AI Portfolio & Adoption Leader

citicclsa; Hong Kong; On-site; HKD 1,200,000 - 1,900,000; Full time

Job summary

Cit ic CLSA is seeking a Sr. Manager, AI to drive AI initiatives across business groups in Hong Kong.

You will partner with front, middle and back office teams and technology partners to identify opportunities, translate needs into practical AI programs, and govern adoption and value realization across the organization. The role focuses on building an AI opportunity pipeline, prioritising initiatives, and ensuring delivery within governance and risk frameworks, while aligning AI investments with

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in AI, Computer Science or related discipline.
• Around 15 years of experience with business stakeholders to identify opportunities and drive adoption.
• Strong stakeholder management in Financial Services or Tech organizations.
• Exposure to AI, analytics, data or digital transformation initiatives.
• Experience building business cases, requirements and prioritisation frameworks.
• Excellent communication and facilitation capability.
• Ability to translate business problems into structured opportunities.
• Strong written and verbal communication in English and Chinese.
• Familiarity with AI and Generative AI use cases preferred.
• Experience with portfolio governance and prioritisation frameworks preferred.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain relationships with business stakeholders across Front Office, Back Office and Corporate Functions.
• Identify opportunities where AI can improve productivity, decision making and business outcomes.
• Support stakeholder engagement activities and AI opportunity discovery across departments.
• Facilitate workshops, requirements discussions and ideation sessions with business teams.
• Work alongside AI and technology colleagues to translate business needs into AI initiatives.
• Maintain awareness of departmental priorities and emerging opportunities.
• Coordinate AI opportunity intake, qualification, and backlog.
• Assist with portfolio reviews, prioritisation discussions and roadmap planning.
• Help ensure ownership, sponsorship and delivery accountability are defined.
• Track progress, benefits and adoption metrics across active initiatives.
• Support AI governance processes and portfolio controls.
• Coordinate adoption campaigns, clinics, training and enablement activities.

Skills

Stakeholder management

Excellent communication

Analytical and organizational skills

Bilingual English & Chinese

Education

Bachelor's or Master's in AI or CS

Job description

Cit ic CLSA is seeking a Sr. Manager, AI to drive AI initiatives across business groups in Hong Kong.

You will partner with front, middle and back office teams and technology partners to identify opportunities, translate needs into practical AI programs, and govern adoption and value realization across the organization. The role focuses on building an AI opportunity pipeline, prioritising initiatives, and ensuring delivery within governance and risk frameworks, while aligning AI investments with