Head of Data, AI & Intelligence - HSBC Life

HSBC
Singapore
Full timeFunction: Data Science & Machine LearningEducation: bachelorsSkills: ["Leadership","Stakeholder management","Communication","People leadership","Change/adoption leadership"]

Lead enterprise data and AI delivery for HSBC Life in Singapore, partnering with commercial leadership to identify and execute high-impact data/AI use cases across distribution, marketing, customer, operations, and corporate functions. Own the business data roadmap aligned to enterprise strategy and global programs, provide hands-on leadership for a global GCP data foundation backlog, and drive end-to-end AI initiatives (including GenAI) with production monitoring, responsible AI guardrails, and strong data governance.

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Job Summary

Lead enterprise data and AI delivery for HSBC Life in Singapore, partnering with commercial leadership to identify and execute high-impact data/AI use cases across distribution, marketing, customer, operations, and corporate functions. Own the business data roadmap aligned to enterprise strategy and global programs, provide hands-on leadership for a global GCP data foundation backlog, and drive end-to-end AI initiatives (including GenAI) with production monitoring, responsible AI guardrails, and strong data governance.
Location: Singapore
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Data Science & Machine Learning
Seniority: Sr. Director level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Partner with CCO and commercial leadership to identify, prioritise, and deliver high-impact data/AI use cases across business functions.
  • •Translate commercial priorities into problem statements, delivery plans, success metrics, and adoption/change plans to ensure measurable value.
  • •Own and maintain the business data roadmap aligned to enterprise data strategy and global programs, ensuring local execution meets standards and patterns.
  • •Provide hands-on leadership for the data foundation backlog on the global GCP instance, including prioritisation, sequencing, delivery governance, and release readiness.
  • •Drive end-to-end delivery of AI initiatives (including GenAI) from ideation to production and adoption, embedding responsible AI guardrails and championing data governance, quality, and compliance.

Key Requirements

  • •15+ years’ experience in a financial services environment (or similarly regulated industry).
  • •Degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Statistics, Engineering, Business Analytics, Mathematics or a related field (postgraduate qualification advantageous).
  • •Proven leadership delivering enterprise data, analytics and/or AI outcomes with evidence of hands-on ownership and measurable business impact.
  • •Strong hands-on expertise in modern cloud data platforms, particularly Google Cloud Platform (GCP), and enterprise data architecture patterns.
  • •Demonstrated depth in data modelling, mapping, lineage, data quality controls, and testing leadership for data solutions.
Experience:Financial services
Education:Bachelor's in Computer Science, Data Science, Statistics, Engineering, Business Analytics, Mathematics or related field
Skills:LeadershipStakeholder managementCommunicationPeople leadershipChange/adoption leadership
Tech Stack:Google Cloud Platform (GCP)GCPGenAIData modellingData mappingData lineageData governance

Company Brief

HSBC
Global banking and financial services organisation offering retail, commercial, corporate and investment banking, wealth management, and global markets services across Europe, Asia, the Americas and the Middle East.
Industry: Banking
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: London, United Kingdom
Founded: 1865
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