager at the head office level, focusing on retail, risk, and financial market operations.

Industry Insight

Industry insiders note that, unlike state-owned large banks with mature internal training mechanisms, local city commercial banks and rural commercial banks face operational pressures such as narrowing interest rate spreads and digital transformation, with relatively limited internal talent reserves. Launching market-based recruitment for mid-to-senior management helps quickly fill capability gaps in areas such as investment research, risk control, and asset-liability management.

Internal promotion and market-based recruitment are not mutually exclusive; both are flexible approaches banks adopt based on their current development needs.