Job Summary

Strategy
Awareness and understanding of the Group’s business strategy and model appropriate to the role.

Business
Standard Chartered is a leading international bank operating in some of the most dynamic markets in the world, in Asia, Africa and the Middle East. Our successful and sustainable business is built on doing tangible, long term good for our people, our customers and the communities we serve.
Our DSS (Data Solution Service) team is seeking Sr. Manager to join us in Tianjin. The candidate must be a skilled professional with E2E software development experience with a desire to work in an Agile, dynamic and flat organizational structure. As Sr. Manager, you will play a critical role in the design, development, and deployment of AI platform. You will work collaboratively with a cross-functional team, focusing on generic efficiency tool product, machine learning, business process automation, and data integrations. Your expertise will be pivotal in ensuring the scalability, reliability, and efficiency of our AI solutions

Processes
Have good sense on IT development process, manage delivery quality, collaborate with peers & cross different department colleague, delivery management.
 

Key Responsibilities

Educational Level
•    Master or bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, math, physics or related fields
•    Business English (at least read and written)
•    Chinese language (verbal and written)
•    Scrum Master certification would be preferable.

Qualifications: 
•    Experience: 8-10 years of experience in AI and machine learning engineering, with a proven track record of delivering complex AI projects.
•    Technical Expertise: Strong proficiency in machine learning frameworks (e.g., TensorFlow, PyTorch), LLM tool and framework such as RAG, Vector DB, Agent, LangChain etc.
•    GPU Expertise: Hands-on experience with GPU computing and optimization for AI workloads.
•    Programming Skills: Proficiency in programming languages such as Python.
•    Data Engineering: Strong skills in data engineering, including data integration, ETL processes, and working with large datasets.
•    Problem-Solving: Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to think critically and creatively.
•    Communication: Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to work effectively in a collaborative team environment.
Key Responsibilities:
•    Platform Development: Lead the design and development of a scalable AI platform, ensuring high performance and reliability.
•    Projects: Responsibility of AI project technology delivery initiated from local country and group.
•    Standardization: Establish and enforce best practices for machine learning / large language model development, testing, and deployment.
•    Infrastructure Setup: Oversee the setup and management of GPU and cloud platforms to support AI workloads.
•    Data Integration: Design and implement robust data integration pipelines to ensure seamless access to diverse data sources.
•    Collaboration: Work closely with data scientists, software engineers, and platform engineers to deliver high-quality AI solutions.
•    Innovation: Stay abreast of the latest advancements in AI and machine learning, and apply this knowledge to improve our platform and processes.
•    Mentorship: Provide technical guidance and mentorship to junior engineers and team members.
 

Skills and Experience

Risk Management
Manage open risks and audit points through to closure.
Perform risk reviews of the environment and raise new risks where/when applicable.

Governance
Must have strong sense of responsibility/ownership
High learning aptitude, able to learn new products and technology very quickly
Must be an effective communicator with business English literacy, interpersonal, problem solving and analytical skills, and excellent communication and presentation skills
A team player who enjoys working with people on all levels as well as being able to work independently and under pressure to meet tight deadlines

Regulatory & Business Conduct

•    Display exemplary conduct and live by the Group’s Values and Code of Conduct. 
•    Take personal responsibility for embedding the highest standards of ethics, including regulatory and business conduct, across Standard Chartered Bank. This includes understanding and ensuring compliance with, in letter and spirit, all applicable laws, regulations, guidelines and the Group Code of Conduct.
•    Effectively and collaboratively identify, escalate, mitigate and resolve risk, conduct and compliance matters.
 

Qualifications

• Python    
• API    
• RAG    
• Unstructured data processing, chunking strategy    
• LLM    

About Standard Chartered

We're an international bank, nimble enough to act, big enough for impact. For more than 170 years, we've worked to make a positive difference for our clients, communities, and each other. We question the status quo, love a challenge and enjoy finding new opportunities to grow and do better than before. If you're looking for a career with purpose and you want to work for a bank making a difference, we want to hear from you. You can count on us to celebrate your unique talents and we can't wait to see the talents you can bring us.

Our purpose, to drive commerce and prosperity through our unique diversity, together with our brand promise, to be here for good are achieved by how we each live our valued behaviours. When you work with us, you'll see how we value difference and advocate inclusion.

Together we:

• Do the right thing and are assertive, challenge one another, and live with integrity, while putting the client at the heart of what we do
• Never settle, continuously striving to improve and innovate, keeping things simple and learning from doing well, and not so well
• Are better together, we can be ourselves, be inclusive, see more good in others, and work collectively to build for the long term

What we offer

In line with our Fair Pay Charter, we offer a competitive salary and benefits to support your mental, physical, financial and social wellbeing.

• Core bank funding for retirement savings, medical and life insurance, with flexible and voluntary benefits available in some locations.
• Time-off including annual leave, parental/maternity (20 weeks), sabbatical (12 months maximum) and volunteering leave (3 days), along with minimum global standards for annual and public holiday, which is combined to 30 days minimum.
• Flexible working options based around home and office locations, with flexible working patterns.
• Proactive wellbeing support through Unmind, a market-leading digital wellbeing platform, development courses for resilience and other human skills, global Employee Assistance Programme, sick leave, mental health first-aiders and all sorts of self-help toolkits
• A continuous learning culture to support your growth, with opportunities to reskill and upskill and access to physical, virtual and digital learning.
• Being part of an inclusive and values driven organisation, one that embraces and celebrates our unique diversity, across our teams, business functions and geographies - everyone feels respected and can realise their full potential.