Technical Manager, Data and AI
About this role
The Technical Manager for our Data and Artificial Intelligence (AI) projects provides hands-on technical leadership in the design, development, and deployment of data platforms, analytics solutions, and applied AI capabilities.
In addition to solution delivery, the role is responsible for aligning multiple Data and AI initiative tracks and building technical direction to ensure architectural coherence, reusability, and long-term sustainability across the organisation’s AI landscape.
Reporting to the Head of Technology, this role sets technical direction and guardrails for Data and AI initiatives while being actively involved in day-to-day practical implementation and problem-solving.
Although this is an individual contributor position, the selected candidate is expected to work closely with various Technology team members especially the Robotics team to support the integration of AI, data, and automation capabilities, enabling robotics initiatives to be effectively connected with the broader data and AI platform ecosystem
Technical Direction and Alignment
Align multiple Data and AI initiative tracks to ensure consistency in architecture, tooling, and engineering practices.
Propose and refine technical direction for Data and AI capabilities based on organisational needs, platform maturity, and emerging technologies.
Identify overlaps, gaps, and technical risks across initiatives and recommend corrective actions.
Technical Architecture and Solution Design
Lead the technical design of data platforms, analytics pipelines, and AI solutions.
Define reference architectures, design patterns, and integration standards for Data and AI solutions.
Make hands-on technical decisions across the Data and AI stack, from data ingestion to model deployment.
Solution Development and Delivery
Actively contribute to the development and deployment of Data and AI solutions.
Guide teams in building production-ready data pipelines, analytics layers, and AI models.
Support solution hardening, performance tuning, and operational readiness.
Technical Governance and Standards
Establish and maintain technical standards, architectural principles, and governance practices for Data and AI solutions.
Review solution designs and implementations to ensure compliance with defined guardrails.
Ensure solution quality, reusability, and consistency across initiatives.
Data, AI and Model Governance
Define and apply governance practices covering data quality, lineage, access control, and lifecycle management.
Support responsible AI practices, including model transparency, monitoring, and risk mitigation.
Ensure alignment with data protection, cybersecurity, and organisational policies.
Platform, Machine Learning and Engineering Practices
Promote best practices for Data and Machine Learning Ops, including versioning, testing, monitoring, and automation.
Support operational governance for deployed data pipelines and AI models.
Work with IT and operations teams to ensure reliability and maintainability.
Collaboration and Technical Leadership
Work closely with solution owners, engineers, and domain experts to translate requirements into technically aligned solutions.
Provide technical mentorship and act as a point of technical authority for Data and AI decisions.
Communicate technical direction clearly to both technical and non-technical stakeholders.
Required Qualifications & Experience
Degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Data Science, or related discipline.
3-5 years of hands-on experience in data engineering, analytics, or AI solution development.
Proven experience providing technical leadership across multiple concurrent initiatives.
Practical exposure to data governance, security, and compliance requirements.
Desired Skills & Competencies
Data and AI architecture and solution design
Technical strategy and alignment
Data governance and responsible AI
MLOps and DataOps frameworks
Cross-team technical leadership
At Surbana Jurong, we put talent, hard work, teamwork and a fun workplace together to approach problems and solve them creatively and collaboratively. Join us in making a positive impact on the world!
Company at a glance
Surbana Jurong Group is a global urban, infrastructure and managed services consulting firm, with over 70 years of track record in successful project delivery. Headquartered in Singapore, the group has a global talent pool of 16,000 across Surbana Jurong and our member companies AETOS, Atelier Ten, B+H, KTP, Prostruct, RBG, SAA, Sino-Sun and SMEC, based in more than 120 offices in over 40 countries. They include architects, designers, planners, engineers and other specialists driven by progressive thinking and creative ideas to help shape a better future.
Our technical experts deliver sustainable solutions that cover the entire project life cycle from planning and design, through to delivery and management, as well as decommissioning and closure. We provide a full suite of multidisciplinary consultancy services across a diverse range of sectors that includes aviation, healthcare, hospitality, transport, energy, water and environment.
Surbana Jurong has built more than a million homes in Singapore, created master plans for more than 30 countries and developed over 100 industrial parks globally. Our tag line “Building Cities, Shaping Lives” expresses how every project or undertaking is, for the Group, an opportunity to fulfil aspirations and enrich lives. By designing and delivering quality housing, work spaces, roads, rail, hydropower, dams, underground and coastal protections and other critical infrastructure needed by our clients, we are redefining cities and transforming them into sustainable and liveable spaces where communities and businesses, present and future, can thrive.
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