Sr. Associate Director, Data and Analytics Specialist

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

Business:Group AI L3 

Req ID: 53406

Location: Guangzhou, TKH

Principal responsibilities

• Lead delivery of HSBC’s enterprise AI Safety & Evaluation capability, aligned to Group AI strategy and Responsible AI goals. 
• Build and run scalable AI safety testing (e.g., orange teaming, simulation, automated evals) and challenge guardrails, complementing Cyber and Model Risk Management testing. 
• Translate technical findings into decision-ready business risk assessments (impact/likelihood, acceptance criteria, go/no-go recommendations) and evidence for governance, approvals, and audit. 
• Test end-to-end solution controls (human-in-the-loop, monitoring, escalation, fallback/kill-switch), plus GenAI security risks (prompt injection, tool/RAG poisoning, permissions, agent controls). 
• Assess data/privacy/information governance (provenance, usage rights, cross-border/retention, PII leakage, memorisation) and operational resilience (availability, latency, outage scenarios, safe degradation, drift/safety regression monitoring). 
• Define risk-tiered metrics (KRIs/KPIs), automate regression benchmarks, and embed evaluation into LLMOps/CI/CD as release gates with traceable reporting. 
• Contribute to internal standards, frameworks, and the operating model for AI safety assurance across the AI lifecycle, embedding responsible AI principles into measurable controls. 
• Provide senior SME leadership across CAIO, Risk, Cyber, and AI teams; monitor emerging AI risks and industry developments; engage externally to shape best practice.

Requirements

• Strong hands-on knowledge of AI/ML engineering, including GenAI/LLMs and common deployment patterns (APIs, pipelines, MLOps/LLMOps). 
• Experience embedding guardrails and safety controls throughout model build and release lifecycles. 
• Practical model evaluation experience across performance, bias/fairness, explainability, and robustness. 
• Proven AI safety testing capability (red teaming, adversarial testing, scenario-based evaluation). 
• Solid understanding of AI cyber threats (prompt injection, data leakage, adversarial attacks) and threat modelling; able to partner with Cyber teams to run threat-led testing. 
• Familiar with risk/governance in regulated environments (MRM and operational risk), including documenting test outcomes and linking them to approval decisions. 
• Experience applying recognised frameworks such as NIST AI RMF, ISO/IEC 42001, and MAESTRO.

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