Associate Director, Technology Management(VP - AI Strategic Transformation) Greater Guangzhou, China Area

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We are currently seeking an experienced professional to join our team in the role of Associate Director, Technology Management(VP - AI Strategic Transformation).

Business:CTOJob ID: 63970

Principal responsibilities

Key Responsibilities:

Leveraging Strategic Partnerships workstream: Own the programme management of IDP's partnerships workstream feeding the Group AI programme – building and maintaining the plan, milestones, dependencies, RAID log and financials, and ensuring the workstream delivers against the commitments made into the wider programme.

Programme governance and reporting: Run the governance and reporting cycle for the workstream – preparing status reporting, steering and programme board submissions, and ensuring a single, accurate and timely view of progress, risk and value is available to the Group AI programme and to IDP leadership.

Cross-workstream integration: Act as IDP's interface into the Group AI programme, managing dependencies with other workstreams, escalating blockers, and ensuring partnership commitments, timelines and benefits are reflected consistently in the overall programme view.

Strategy development and execution: Support the Director of IDP in shaping and refreshing the function's strategy – conducting analysis, developing options and recommendations, translating agreed direction into objectives, roadmaps and measurable outcomes, and tracking delivery against them.

Operating rhythm and governance: Run the operating rhythm for the Director of IDP and the leadership team – setting agendas, preparing materials, capturing decisions and actions, and driving follow-through to closure.

Team effectiveness and organisational health: Support the Director of IDP on organisational and team matters, including onboarding, colleague engagement, internal communications, capability planning and cultural initiatives that sustain a high-performing global team.

Special initiatives: Lead strategic initiatives and analyses on behalf of the Director of IDP where dedicated focus is required, from framing the problem through to a decision-ready recommendation and implementation.

Leadership & Teamwork

Lead the Leveraging Strategic Partnerships workstream through matrix leadership of contributors across partnership, innovation and technology teams in multiple jurisdictions, without direct line authority.

Bring cohesion to the IDP China leadership team – connecting agendas, surfacing tensions early, and holding colleagues to the commitments they have made

Requirements

Programme management: Proven track record of managing complex, multi-stakeholder programmes or workstreams in a large organisation – planning, dependency and risk management, governance, and reporting into senior programme structures.

Strategic analysis: Ability to structure ambiguous problems, conduct rigorous analysis, and develop clear, decision-ready recommendations for a senior audience.

Executive communication: Exceptional written and verbal communication, with demonstrable experience producing materials for executive and Board-level audiences.

Stakeholder engagement: Strong grasp of engaging with diverse stakeholders, covering business, technology and external partnerships, to align innovation efforts with bank priorities.

AI: Working knowledge of artificial intelligence and its practical application in financial services – sufficient to engage credibly with technical colleagues and strategic partners, and to translate technical progress into business terms.

Partnerships: Understanding of how strategic technology and AI partnerships are structured, governed and commercially realised within a large, regulated organisation.

Strategic: Proven track record in translating strategy into executable plans and measurable outcomes.

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