HSBC Group

GCB 4

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Wealth and Personal Banking (WPB) Hong Kong helps deliver on HSBC’s purpose of opening up a world of opportunity by providing our customers with borderless banking and world-class wealth management through best-in-class, mobile-first capabilities, and exceptional people. Our international network and breadth of expertise enable us to support individuals, families, business owners, investors, and entrepreneurs. We have four key business areas responsible for efficiently bringing the best of HSBC to our clients through a broad and relevant suite of wealth and retail banking capabilities: Asset Management, Global Private Banking & Wealth, HSBC Life, Retail Banking & Strategy and COO & Digital Transformation.

We are currently seeking a high calibre professional to join our team as a Principle Data Scientist.

Principal Responsibilities

In this role you will

• Front business stakeholders across the bank as the domain SME to identify, scope and prioritize Machine Learning / Data Science opportunities. You will be in charge of translating business requirements into concrete data science solutions and work out delivery plan with Data team and IT team
• Design, develop and train robust and scalable Machine Learning models (e.g., regression, classifiers, clusters, outliers), for production
• Oversee the full lifecycle of the models from ideation to production. Performing monitoring, maintenance, governance work and follow-ups/improvements where needed

To be successful you will need

• Strong proficiency in Python for machine learning model development, with strong years of hands-on coding experience in building, optimizing and monitoring production grade ML solutions
• In-depth understanding of the state-of-art application of Machine Learning in financial industries to drive customer lifecycle and business growth
• Hands on experience querying and manipulating large datasets in BigQuery or other similar SQL-based data warehouse solutions
• Proven expertise in the end-to-end ML lifecycle from idea to deployment, as well as the monitoring of models for performance and possible degradation
• Proficient communication skills in directly facing senior business stakeholders, with consultancy experience preferred
• Experience with model governance would be highly desirable, as tasks such as writing detailed model documentation to comply with local regulation are also within the scope of the role

When applying, please submit a full resume and attach your appraisal reports for the last two performance years. Your local internal application policy should be followed. For internal applicants in Hong Kong with less than twelve months in their current role, please also obtain and enclose the endorsement from your current line manager in the application as well; for more information you can visit HRDirect and search for content "HKG: Do I need any approval to look for internal career opportunities?".

Opening up a world of opportunity

Candidate with less relevant experience or skills may be offered a lower Global Career Band than stated above.

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Issued by The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited.