Senior VP, Data, AI & Intelligence — Strategic Leader

HSBC LIFE (SINGAPORE) PTE. LTD.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 350,000 - 600,000; Full time

Job summary

HSBC Life (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. seeks a seasoned SVP, Head of Data, AI & Intelligence to drive data and AI initiatives across distribution, marketing, customer, operations and corporate functions in Singapore.

You will translate business priorities into actionable data strategies, own the data roadmap, and lead end-to-end AI delivery with governance and responsible AI guardrails. You will manage a cross-functional team, partner with executive stakeholders, and elevate analytics, data quality and

Qualifications

• 15+ years in a financial services environment (or similarly regulated industry).
• Degree in Computer Science, Data Science, Statistics, Engineering, Business Analytics, Mathematics or related field (postgraduate qualification advantageous).
• Proven leadership delivering enterprise data, analytics and/or AI outcomes, with evidence of hands-on ownership and measurable business impact.

Responsibilities

• Identify, prioritise and deliver high-impact data/AI use cases across distribution, marketing, customer, operations and corporate functions.
• Translate commercial priorities into clear problem statements, delivery plans, success metrics, and adoption/change plans to ensure measurable value.
• Own and maintain the business data roadmap, aligned to enterprise data strategy and the Intelligence Hub and Data Foundation programme.
• Provide hands-on leadership for the data foundation backlog on the global GCP instance, including prioritisation, sequencing, delivery governance and release readiness.
• Lead data modelling, data mapping and data solution testing, including data contracts, transformation logic, reconciliation controls, SIT/UAT support and data quality validation.
• Drive development and industrialisation of advanced analytics (e.g., Next Best Action, propensity, CLV, segmentation, predictive insights) with production monitoring and continuous improvement.
• Own end-to-end delivery of AI initiatives (including GenAI) from ideation to production and adoption, embedding responsible AI guardrails aligned to regulatory and internal control expectations.
• Champion enterprise data governance, quality and compliance, including establishing and managing a data governance audit capability for early detection of misuse, data quality risks and governance breaches.

Skills

Leadership

Data strategy

Cloud data platforms

GCP

Data governance

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's or higher in CS/DS/Engineering/Math

Tools

GCP

ETL tools

Job description

HSBC Life (Singapore) Pte. Ltd. seeks a seasoned SVP, Head of Data, AI & Intelligence to drive data and AI initiatives across distribution, marketing, customer, operations and corporate functions in Singapore.

You will translate business priorities into actionable data strategies, own the data roadmap, and lead end-to-end AI delivery with governance and responsible AI guardrails. You will manage a cross-functional team, partner with executive stakeholders, and elevate analytics, data quality and