AVP, Innovation Scientist

OCBC Bank; Singapore; On-site; SGD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive base salary

Professional development opportunity

Flexible benefits

Job summary

OCBC Bank seeks a senior data analytics and AI specialist to advance the Compliance Innovation roadmap, delivering PoC data analytics and AI solutions that translate into production-grade pipelines and models. You will validate models, ensure explainability, and support enterprise deployment across cloud platforms.

You will work with cross-functional stakeholders to monitor financial crime surveillance, escalate high-risk findings, and present clear, data-driven insights to drive strategic

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of experience in data analytics, ML, and AI solution development.
• Hands-on experience with LLMs, Generative AI, and agentic AI applications.
• Exposure to financial crime risk surveillance or compliance analytics is highly preferred.
• Strong Python and SQL proficiency with large-scale data handling.

Responsibilities

• Contribute to the Compliance Innovation roadmap and AI initiatives aligned with business priorities.
• Design, develop, and validate PoC data analytics and AI solutions with outcome-driven testing.
• Scale PoCs into production-grade analytics pipelines and ML models across platforms.
• Perform model validation, ensure robustness, explainability, and regulatory compliance.
• Monitor financial crime risk surveillance and escalate high-risk activities for review.

Skills

Python

SQL

LLMs

Generative AI

Agentic AI

Data analytics

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor’s degree in IT/Data Science/Math/Statistics

Tools

Google Cloud Platform

Amazon Web Services

Job description

WHO WE ARE: As Singapore’s longest established bank, we have been dedicated to enabling individuals and businesses to achieve their aspirations since 1932. How? By taking the time to truly understand people. From there, we provide support, services, solutions, and career paths that meet their individual needs and desires. Today, we’re on a journey of transformation. Leveraging technology and creativity to become a future-ready learning organisation. But for all that change, our strategic ambition is consistently clear and bold, which is to be Asia’s leading financial services partner for a sustainable future. We invite you to build the bank of the future. Innovate the way we deliver financial services. Work in friendly, supportive teams. Build lasting value in your community. Help people grow their assets, business, and investments. Take your learning as far as you can. Or simply enjoy a vibrant, future-ready career. Your Opportunity Starts Here.

Why join Join the Group Compliance Innovation Team and help shape the future of compliance through AI, advanced analytics, and emerging technologies.

You’ll work on meaningful solutions that strengthen financial crime detection and drive innovation across the bank.

How you succeed

You succeed by combining strong AI, data analytics, and problem-solving skills with a proactive mindset. The ability to deliver practical solutions, communicate insights clearly, and collaborate effectively with stakeholders will be key to your success.

What you do

• Contribute to the development and execution of the Compliance Innovation roadmap, ensuring data analytics and AI initiatives are strategically aligned with the Bank’s business priorities and compliance objectives.
• Design, develop, and validate proof-of-concept (PoC) data analytics and AI solutions, leveraging outcome-driven testing to assess feasibility, effectiveness, and business value.
• Support the scaling and enterprise adoption of successful PoCs by managing the end-to-end development and deployment of production-grade analytics pipelines, machine learning models, and agentic AI workflows.
• Perform model validation, evaluation and regular reviews to ensure model robustness, reliability, explainability, and compliance with internal governance standards and regulatory expectations.
• Conduct ongoing financial crime risk surveillance using advanced analytics and AI capabilities; investigate anomalies, assess transactional risks, and **escalate** high-risk or suspicious activities for further review and action.
• Monitor and evaluate the effectiveness, efficiency, and business impact of data analytics and AI initiatives, providing data-driven insights and recommendations to support strategic decision-making.
• Translate complex analytical findings into clear, actionable insights and intelligence, delivering compelling narratives through reports, presentations, and stakeholder communications.

Who you are

• Minimum Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Data Science, Math, Statistics, Engineering, Business or related fields.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in data analytics, machine learning (ML), and AI solution development, including at least 1 year of hands-on experience in Large Language Models (LLMs), Generative AI, and agentic AI applications.
• Demonstrated experience or strong exposure to financial crime risk surveillance, compliance analytics, or a related risk management function within the Singapore banking sector is highly preferred.
• Strong proficiency in Python and SQL, with extensive experience in managing, transforming, and analysing large-scale datasets to generate actionable insights.
• Solid understanding of machine learning algorithms, modern AI technologies, LLM architectures, and prompt engineering techniques.
• Practical experience with AI agent development frameworks and deploying AI solutions on cloud platforms such as Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and Amazon Web Services (AWS).
• Passionate about exploring, prototyping, and implementing AI-driven solutions, particularly agentic AI use cases in content generation, information retrieval, workflow automation and intelligent decision support.
• Strong analytical and critical-thinking skills, with a keen attention to detail and a natural aptitude for research, investigation, and problem-solving.
• Excellent interpersonal and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to build trusted relationships and collaborate effectively across cross-functional teams and varying levels of seniority.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to articulate complex technical concepts and analytical findings in a clear and compelling manner for both technical and business audiences.

What we offer

• Competitive base salary.
• A suite of holistic, flexible benefits to suit every lifestyle.
• Community initiatives.
• Industry-leading learning and professional development opportunities.
• Your wellbeing, growth and aspirations are every bit as cared for as the needs of our customers.

Let’s build the bank we need for the future we want. Find the best version of yourself in a friendly, supportive team. Build lasting value in your community. Help people grow their assets, business, and investments. Take your learning as far as you can. Or simply enjoy a vibrant, future-ready career. Your Opportunity Starts Here.

As the longest established Singapore bank, formed in 1932 from the merger of three local banks, we have grown from strength to strength to become a regional financial services group. With a deep history in Asia, we offer the most comprehensive coverage across ASEAN and Greater China, complemented with a presence in the leading economies of New York, London and Sydney. We are the second largest financial services group in Southeast Asia by assets with one of the world’s highest credit rating (Aa1 by Moody’s and AA- by both Fitch and S&P). We offer private banking services through our wholly-owned subsidiary, Bank of Singapore, which operates on a unique open-architecture product platform to source for the best-in-class products to meet its clients’ goals. Our insurance subsidiary, Great Eastern Holdings, is the oldest and most established life insurance group in Singapore and Malaysia.