Sr. Associate Director, Data and Analytics

Location: 

Guangzhou, GD, CN, 510620


Brand:  HSBC
Area of Interest:  Technology
Closing Date:  Hybrid Worker
Date:  8 Sept 2026

Job description

Some careers have more impact than others.

If you’re looking for a career where you can make a real impression, join HSBC and discover how valued you’ll be.

 

We are currently seeking an experienced professional to join our team in the role of Sr. Associate Director, Data and Analytics.

 

Business: CTO Data Technology

Job ID: 59158

 

Principal responsibilities

  • Build and operate pipelines for structured domain data (onboarding events, customer/entity data, credit facilities/exposures, limits, risk grades, portfolio hierarchies, performance and arrears).
  • Build unstructured data pipelines for domain documents (KYC documents, corporate registries extracts, credit memos, financial statements, portfolio review materials): parsing, metadata enrichment, deduplication and retention handling.
  • Develop embedding/vectorisation pipelines and manage vector indices with refresh and deletion strategies aligned to data governance.
  • Implement data quality, observability and lineage: automated testing, SLAs, anomaly detection, monitoring and runbooks.
  • Apply privacy-by-design: PII handling, masking/tokenisation where required, access controls and audit trails.
  • Implement dataset versioning and reproducibility (snapshots, schema evolution, data contracts) to support repeatable evaluations.
  • Partner with Agent Engineers and stakeholders to define data requirements and evaluation datasets; close feedback loops from production retrieval/agent performance.
  • Support production operations and continuous improvement of data services powering AI.

 

Requirements

  • Delivering reliable, fresh, well-governed datasets and indices used by KYC, credit and portfolio AI solutions.
  • Improving retrieval relevance and answer grounding by strengthening metadata, chunking inputs, and data quality.
  • Reducing operational incidents through strong testing, monitoring, and disciplined change management.
  • Making AI datasets reproducible and auditable to support reviews and control expectations.

 

You’ll achieve more when you join HSBC.

 

HSBC is an equal opportunity employer committed to building a culture where all employees are valued, respected and opinions count. We take pride in providing a workplace that fosters continuous professional development, flexible working and, opportunities to grow within an inclusive and diverse environment. We encourage applications from all suitably qualified persons irrespective of, but not limited to, their gender or genetic information, sexual orientation, ethnicity, religion, social status, medical care leave requirements, political affiliation, people with disabilities, color, national origin, veteran status, etc., We consider all applications based on merit and suitability to the role.

 

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