AI Program Delivery Lead

Description

Position Summary:

As Program Delivery Lead for the AI Centre of Excellence (AI CoE), you will lead the planning, execution, and governance of strategic Artificial Intelligence (AI), Advanced Analytics, and Digital Innovation initiatives that support business transformation, productivity enhancement, and capability development across the organization.

Working within a global cross-functional environment, you will coordinate multidisciplinary teams comprising business stakeholders, data scientists, data engineers, solution architects, AI specialists, and external partners to deliver AI-enabled products, advanced analytics solutions, and innovation programs.

The role is responsible for operating delivery frameworks, governance processes, portfolio oversight, and value-realization mechanisms that enable the AI CoE to successfully incubate, scale, and operationalize AI solutions across multiple business domains.

This position plays a key role in developing organizational AI capabilities, supporting technology adoption, driving innovation outcomes, and ensuring delivery excellence across the AI CoE portfolio.

Key Outputs: What we can expect from you:

• Lead delivery of AI, machine learning, generative AI, advanced analytics, and digital innovation initiatives aligned with organizational strategy.

• Operate program governance, portfolio management, and delivery frameworks for AI CoE initiatives.

• Coordinate cross-functional teams consisting of business SMEs, data scientists, data engineers, architects, and technology partners to deliver AI products and solutions.

• Drive execution of innovation programmes from ideation, experimentation and proof-of-concept through to production deployment and business adoption.

• Ensure AI delivery activities meet quality, compliance, risk management, and governance requirements.

• Manage external vendors, technology partners, and specialist consulting resources supporting AI CoE objectives.

• Maintain AI program roadmaps, delivery plans, benefits tracking, and value realization processes.

• Facilitate capability transfer and knowledge-sharing activities to strengthen internal AI and analytics competencies.

• Support organizational adoption of AI technologies through stakeholder engagement, communications, and change management.

• Establish performance measures and reporting mechanisms to track AI program outcomes, benefits, and business impact.

• Support the development of Singapore-based digital, analytics, and AI capabilities in alignment with AI CoE objectives.

What skills will you gain from this role?

• A deep understanding of various delivery approaches, together with the skills and knowhow required to deliver complex projects.

• A breadth of exposure to both business and IT processes across the global organization.

• Honing of leadership and interpersonal skills across all levels within the organization.

• Know-how to manage relationships with external stakeholders.

• Capability to work with high levels of assumption and ambiguity.

• Ability to lead and influence colleagues in the absence of direct line management authority.

• Opportunity to learn and interact with colleagues across different regions and cultures.

• Support to attain globally recognized program/project management accreditation (where required).

A successful candidate is likely to have:

• Demonstrated strong program/project management and organizational skills.

• Experience in a range of adaptive delivery methodologies such as Waterfall, Agile, Hybrid etc.

• Proven communication and interpersonal skills, which will include:

o The ability to build positive relationships across Functions and regions,

o The ability to constructively challenge and influence colleagues and leaders.

• A strong team player, ideally with experience of working within cross-functional teams.

• Ability to identify and resolve conflict and problems.

• Discipline to assess and manage risks at the right level.

• Program/project-related financial analysis skills.

• Strong IT capabilities, with a vision for opportunities ahead.

• An evident desire to learn, be challenged, and enhance personal know-how.

• Experience in Agile delivery in a squad set-up preferred.

• Knowledge of the specialty chemical sector will be highly desired but not required.