AI Platform Manager - Databricks in Milton Keynes

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Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

Type: Permanent - Hybrid working

Due to growth, we are hiring for an AI Platform Manager - Databricks to join us permanently on a hybrid working basis, one working from the UK and the other in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.

With this role, you will be accountable for the reliable, secure and efficient operation of the organisation’s MLOps platform and Machine Learning Operations (MLOps) capabilities. In this role you will report to the Head of Data Platform and Services, ensuring platform services meet business needs, are well governed, and enable delivery teams to build, deploy and run data products and ML models at scale.

This role is delivery-focused and works closely with data engineering, analytics, data science, information security and suppliers to embed platform standards, automate controls, and continuously improve stability, cost, and time-to-value. The Platform Manager drives operational excellence, balancing innovation with appropriate risk management and compliance for production data and AI services.

Key Responsibilities

• Own and manage the day-to-day operation of the Databricks Lakehouse Platform and MLOps services, ensuring high availability, performance, security, and user satisfaction.
• Lead platform service management activities, including incident, problem, change, and request processes, while coordinating support and escalation procedures.
• Develop and maintain standardized MLOps frameworks, tooling, and best practices to support the end-to-end machine learning lifecycle.
• Collaborate with Data Engineering and Data Science teams to operationalize ML models through CI/CD, automated testing, deployment, and monitoring capabilities.
• Ensure robust security, compliance, and governance controls across the platform, including access management, data protection, audit readiness, and risk mitigation.
• Own the Databricks platform roadmap, driving continuous improvement, technical standards, cost optimization, and scalable architecture patterns.
• Manage vendor and supplier relationships, overseeing service performance, support activities, release planning, and commercial considerations.
• Act as the primary platform stakeholder interface, providing guidance, training, documentation, and enablement to help teams effectively build and deploy data and AI solutions.

To be successful in the role, you will have:

• Proven experience managing data/analytics platforms and/or MLOps capabilities in a complex enterprise environment.
• Hands-on experience operating Databricks (workspace administration, cluster policies, jobs, Delta Lake, Unity Catalog, access controls, and production support).
• Experience implementing MLOps practices across the model lifecycle (CI/CD, versioning, monitoring, reproducibility).
• Strong stakeholder management; able to translate business outcomes into platform priorities and service commitments.
• Experience working with security, risk, and governance teams to evidence controls for data and AI services.
• Experience managing suppliers and delivery partners, including service performance and support processes.

Grow your career and expand your skills and knowledge. At BSI, we offer opportunities to work across industries and across the globe. You’ll benefit from the different perspectives and experiences of your international colleagues, as well as ongoing training and development.

We offer flexible working, as well as 16-days annual leave, paid sick leave, bank holidays, group hospitalisation and surgical insurance, life insurance, transport allowance (dependent on role), internet and/or phone allowance, paid maternity leave, paid paternity leave, paid marriage leave, paid bereavement leave, learning and development opportunities, and a wide range of flexible benefits that you can tailor to suit your lifestyle.

*Please note: BSI are unable to provide visa sponsorship for this vacancy.

Together, we are building an organisation that is ready to meet the challenges ahead. Grow your career as you help us shape what comes next. We exist to have a positive impact. Our people influence international thinking and action on important issues. Our 86,000 customers are based in 193 countries across the globe.

Now we’re taking on society’s biggest challenges. We’re developing standards and guidelines that will help our customers get to net zero, and we’re defining the way new technologies such as AI impact all our lives. We’re focused on our future – and we’re looking for people who want to grow with us as we take on the challenges of tomorrow.

At BSI, you’ll find a workplace where everyone can flourish and thrive, where innovation is encouraged and where learning is part of your everyday. You’ll contribute to work that shapes industries and enhances lives – and you’ll take pride in what you do. We’re looking for passionate people who want to make a difference in a purpose-led organisation. If that sounds like you, apply now. Together, we can help create a better society and a more sustainable world.

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