This role is responsible for developing analytical capabilities and data science algorithms to enable targeted marketing, process optimization and support for other functional areas of the bank. It focuses on applying machine learning techniques, conducting statistical analysis and building high-quality predictive and AI systems integrated with the bank’s products and functions
Strategy and Planning
- Support Big Data analytics for MY initiatives.
- Leverage state of the art algorithms to deliver value of big data to business.
- Exploratory data analysis and model development using state-of-the-art methods, keeping abreast with latest developments in machine learning and applying them to solve business problems
- Selecting features, building and optimizing classifiers using machine learning techniques
- Extending company’s data with third party sources of information when needed
- Enhancing data collection procedures to include information that is relevant for building analytic systems
- Processing, cleansing, and verifying the integrity of data used for analysis
- Perform analysis and presenting results in a clear and concise manner
- Creating automated model automation to produce periodic output systems and constant tracking of its performance
- Building and integrating Large Language Model (LLMs) and LangChain into the business processes
Business and Performance and Management
Regulatory Compliance
- Ensures all Group Consumer operations are in compliance with Group, local and regional regulations
Job Specification *
Qualifications
(Basic Degree/Diploma etc)
- Bachelor's Degree or Professional Qualification in the relevant discipline (Financial/Engineering/Computer Science/Actuarial Science/Statistics)
- Candidate must have at least 5 years of hands on experience in statistical modeling using machine learning and AI techniques
Required Competencies and Skills *
Competencies/Skills
(Essential to succeed in this job)
Technical/Functional skills
- Demonstrated experience in applying and implementing machine learning techniques such as neural networks, SVM, recommender engines, deep learning algorithms (e.g., TensorFlow, PyTorch), etc.
- Some knowledge of NLP, computer vision, and other generative AI techniques (e.g., GPT, BERT, GANs) is encouraged
- Strong knowledge of common data science toolkits like tools like R / Python.
- Experience with MLOps tools and practices, including version control, CI/CD, containerization (e.g., Docker), and orchestration (e.g., Kubernetes).
- Familiar in SQL and visualization tool such as Excel and QlikView,
- Knowledge in Big Data Tools (e.g. Hive, Impala, Hadoop and Spark) is an added advantage.
- Hands-on experience utilizing cloud base data analytics offering and services is an added advantage
Personal skills (Soft Competencies [Core/Leadership])
- Ability to manage AI/ML projects, including model development, testing, deployment, and monitoring.
- Strong presentation and influencing skills required to put forward solution/ model to solve business problems
- Active team player that support various solution/ model initiatives across the bank
- Builds strong culture of excellent service and high performance
- #LI-AZ1
Skills Required
- Bachelor's Degree in relevant discipline
- At least 5 years of experience in statistical modeling using machine learning and AI techniques
- Demonstrated experience in machine learning techniques such as neural networks and SVM
- Strong knowledge of Python and R
- Experience with MLOps tools such as CI/CD and Docker
What We Do
CIMB Group is a leading ASEAN universal bank, one of the largest Asian investment banks and one of the world's largest Islamic banks. We are headquartered in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia and offer consumer banking, commercial banking, wholesale banking, Islamic banking, and asset management products and services. As the fifth largest banking group in ASEAN, we have over 36,000 staff in 16 locations across ASEAN, Asia and beyond. CIMB Bank and CIMB Islamic Bank are members of PIDM.
