(Senior) AI & Data Solution Manager - Fintech Development

The Bank of East Asia (BEA); Hong Kong; On-site; HKD 900,000 - 1,400,000; Full time

Job summary

The Bank of East Asia (BEA) is seeking an experienced IT project leader to drive AI and digital transformation initiatives in Hong Kong. You will work closely with business stakeholders to define scope, deliverables, timelines and success criteria, coordinating AI developers, vendors and users to ensure timely and quality outcomes.

Responsibilities include governance, risk and change control, ensuring security and data governance standards, and supporting adoption through rollout planning and

Qualifications

• University graduate in Computer Science, Data Science, or related fields.
• 7+ years IT experience preferred.
• Deep understanding of AI, ML and statistical modeling for business problems.

Responsibilities

• Support the full project lifecycle for AI and digital transformation initiatives from initiation to closure.
• Gather requirements with stakeholders, define scope, objectives, deliverables, timelines, and success criteria.
• Coordinate resources including AI developers, technical teams, vendors, and business users for timely delivery.
• Drive AI and data solution design ensuring governance, compliance and objective alignment.
• Develop and maintain project plans, schedules, risk logs, and manage dependencies and constraints.
• Facilitate governance, decision making and change control processes.
• Ensure deliverables meet enterprise standards, security, data governance and quality expectations.
• Support user adoption activities including rollout planning, training coordination and post-implementation review.
• Partner with developers to implement innovative solutions with seamless integration.
• Perform cost-benefit analyses on adopting innovations.

Skills

AI/ML knowledge

Python

SQL

Project management

Stakeholder management

Cloud platforms

Leadership

Bilingual English/Chinese

Banking domain knowledge

Analytical thinking

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Data Science

Tools

AI frameworks

Data platforms

Job description

• 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

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.

Personal data provided by job applicants will be used for recruitment purposes only and will be treated in accordance with the Bank's Personal Data Policy, which is available upon request. Applicants who are not invited for interviews within six weeks may consider their applications unsuccessful and the personal data collected will be destroyed after 1 year.