AI maturity
scaling
Head of AI/ML
Head of Applied AI (Executive Director)
Morgan Stanley · Financial Services / Investment Banking · 📍 Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR
Morgan Stanley is hiring a senior Applied AI leader in Hong Kong to drive enterprise-wide AI adoption and delivery across its Asia-Pacific technology services division.
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Key responsibilities
- Lead applied AI strategy and delivery within Enterprise Technology Services for the APAC region
- Partner with business and technology stakeholders to identify, prioritize, and deploy AI use cases at scale
- Govern AI model development, evaluation, and production deployment practices
- Drive AI talent development and capability building across technology teams
- Align applied AI initiatives with firm-wide AI/ML frameworks and risk management standards
Requirements
- Proven experience leading applied AI or ML engineering teams in a large financial institution or equivalent enterprise
- Deep technical fluency in modern AI/ML and generative AI architectures
- Executive Director-level stakeholder management and cross-functional leadership
- Track record of delivering production AI systems in regulated environments
Signals
- ⚠ No salary or compensation details disclosed
- ⚠ No job description body provided — limits ability to assess true scope
- ⚠ No indication of team size or existing AI headcount in region
- ✓ Morgan Stanley is a Tier 1 global bank with serious, well-resourced AI investment
- ✓ Executive Director seniority signals genuine organizational weight and mandate
- ✓ Applied AI is a firm-wide strategic priority — this is not a skunkworks role
- ✓ Hong Kong placement aligns with APAC expansion of AI capabilities in a major financial hub