Principal Technologist - Software Engineering

Job description

**Educational Requirements** Bachelor of Engineering **Service Line** Strategic Technology Group **Responsibilities** - Define and execute the technology strategy across risk, governance, regulatory, policy, and enterprise oversight platforms. - Provide overall leadership and accountability for a portfolio of applications, data platforms, and analytics capabilities, ensuring reliability, scalability, and security. - Oversee the design, development, and operational management of modern data pipelines and data products, ensuring high standards for data quality, integrity, and security. - Partner with data scientists, analysts, and platform teams to identify and implement data-driven and AI-enabled solutions that address complex business and risk challenges. - Act as a strategic technology partner to senior executives, contributing to ideation, innovation, prioritization, and long-term strategic alignment. - Build and maintain multi-year business and technology roadmaps, and ensure the successful delivery of aligned initiatives. - Lead resource strategy, staffing, and capacity planning across delivery and support teams (FTEs and contractors) to ensure effective execution and platform stability. - Partner closely with enterprise architecture, infrastructure, and shared technology services to ensure solutions align with enterprise standards and long-term strategy. **Technical and Professional Requirements:** - Serve as an experienced product or experience owner, helping shape priorities and drive value-focused delivery. - Manage third-party vendor engagements, including scope definition, contract terms, delivery performance, and financial management. - Research and evaluate emerging AI and ML technologies, identifying opportunities to improve analytical capabilities, insights, and operational outcomes. - Oversee the development and deployment of AI/ML models supporting monitoring, risk assessment, analytics, and reporting use cases. - Ensure that all platforms and solutions meet enterprise standards for governance, controls, auditability, and regulatory expectations. - Work effectively within a matrix organisation collaborating across core engineering teams, business leadership, and peers across geographies, balancing both leadership and service capabilities. **Preferred Skills:** - Artificial Intelligence - ALL - PYTHON