As Singapore’s longest established bank, we have been dedicated to enabling individuals and businesses to achieve their aspirations since 1932. How? By taking the time to truly understand people. From there, we provide support, services, solutions, and career paths that meet their individual needs and desires.
Today, we’re on a journey of transformation. Leveraging technology and creativity to become a future-ready learning organisation. But for all that change, our strategic ambition is consistently clear and bold, which is to be Asia’s leading financial services partner for a sustainable future.
We invite you to build the bank of the future. Innovate the way we deliver financial services. Work in friendly, supportive teams. Build lasting value in your community. Help people grow their assets, business, and investments. Take your learning as far as you can. Or simply enjoy a vibrant, future-ready career.
Your Opportunity Starts Here.
Role Purpose
Reporting to the Group Data Office, Responsible AI Lead, you will help operationalise the Bank's Responsible AI principle, strengthen AI governance processes through automation, and provide responsible AI advisory across business units.
Key Responsibilities
1. AI Governance Framework Implementation
Understand regulatory expectations relating to AI governance and support the development and enhancement of the Bank's AI governance framework and policies to meet regulatory requirements and safeguard the Bank.
Support the development, implementation, and continuous improvement of practical AI standards, procedures, and guidelines for the Bank.
2. AI Governance Process Optimization & Adoption
Support the implementation of a modern Model Management Platform that enables lifecycle controls, documentation management, workflow automation, and monitoring capabilities.
Drive adoption of the platform across development teams and gather feedback to continuously improve usability, effectiveness, and coverage.
3. AI Governance Advisory & Business Enablement
Provide advisory and training to business units on how to meet AI governance requirements.
Perform review of critical and high-risk AI use cases, challenge AI implementations where necessary, and provide recommendations.
4. AI Inventory and Risk Assessment
Manage the department's AI inventory and facilitate AI risk and materiality assessments, FEAT assessment
5. Regulatory & Industry Monitoring
Monitor developments in AI regulations, supervisory expectations, and industry best practices.
Assist in preparing governance reports, management updates, regulatory submissions, and responses to regulators.
What You'll Bring
Must Have
Bachelor's or Master's degree in Artificial Intelligence, Data Science, Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related AI Governance discipline.
5–8 years in AI/ML, model risk, model validation, or AI governance — via technical practice, product delivery, or risk/governance roles with real AI exposure — within a bank or another regulated environment.
Practical experience in model validation and testing, with the ability to apply traditional model risk management principles to emerging AI use cases, including Generative AI and agentic AI systems.
Strong understanding of AI lifecycle management, bias and fairness, explainability, controls and guardrails and monitoring concepts.
Ability to critically assess and challenge complex AI systems, identify risks, and recommend effective controls.
Strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to produce decision-ready and regulatory-grade documentation and communicate technical and governance concepts to senior management and non-technical stakeholders.
Preferred
Familiarity with MAS and other regulatory frameworks covering AI risk management, data governance, technology risk, information security, and third-party risk management.
Hands-on experience with AI/GenAI frameworks and cloud-based AI services.
Experience contributing to the design and implementation of model management, governance, or risk management platforms.
Hands-on experience designing and executing GenAI evaluation methodologies and testing frameworks.
Exposure to industry forums, regulatory working groups, or governance committees related to AI.
Competitive base salary. A suite of holistic, flexible benefits to suit every lifestyle. Community initiatives. Industry-leading learning and professional development opportunities. Your wellbeing, growth and aspirations are every bit as cared for as the needs of our customers.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in AI, Data Science, Statistics, Mathematics, Computer Science, Engineering, or related AI Governance discipline.
- 5-8 years in AI/ML, model risk, model validation, or AI governance within a bank or regulated environment.
- Practical experience in model validation and testing, applying model risk management to Generative AI and agentic AI systems.
- Strong understanding of AI lifecycle management, bias and fairness, explainability, controls and guardrails, and monitoring concepts.
- Ability to critically assess and challenge complex AI systems, identify risks, and recommend effective controls.
- Strong written and verbal communication skills; produce decision-ready, regulatory-grade documentation and communicate to senior and non-technical stakeholders.
- Familiarity with MAS and other regulatory frameworks covering AI risk management, data governance, technology risk, information security, and third-party risk management.
- Hands-on experience with AI/GenAI frameworks and cloud-based AI services.
- Experience contributing to design and implementation of model management, governance, or risk management platforms.
- Hands-on experience designing and executing GenAI evaluation methodologies and testing frameworks.
- Exposure to industry forums, regulatory working groups, or governance committees related to AI.
What We Do
OCBC is the longest established Singapore bank, formed in 1932 from the merger of three local banks, the oldest of which was founded in 1912. It is now the second largest financial services group in Southeast Asia by assets and one of the world’s most highly-rated banks, with an Aa1 rating from Moody’s. Recognised for its financial strength and stability, OCBC is consistently ranked among the World’s Top 50 Safest Banks by Global Finance and has been named Best Managed Bank in Singapore by The Asian Banker. OCBC and its subsidiaries offer a broad array of commercial banking, specialist financial and wealth management services, ranging from consumer, corporate, investment, private and transaction banking to treasury, insurance, asset management and stockbroking services. OCBC’s key markets are Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia and Greater China. It has more than 570 branches and representative offices in 19 countries and regions. These include about 300 branches and offices in Indonesia under subsidiary Bank OCBC NISP, and over 90 branches and offices in Mainland China, Hong Kong SAR and Macau SAR under OCBC Wing Hang. OCBC’s private banking services are provided by its wholly-owned subsidiary Bank of Singapore, which operates on a unique open-architecture product platform to source for the best-in-class products to meet its clients’ goals. OCBC's insurance subsidiary, Great Eastern Holdings, is the oldest and most established life insurance group in Singapore and Malaysia. Its asset management subsidiary, Lion Global Investors, is one of the largest private sector asset management companies in Southeast Asia.
