(Senior) AI & Data Solution Manager - Fintech Development

The Bank of East Asia, Limited; Hong Kong; On-site; HKD 670,000 - 893,000; Full time

Job summary

The Bank of East Asia, Limited is seeking an experienced IT/AI Project Manager in Hong Kong to lead digital transformation initiatives from planning to delivery. You will work with business stakeholders to define scope, timelines, and success criteria, and coordinate AI developers, vendors, and users to ensure timely and quality outcomes.

You will drive AI and data solution design, ensure governance and compliance, manage plans and risks, and support user adoption.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Data Science, or related field.
• 7+ years IT experience in relevant roles.
• Knowledge of banking products in Personal, Wealth, Wholesale Banking, or Compliance is preferred.
• Experience in technology research, evaluation, and adoption.
• Deep understanding of AI/ML and statistical modeling; able to select suitable models.
• Experience in AI domains related to banking (predictive analytics, NLP, OCR, RAG).
• Proficiency in Python and SQL; familiarity with AI models and cloud services.
• Fluency in English and Chinese; Putonghua is preferable.

Responsibilities

• Support full project lifecycle for AI and digital transformation initiatives.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders to define scope, objectives, and timelines.
• Coordinate resources including developers, vendors, and users to deliver on time.
• Design AI and data solutions aligned with governance and compliance.
• Maintain project plans, risk logs, and manage dependencies.
• Facilitate governance and change control processes.
• Ensure compliance with security, data governance and quality standards.
• Support user adoption through rollout planning and training.
• Partner with developers to implement innovative solutions and optimize performance.
• Conduct cost-benefit analyses for adopting new innovations.
• Monitor PoC and project spend within approved budgets.
• Engage across departments to assess scope, benefits, and costs of innovations.
• Liaise with fintech community to identify technologies that enhance banking and customer relations.
• Define high-level solution architecture considering bank architecture.
• Ensure risk controls and adhere to regulator guidelines.

Skills

IT experience

AI / ML knowledge

Python

SQL

Cloud platforms / AI services

Stakeholder collaboration

Leadership

Bilingual EN/CH

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Python

SQL

AI models

Cloud AI services

Job description

Responsibilities

• Support the full project lifecycle for AI and digital transformation initiatives, from initiation and planning through execution, delivery, and closure.
• Work closely with business stakeholders to gather requirements, define project scope, objectives, deliverables, timelines, and success criteria.
• Coordinate project resources, including AI developers, technical teams, vendors, and business users, to ensure timely and quality delivery.
• Drive AI and data solution design. Ensure that solution can meet project objectives and meet governance and compliance requirements
• Develop and maintain project plans, schedules, risk registers, and issue logs, and proactively manage dependencies and constraints.
• Facilitate project governance, decision making, and change control processes.
• Ensure project deliverables comply with enterprise standards, security requirements, data governance, and quality expectations.
• Support user adoption activities such as rollout planning, stakeholder communication, training coordination, and post implementation review.
• Partner with developers to implement innovative solutions, ensuring seamless integration and optimal performance.
• Perform cost and benefits analysis on adopting innovation solutions
• Manage and control PoC and project spending to ensure delivery is in alignment and within approved budget
• Collaborate with various departments to assess the scope, benefits and costs of the innovative solutions
• Liaise between business units and project teams to ensure project progress as planned
• Liaise with fintech community and conduct research to discover and validate innovative technologies that enhance banking services as well as customer relations
• Define the high-level solution architecture of innovation solutions with consideration of bank architecture
• Control assigned human resources to best meet service objectives
• Comply with all applicable regulations, rules, codes, guidelines and standards set by regulators and the Bank, and carry out duties with high integrity
• Adhere to all established risk control guidelines, procedures and measures to identify, assess, report, mitigate and monitor the risks involved in the day-to-day work

Requirements

• University graduate in Computer Science, Data Science, or other relevant majors
• Preferably 7+ years of IT experience
• Knowledge of banking products and services in one or more domains in Personal Banking, Wealth Management, Wholesale Banking, Treasury Markets, and Compliance is preferred.
• Experience in technology research, evaluation, innovation, and adoption is preferred.
• Deep understanding of AI, Machine Learning and statistical modeling. Ability to articulate the suitability of various models for different business problems
• Experience in AI Domains relevant to banking, including predictive analytics, time-series forecasting, anomalies detection, NLP, OCR, RAG, and Agentic AI
• Knowledge of Python, SQL, and AI models is essential
• Knowledge of AL/ML Services on different cloud platforms is highly desirable
• Demonstrated ability to quickly learn, assess, and apply new technologies, including evaluating their business and technical effectiveness
• Self‑motivated and detail‑oriented, able to work independently with sound judgment and strong decision‑making capabilities
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively, facilitate discussions, and negotiate with stakeholders.
• Strong leadership and collaboration skills, with the ability to work across teams and drive initiatives to successful outcomes.
• Experience in consulting is preferred but not a must
• Good command of both written and spoken English and Chinese, fluent in Putonghua is preferable.

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Salary

• 60000 - 80000 / MONTH

Job Function

• 銀行 · 金融服務 - 一般 · 其他

Education

• 學士