Regional Head of Data & AI, Asia

Let’s care for tomorrow.

Your ambitions.  Your dreams. Your tomorrow

Whether it’s aircraft, international business or offshore wind parks, Allianz Commercial has an extensive range of risks covered when it comes to protecting businesses. 

We are looking for a Regional Head of Data& AI, Asia, based in Singapore.

The Impact You Will Have

As the Regional Head of Data & AI, Asia, you will be responsible for shaping, driving and executing the AI strategy for Asia, with a strong emphasis on Generative AI and Agentic AI solutions. You will lead the identification, prioritisation and delivery of high-impact AI use cases across underwriting, claims, distribution and operational functions, while ensuring alignment with Allianz Commercial’s global AI roadmap. You will be a hands-on strategic leader who can translate cutting-edge AI capabilities into tangible business outcomes, champion adoption across diverse Asia markets, and build strong partnerships with local and global stakeholders. You will also play a key role in establishing Responsible AI governance practices across the region.

Some of your specific responsibilities could include:

AI Strategy &Execution

• Develop and execute the Asia’s AIstrategy in alignment with Allianz Commercial’s global AI roadmap, with aprimary focus on Generative AI and Agentic AI applications.
• Act as a local counterpart to GDOto apply strategy and guide execution locally
• Identify, prioritise and deliver high-impact AI use cases across underwriting, claims, distribution, risk consulting and operational functions.
• Drive the transition of AI initiatives from pilot/proof-of-concept to scalable, production-grade deployments that deliver measurable business outcomes and ROI.
• Maintain a rolling AI use case portfolio with clear business cases, timelines and success metrics.

Generative AI & Agentic AI Leadership

• Lead the evaluation, adoption and deployment of language models (both large and small), generative AI tools and agentic AI workflows across the Asia’s business.
• Design and oversee the implementation of AI agents capable of autonomous decision-making in areas such as submission triage, document processing, claims assessment and customer interaction.
• Stay at the forefront of emerging AI technologies, evaluating new models, frameworks and vendor offerings (e.g. OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Microsoft, open-source) for regional applicability.

Responsible AI &Governance

• Establish and maintain a regional AI governance framework, ensuring compliance with evolving Asia regulatory landscapes (e.g. Singapore’s AI governance framework, Australia’s AI ethics principles, Japan’s AI guidelines).
• Implement Responsible AI practices including model risk management, bias detection, explainability, transparency and human-in-the-loop safeguards.
• Partner with Legal, Compliance, Risk and Information Security teams to ensure AI deployments meet regulatory, ethical and data privacy requirements.

Stakeholder Engagement & Change Management

• Act as the primary AI liaison between the GDO and Asia business leaders, translating complex AI concepts into actionable business in sights and fostering AI-driven decision-making.
• Drive AI adoption and literacy across the region through training programmes, workshops, internal communications and hands-on enablement.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with Lines of Business, IT, Pricing, Product Management and regional leadership to ensure alignment and sustainable adoption of AI solutions.

Vendor & Partner Ecosystem

• Manage relationships with external AI technology vendors, cloud platform providers and academic/research partners across the Asia region.
• Evaluate and recommend AI tools, platforms and partnerships that accelerate the regional AI agenda.

Performance & Reporting

• Define and track AI-related KPIs, measuring business impact, adoption rates and return on investment for AI initiatives.
• Provide regular reporting and updates to the Head of AI, Allianz Commercial, and relevant Asia leadership on AI progress, risks and opportunities.
• Contribute to global AI community of practice, sharing Asia learnings and best practices with other regional AI leads.

What You’ll Bring to the Role

Technical Skill:

• Generative AI, language models (large and small, including SLMs for edge/on-device deployment), prompt engineering, retrieval-augmented generation (RAG), fine-tuning and agentic AI architectures.(Minimum 7 to 10 years)
• AI/ML frameworks, cloud platforms (Azure, AWS, GCP), and MLOps practices. (Minimum 7 to 10 years)
• AI principles, model risk management, AIgovernance frameworks and data privacy regulations across Asia jurisdictions. (Minimum7 to 10 years)
• Tools and platforms such as Python, SQL, Databricks, and modern AI development stacks. (Minimum 7 to 10 years)

General Skill:

• Project Steering: Exceptional stakeholdermanagement and communication skills, with the ability to influence seniorleaders and translate technical concepts for non-technical audiences. (Minimum7 to 10 years)
• Change Management: Strong change management capabilities with a proven ability to drive AI adoption across diverse, multi-cultural teams. (Minimum 7 to 10 years)
• Entrepreneurship: Entrepreneurial mindset with a bias for action and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced, matrixed organisation. (Minimum 7 to 10 years)
• Leadership: Ability to build, inspire and lead high-performing, cross-functional teams across multiple Asia markets. (Minimum7 to 10 years)
• Insurance: Strong understanding of the insurance value chain (underwriting, claims, distribution, pricing) is highly desirable. (Minimum 7 to 10 years)

Education / Certifications:

• Bachelors degree in a related field. Master degree is a plus.

What’s in it for you?

Let’s care about everything that makes you, you

We are committed to nurturing an inclusive environment where everyone feels they belong. We offer a hybrid working model, which recognizes the value of striking a balance between in-person collaboration and remote working.  Please feel free to discuss flexible working arrangements with us.

Let’s care for your financial wellbeing

We believe in rewarding performance with a great compensation and benefits package (details vary by location), including a generous bonus scheme and pension.

Let’s care for your opportunities to progress

From career development and digital learning programs to international career mobility, we offer lifelong learning for our employees worldwide and an environment where innovation, delivery and empowerment are fostered.

Let’s care for life’s twists and turns

From our support for flexible working, health and wellbeing (including private healthcare and generous parental leave benefits), to helping people return from career breaks with experience that nothing else can teach. We've got your back.

Let’s care for our society and our planet

With opportunities to be engaged in shaping a future that is safe, inclusive and sustainable, we care for the tomorrows of our people, our industry and our clients.

Care to join us?

Allianz Commercial is the center of expertise of Allianz Group, insuring mid-sized businesses, large enterprises, and special risks. Our customers include top consumer brands, financial institutions, industry leaders, the global aviation and shipping industries, as well as family-owned and medium-enterprises. We also cover unique risks such as offshore wind farms, infrastructure projects and film productions. Our clients trust us to provide a wide range of traditional and alternative risk transfer solutions, outstanding risk consulting and multinational services, and seamless claims handling. Allianz Commercial helps customers to prepare for what's ahead.

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At Allianz, we stand for unity: we believe that a united world is a more prosperous world, and we are dedicated to consistently advocating for equal opportunities for all. And the foundation for this is our inclusive workplace, where people and performance both matters, and nurtures a culture grounded in integrity, fairness, inclusion and trust.

We therefore welcome applications regardless of ethnicity or cultural background, age, gender, nationality, religion, social class, disability or sexual orientation, or any other characteristics protected under applicable local laws and regulations.

Join us. Let's care for tomorrow.

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