Head, Ai Platforms

Job ID: 28371

Location: Singapore, SG

Area of interest: Technology

Job type: Regular Employee

Work style: Hybrid Working

Opening date: 9 May 2025

**Job Summary**-
**Key Responsibilities**
- Platform Development: Lead the design, development, and maintenance of a scalable AI and ML platform infrastructure, both on-premises and in the cloud.
- Best Practices: Ensure best practices in software development, code quality, testing, and documentation.
- Framework Adoption: Drive the adoption of AI and ML frameworks such as MLFlow, Kubeflow, and Unity Catalog.
- Platform Security: Understand and implement platform security measures, including threat modeling and security frameworks, to protect AI and ML assets.
- IT Integration: Ensure seamless integration of IT operations with the AI platform, optimizing for performance and reliability.
- Infrastructure as Code: Utilize IaC principles to automate the provisioning and management of AI infrastructure using tools like Terraform.
- Containerization & Kubernetes: Implement and manage containerization and orchestration using Docker and Kubernetes.
- DevOps & MLOps: Understand and integrate with DevOps and MLOps practices to streamline the development, deployment, and monitoring of AI models.
- Cloud & On-Premise Deployments: Manage hybrid cloud and on-premise platform deployments, ensuring scalability and efficiency.
- Innovation & Improvement: Stay abreast of the latest advancements in AI, cloud computing, and infrastructure technologies, continuously improving the platform.
- Collaboration: Work closely with data scientists, AI engineers, and other stakeholders to ensure the platform meets the needs of various AI projects.
- Team Leadership: Lead and mentor a team of engineers, fostering a culture of innovation, collaboration, and excellence.
- Strategic Planning: Develop and execute a strategic roadmap for the AI platform, aligning with the company's overall AI strategy.

**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.

**Key stakeholders**
- TTO Management Team
- T&A Management Team
- CDO
- Software Engineering Platform Teams
- Business, Regional & Country CIOs & COOs
- Operational, Technology & Cyber Risk
- Chief Data Office
- Group and Country Compliance & Regulators
- Group Internal Audit
- Group Operational Risk
- 15+ years of experience in infrastructure engineering, DevOps, and platform development, with a focus on AI and machine learning environments.
- Extensive experience with infrastructure as code (IaC) tools like Terraform, containerization (Docker), and orchestration (Kubernetes).
- Strong proficiency in DevOps and MLOps practices, including CI/CD pipelines, automation frameworks, and MLFlow.
- Deep understanding of threat modeling and security frameworks to protect AI and ML infrastructure.
- Expertise in cloud platforms like AWS, GCP, or Azure, and experience in managing hybrid cloud environments.
- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to design innovative solutions to complex challenges.
- Proven leadership and team management experience, with the ability to inspire and guide a team of engineers.
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to effectively collaborate with cross-functional teams.
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field is preferred.

**Role Specific Technical Competencies**
- Hands on with AI Platform Development with experience in IaC and cloud service providers
- Experience on MLOps, LLMOps and RAGOps
- Hands-on experience with working on Cloud and On Premises Platforms
- Experience with design and implementation and deploying infrastructure at scle
- Programming languages such as Python

**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