Sr. Manager, AI, IT

Position Description Sr. Manager, AI will join a growing team focused on helping business groups realize value from Artificial Intelligence across the organization. Working closely with business stakeholders, Forward Deployment Engineers, AI engineers and technology teams, the role helps identify opportunities, drive adoption and ensure AI investment is aligned to measurable business outcomes. The role combines business engagement, portfolio coordination, governance and adoption activities, helping departments understand how AI can support their objectives while ensuring opportunities are assessed, prioritized and delivered in a structured and scalable manner. Key Areas of Responsibilitie s Build Engagement Build and maintain relationships with business stakeholders across Front Office, Back Office and Corporate Functions. Identify opportunities where AI can improve productivity, decision making and business outcomes. Support stakeholder engagement activities and AI opportunity discovery across departments. Facilitate workshops, requirements discussions and ideation sessions with business teams. Work alongside AI and technology colleagues to help translate business needs into practical AI initiatives. Maintain awareness of departmental priorities, strategic objectives and emerging opportunities . AI Portfolio and Opportunity Management Support the intake and qualification of AI opportunities. Coordinate use-case assessment, prioritisation and business-value analysis. Maintain the AI opportunity pipeline and portfolio backlog. Assist with portfolio reviews, prioritisation discussions and roadmap planning. Help ensure ownership, sponsorship and delivery accountability are clearly defined. Track progress, benefits and adoption metrics across active initiatives. Governance and Delivery Enablement Support AI governance processes and portfolio controls. Ensure initiatives follow agreed delivery, risk and compliance frameworks. Maintain portfolio reporting, status tracking and management updates. Coordinate benefits tracking and value measurement. Adoption and Enablement Partner with departments to accelerate adoption of AI capabilities and tools. Support awareness campaigns, clinics, training programmes and AI enablement activities. Gather user feedback and identify opportunities to improve adoption and business outcomes. Monitor adoption trends, engagement metrics and value realisation. Help departments develop practical AI roadmaps aligned to business goals. Requirements    Bachelor’s or Master’s degree or above in AI, Computer Science or related discipline Around 15 years of relevant experience in working directly with business stakeholders to identify opportunities, gather requirements and drive adoption of technology solutions Strong stakeholder management skills and experience working with business stakeholders in Financial Services or Technology organizations. Exposure in AI, analytics, data or digital transformation initiatives. Experience developing business cases, requirements and prioritisation frameworks. Excellent communication and facilitation capability Ability to translate business problems into structured opportunities. Strong analytical and organizational skills. Strong written and verbal communication skills in English and Chinese Familiarity with AI and Generative AI use cases will be preferred Experience with portfolio governance and prioritisation frameworks will be preferred Stay informed on CITIC Securities International Job Opportunities Not the right fit? You can create a job alert to receive our latest job openings that meet your interest.