Senior Data Scientist - AI Centre of Excellence, APAC

Argyll Scott

Hong Kong

On-site

HKD 900,000 - 1,200,000

Full time

3 days ago

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Job summary

Global Life Insurer is building a regional AI Centre of Excellence in Hong Kong. They seek a Senior Data Scientist to lead design and validation of complex AI use cases, connecting experimentation with business priorities and mentoring colleagues.

This hands-on role spans across Asia with regional impact. You will translate problems into testable hypotheses, develop ML and agentic approaches, and work with engineers to productionize validated methods while communicating trade-offs to

Qualifications

Strong experimental design, statistical reasoning and Python skills.
Senior hands-on experience with generative AI or agentic solutions.
Applied data-science capability and the ability to lead proof-of-value work.
Confidence explaining technical choices, evidence and limitations to business and technical stakeholders.

Responsibilities

Translate business problems and redesigned processes into testable hypotheses.
Select and develop suitable ML, generative AI and agentic approaches.
Define grounding strategies and intended agent behaviours.
Lead experiments and demonstrate proof of value against clear business measures.
Explain scientific trade-offs and mentor data scientists.
Partner with engineers on reproducibility and the transition of validated approaches into production development.