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Sydney CBD Area, Australia
Onsite
Expression of Interest: Chapter Lead - ML, Data Science, Gen AI, Agentic AI
Do work that matters
At CommBank, we're investing in AI to create better customer experiences and meaningful value for the communities we serve. We welcome international talent who would love the experience of working in Australia. We encourage you to apply if you're open to diversifying your global experience and solving world-class AI problems across the Group in collaboration with our own AI Research Labs.
We operate with a fintech mindset as we grow our global footprint and build our people's careers, including a diversified culture of international Tech Hubs established in Seattle and San Francisco, USA, working alongside unique partnerships with OpenAI, Anthropic, AWS and Microsoft to accelerate safer AI outcomes for Australia. Join us to experience this first-hand!
As Chapter Lead, you will lead a specialist chapter of data scientists working across Gen AI, agentic AI and machine learning in diversified portfolios and business units scaling safer and responsible AI solutions. You will shape technical direction, guide architecture and design decisions, strengthen delivery practices, and grow the capability of the team. You will work with advanced data science, software engineering and AI platform teams that come together to solve complex problems at scale.
This is a hands-on leadership role. You will help move ideas from experimentation through evaluation, validation, deployment and ongoing monitoring, while ensuring solutions are safe, scalable and effective in a regulated environment.
See yourself in our team
You will join a highly technical data science team developing machine learning and emerging AI capabilities that help protect customers from fraud and scams. The team works closely with product, engineering, platform, architecture, MLOps and risk partners to deliver trusted solutions that operate reliably at scale.
We value curiosity, pragmatism, inclusion and continuous improvement. We share knowledge, test emerging methods thoughtfully and maintain a strong focus on customer outcomes, technical quality and responsible AI.
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Working with us
At CommBank, we foster a culture of inclusion and respect, celebrating diversity across cultures, abilities, capabilities, skills, global locations, genders, gender expressions and sexual orientations. If this role excites you but you don’t meet every requirement, we still encourage you to apply as you may be the right fit for this role or another opportunity with us.
We’re committed to making a meaningful difference for Australia’s First Nations peoples and welcome all applicants. We are open to international talent that would love to experience working in Australia.
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