Head of Data Contracts & AI Readiness

HSBC; Hong Kong; On-site; HKD 1,200,000 - 2,000,000; Full time

Job summary

HSBC Holdings plc is seeking a Head of Product - Data Contracts and AI Readiness to set AI-ready data standards across Wealth Platforms. You will define data contracts, responsible for trusted, explainable data, and drive adoption and value through reusable data foundations across journeys and markets.

You will partner with technology leaders and business domain owners to shape testable requirements, ensuring consistent client views and conformance across platforms.

Qualifications

• Experience leading data product or data architecture in a large regulated financial services organisation.
• Hands‑on experience with semantic layers and data modelling for AI/ML consumption.
• Experience defining real‑time or near real‑time data availability from a consumer perspective.

Responsibilities

• Set clear, testable AI-readiness standards for freshness, latency, quality and lineage.
• Define data contracts and interfaces so teams can answer questions across multiple data assets.
• Establish reusable representations of client and colleague data for consistent journeys.
• Define telemetry standards to compare adoption across components and markets.
• Own the AI-readiness backlog and deliver usable capability at each release.
• Specify what a real-time client view requires to stay consistent across journeys and platforms.
• Govern conformance and reuse by validating data products at acceptance stages.

Skills

Data product leadership

Data architecture leadership

Semantic layers

Real-time data requirements

Cross-functional governance

Adoption and reuse

Stakeholder communication

Job description

HSBC Holdings plc is seeking a Head of Product - Data Contracts and AI Readiness to set AI-ready data standards across Wealth Platforms. You will define data contracts, responsible for trusted, explainable data, and drive adoption and value through reusable data foundations across journeys and markets.

You will partner with technology leaders and business domain owners to shape testable requirements, ensuring consistent client views and conformance across platforms.