Senior Manager, Agentic Applications & Emerging Technology

Shanghai Hongkou, CN - AIA Group Office Until 9/25/2026 First posted July 27, 2026 Last posted July 27, 2026
Job description

At AIA we’ve started an exciting movement to create a healthier, more sustainable future for everyone.

As pioneering innovators for over 100 years, we’re now transforming our organisation to be faster, simpler and more connected. Because we want to be even better equipped to develop digital solutions and experiences that help more people live Healthier, Longer, Better Lives.

To get there, we need people with tech/digital/analytics expertise and passion to help develop positive, sustainable change through digitally enhanced experiences that will impact the lives of millions of people and create a healthier future for everyone.

If you believe in developing a better tomorrow, read on. 

About the Role

This role supports the Director of Innovation Lab in delivering demand-led Agentic Applications & Emerging Technology initiatives, focusing on AI agent solutions and workflow automation use cases driven by business unit needs.

The role translates business demand into actionable requirements, prototypes, pilots, and production-ready solutions that can be adopted across markets.

The role executes structured emerging technology pilots with clear success criteria, ensuring practical and scalable outcomes.

The role works closely with business units, GenAI Foundation, Innovation Excellence, Group Technology, and Risk teams to ensure solutions are usable, governed, and adoption-ready.

Agentic Applications Delivery

  • Work with business units to identify demand, pain points, and high-value use cases. 

  • Translate business needs into clear requirements, solution designs, and delivery plans. 

  • Lead end-to-end delivery of selected use cases from discovery through pilot and adoption. 

  • Ensure solutions are practical, scalable, and aligned with enterprise standards. 

Solution Development & Enablement 

  • Support the design and delivery of AI agent workflows, including orchestration, integrations, and user interaction. 

  • Reuse GenAI Foundation capabilities (e.g., knowledge retrieval, content generation, models, platform services). 

  • Contribute to reusable patterns, templates, and delivery playbooks to improve speed and consistency. 

  • Ensure solutions are aligned with enterprise architecture, security, and governance requirements. 

Emerging Technology Pilots 

  • Execute structured pilots with defined hypotheses, timelines, and success criteria. 

  • Assess technologies for feasibility, scalability, and business value. 

  • Prepare clear findings, lessons learned, and recommendations for scale or closure. 

  • Track market trends and identify opportunities aligned with AIA priorities. 

Forward Deployment & Adoption 

  • Support implementation of validated solutions into business environments. 

  • Drive onboarding, training, and early-stage adoption with business users. 

  • Monitor usage, feedback, and realised value post-deployment. 

  • Capture lessons learned to improve future delivery and reuse. 

Stakeholder & Delivery Coordination 

  • Coordinate across business, engineering, architecture, risk, and partners. 

  • Manage delivery progress, dependencies, and risks. 

  • Prepare updates, reports, and communication for stakeholders. 

  • Ensure alignment between business demand and delivery execution.

Build a career with us as we help our customers and the community live Healthier, Longer, Better Lives.

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About this role

Summary

Lead AI and emerging tech pilots, develop solutions, support adoption, and coordinate stakeholders.

Job title

Senior Manager, Agentic Applications & Emerging Technology

Experience level

senior level

Industry

insurance

Location requirements

Must be in Shanghai, remote not specified

Salary

Not specified

Management role

Yes

Skills & keywords

Required skills

requirements translationsolution designpilot executionstakeholder coordination

Preferred skills

None specified

Specializations

AIautomationemerging technology
Locations

Structured locations inferred from the posting.

Unknown location

On-site