JOB SUMMARY

We are seeking an senior AI business engineer to lead the design and implementation of enterprise-scale data and analytics solutions in GCFO, with a strong focus on SAP technologies, artificial intelligence, and semantic web technologies. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in cloud architecture, data engineering, business intelligence, knowledge graphs, and AI solutions, with a proven track record of delivering complex technical solutions for Fortune 500 companies.

Key Responsibilities
•    Design and architect end-to-end data and analytics research and development activities in artificial intelligence, ensuring scalability, security, and performance
•    Lead technical strategy and implementation of enterprise-wide intelligence and computer augmented analysis platforms
•    Design and implement AI/ML solutions using SAP's AI suite of products
•    Manage stakeholder relationships across internal teams and external partners
•    Provide R&D leadership and mentoring to development teams
•    Oversee solution design, from high-level architecture to detailed technical specifications
•    Lead business decision-making and AI safety governance

•    Lead the strategic direction for SAP AI implementations across the enterprise, focusing on SAP Business AI, AI Core, and emerging technologies like Joule
•    Drive the adoption and integration of SAP's conversational AI capabilities, including Just Ask and natural language processing solutions
•    Develop and execute roadmaps for AI/ML initiatives within the SAP ecosystem
•    Collaborate with business stakeholders to identify and prioritize AI use cases that deliver measurable business value
•    Architect and implement solutions using SAP AI Core and SAP Core AI SDK
•    Lead the integration of Joule AI assistant across SAP applications and business processes
•    Design and deploy conversational AI solutions using SAP's Just Ask technology
•    Develop custom AI/ML models using SAP AI Core and integrate them with existing SAP systems
•    Implement SAP Business AI solutions across various business domains
•    Establish best practices for AI model lifecycle management and MLOps
•    Build and lead a team of AI/ML engineers and developers specialized in SAP technologies
•    Establish governance frameworks for AI model development, deployment, and monitoring

•    Ensure compliance with ethical AI principles and regulatory requirements
•    Create and maintain documentation for AI solutions and architectural decisions
•    Mentor team members on SAP AI technologies and best practices
•    Responsible for proactively seeking regular assurance that function is performing to an acceptable risk and control standards.
•    Responsible to act quickly and decisively when any risk and control weakness become apparent and ensure they are addressed within an appropriate timeframe and, if necessary, escalated through the relevant committees. 
•    Responsible to balance business performance delivery and cost management with risk and control matters to ensure that it does not materially threaten the Group, remaining within risk appetite.
•    Responsible to work in collaboration with risk and control teams.
•    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.
•    Lead  to achieve the outcomes set out in the Bank’s Conduct Principles
•    Effectively and collaboratively identify, escalate, mitigate and resolve risk, conduct and compliance matters.
•    Exercise authorities delegated by the Board of Directors and act in accordance with Articles of Association (or equivalent) 

Skills and Experience

Our Ideal Candidate:

• Degree in Computer Science
• 15+ years of  experience, in  Data & Analytics, preferably in banking.
• Experience in large, complex organisations, ability to handle cultural diversity and managing senior stakeholders.
• 3+ years of experience with AI/ML
• Experience in data and analytics solutions architecture
• Extensive experience with cloud platforms (Azure/AWS) and SAP Cloud solutions
• Strong expertise in SAP Analytics Cloud (SAC) and related technologies
• Deep understanding of semantic web technologies and knowledge graphs
• Experience in natural language processing
• Experience with AI governance and ethical considerations
• Expertise in Python, Java, and SAP development technologies
• Deep understanding of SAP's AI strategy and roadmap

Role Specific Technical Competencies
•    Data Engineering
•    Business Intelligence 
•    Analytics
•    AI/ML
•    Expert knowledge of SAP AI Core and SAP Core AI SDK
•    Hands-on experience with SAP Business AI implementation
•    Proficiency in AI/ML model development and deployment
•    Experience with SAP BTP (Business Technology Platform)
•    Strong understanding of SAP's latest AI offerings including Joule and Just Ask

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.

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