Head of AI Data Engineering & Reusable Data Products

Morgan McKinley; Singapore; On-site; SGD 250,000 - 450,000; Full time

Job summary

Unknown telecom leader seeks a deep-tech, hands-on AI/data engineering leader to head its AI-Ready Data & Harness Engineering pillar within a enterprise AI & data transformation initiative. Reporting to senior AI executive, this role owns design, build, run, and continuous improvement of AI-ready data products, knowledge assets, and governance across the enterprise.

The incumbent will drive strategy, build reusable data products, and establish standards for data contracts, privacy-by-design, and

Qualifications

• 10+ years in enterprise data engineering with AI/ML data foundations and governance.
• Led and scaled a data/AI engineering organization (30-50+ engineers).
• Proven track record of reusable data products adopted across production AI programs.
• Able to operate at ExCo-level while reviewing hands-on technical designs.
• Strong ROI discipline tying data decisions to adoption and cost-to-serve.
• Experience coordinating across IT, security, governance in regulated environments.
• Built AI-ready, reusable data products for AI/agent consumption, not data lakes.

Responsibilities

• Own AI-ready data and harness engineering strategy and roadmap.
• Translate AI ambitions into reusable data products and context assets.
• Set standards for data contracts, semantic consistency, and privacy by design.
• Lead a cross-functional team of data product, knowledge, and governance engineers.
• Own the portfolio of AI-ready data products across business units.
• Partner with IT, Cyber, legal, and business teams to accelerate governance.

Skills

Data engineering leadership

AI/ML data foundations

MLOps/LLMOps integration

Governance

ExCo-level communication

Strategic planning

Job description

Unknown telecom leader seeks a deep-tech, hands-on AI/data engineering leader to head its AI-Ready Data & Harness Engineering pillar within a enterprise AI & data transformation initiative. Reporting to senior AI executive, this role owns design, build, run, and continuous improvement of AI-ready data products, knowledge assets, and governance across the enterprise.

The incumbent will drive strategy, build reusable data products, and establish standards for data contracts, privacy-by-design, and