The Singapore Public Service

[What the role is]

Provide strategic direction and lead a team of supervisors focused on supervision of AI risk management for the financial sector. This position sits with Banking Department II.

[What you will be working on]

• Oversee the development and implementation of supervisory frameworks and approaches for AI risk management.

• Work on both broad and technical policy and regulatory issues across the finance sector relating to all aspects of AI

• Coordinate with whole-of-government agencies on AI related matters that impact the financial sector

• Work on standards-setting work at international bodies related to AI risk management in finance

• Work with departments in MAS overseeing the development of AI in finance and contribute to the broader MAS strategy on AI

• Drive research and analysis on emerging AI trends, risks, and mitigation techniques relevant to finance.

• Manage team resources, project timelines, and deliverables.

[What we are looking for]

• Extensive experience in AI governance, AI risk management and/or AI implementation in the financial sector.

• Good understanding of regulatory frameworks and risk management principles for financial institutions.

• Experience with financial regulation or supervision is valued.

• Proven leadership skills with experience managing teams and complex projects.

• Deep understanding of AI, machine learning technologies, data science, with a strong interest to stay current with rapidly evolving AI technologies and regulatory landscapes.

• Excellent analytical, strategic thinking, and problem-solving abilities.

• Strong communication skills, capable of engaging both technical and non-technical audiences.

• Strong interpersonal skills, with experience in engagement of diverse stakeholders.

• Relevant advanced degrees in fields like AI, Computer Science, Data Science, Finance, or a related highly quantitative field.

As part of the shortlisting process for this role, you may be required to complete a medical declaration and/or undergo further assessment.

All applicants will be notified on whether they are shortlisted or not within 4 weeks of the closing date of this job posting.

[What the role is]

You will be joining a team focused on supervision of AI risk management for the banking sector.

[What you will be working on]

• Support the development and implementation of supervisory frameworks and approaches for AI risk management.

• Work on both broad and technical policy and regulatory issues across the finance sector relating to all aspects of AI

• Coordinate with whole-of-government agencies on AI related matters that impact the financial sector

• Work on standards-setting work at international bodies related to AI risk management in finance

• Provide expert guidance on AI-related technical matters to other MAS stakeholders outside of banking supervision

• Work on supervisory reviews of AI models and systems in banks

• Work with departments in MAS overseeing development of AI in finance

• Drive research and analysis on emerging AI trends, risks, and mitigation techniques relevant to finance.

• Oversee the development and delivery of training programs on AI risk and governance.

[What we are looking for]

• Experience in financial supervision or risk management.

• Prior leadership skills with experience managing teams and complex projects will be advantageous.

• Deep understanding of artificial intelligence, machine learning technologies, data science.

• Experience in policy development or governance, particularly related to AI.

• Excellent analytical, strategic thinking, and problem-solving abilities.

• Strong communication skills, capable of engaging both technical and non-technical audiences.

• Experience in stakeholder engagement across industry and government bodies.

• Relevant degrees in fields like Computer Science, Data Science, Finance, or a related highly quantitative field.

As part of the shortlisting process for this role, you may be required to complete a medical declaration and/or undergo further assessment.

All applicants will be notified on whether they are shortlisted or not within 4 weeks of the closing date of this job posting.

[What the role is]

The Government Technology Agency (GovTech) is the lead agency driving Singapore’s Smart Nation initiatives and public sector digital transformation. As the Centre of Excellence for Infocomm Technology and Smart Systems (ICT & SS), GovTech develops the Singapore Government’s capabilities in Data Science & Artificial Intelligence, Application Development, Smart City Technology, Digital Infrastructure, and Cybersecurity.

At GovTech, we offer you a purposeful career to make lives better. We empower our people to master their craft through continuous and robust learning and development opportunities all year round. Our GovTechies embody our Agile, Bold and Collaborative values to deliver impactful solutions.

GovTech aims to transform the delivery of Government digital services by taking an "outside-in" view, putting citizens and businesses at the heart of everything we do.

Play a part in Singapore’s vision to build a Smart Nation and embark on your meaningful journey to build tech for public good. Join us to advance our mission and shape your future with us today!

Learn more about GovTech at tech.gov.sg.

[What you will be working on]

The Responsible AI team, part of GovTech's Artificial Intelligence Tech Practice, develops technical capabilities in defining, measuring, and mitigating various Responsible AI issues. We aim to be at the forefront of the AI safety and responsible AI space through learning, experimentation, and applied research.

Some of our past open-source work include RabakBench, KnowOrNot, MinorBench, and LionGuard, and you can find more details in our Responsible AI playbook (https://playbooks.aip.gov.sg/responsibleai/responsibleai/), huggingface page (https://huggingface.co/govtech) or the team blog (https://medium.com/dsaid-govtech).

What we do
Data scientists in the Responsible AI team will focus on experimenting with the latest developments in the Responsible AI space to raise the level of AI safety, robustness and fairness in government AI systems. This includes designing and conducting AI testing and evaluations for LLMs and agentic AI, finetuning models for alignment and red-teaming, and developing accurate and efficient guardrails.

To do this well, we collaborate with many technical partners, including the private sector, academic institutions, and international players. We also aim to share our expertise with the wider community, so you will have the chance to contribute to open-source research, present our work and show how we are leading the way in Responsible AI. Additionally, we work closely with policymakers to provide technical guidance on AI governance and policies.

If you’re curious about how Responsible AI, practical engineering, and real-world policy come together and would like to contribute your ideas and skills in this space, you’ll find plenty of opportunities to learn, build, and make an impact with us.

[What we are looking for]

• Demonstrated experience with end-to-end data science projects, from scoping, development, deployment, and monitoring

• Strong technical understanding of LLMs, especially how they work, how to do prompt engineering effectively, and how to build apps with them

• Good understanding of key AI safety, robustness and fairness concepts, especially in how to operationalise and apply them to AI systems

• Competent in Python programming, with some familiarity of cloud deployments for ML models and LLMs

• Strong interest in AI safety or responsible AI, especially given the need to read up independently on these areas and continuously explore and experiment

• Self-motivated, thinks proactively and creatively about how to solve challenges

• Desire to build tech for the public good

We also have a strong preference for any applicant with informal or formal experience with any of the work below:

• Conducting LLM or agentic AI safety testing, including jailbreaking or prompt injections

• Developing guardrails for LLMs or using equivalent tools (eg NeMo, LLM-Guard)

• Developing fairness assessments for AI systems

GovTech is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering an inclusive workplace that values diverse voices and perspectives, as we believe that diversity is the foundation to innovation.

Our employee benefits are based on a total rewards approach, offering a holistic and market-competitive suite of perks. These include leave benefits to meet your work-life needs and employee wellness programmes.

We champion flexible work arrangements (subject to your job role) and trust that you will manage your own time to deliver your best, wherever you are, and whatever works best for you.

Learn more about life inside GovTech at go.gov.sg/GovTechCareers.

Stay connected with us on social media at go.gov.sg/ConnectWithGovTech.