Job Title
AI Controls Senior Manager.
Salary
£92,700 per annum to £109,000 per annum plus an extensive benefits package.
Location
Leeds or Edinburgh.
Hours
Full-time.
Working Pattern
Our work style is hybrid, which involves spending at least two days per week, or 40% of our time, at one of our office sites.
Lloyds Banking Group puts customers at the heart of everything. Data & AI Science forms a key part of our strategy, and as the AI Controls Senior Manager you will be contributing to the largest ever transformation in the history of financial services and ensuring you are protecting our customers in the process. This is a fantastic opportunity to support the Insurance, Pensions & Investments (IP&I) business and play a pivotal role in transforming how the business area works. You’ll help us protect our customers through the modernization of processes and tools – bringing innovation, automation, and advanced analytics to the heart of their decision‑making.
Your role would include the following activities
* Lead the design and development of controls, identifying innovative ways to automate and enable the business to build AI models at scale without slowing down productivity or adding unnecessary barriers. Apply appropriate data science techniques to develop and/or tune models and evaluate performance. Own and evolve the IP&I AI control and monitoring framework. Lead control testing, assurance and remediation tracking for AI use cases.
* Collaborate and lead cross‑functional teams comprising business leaders, product managers, risk specialists, data scientists, data engineers and ML/AI engineers.
* Partner with the Group Responsible AI team to embed robust ethical principles, bias mitigation techniques, and regulatory compliance into all AI development workflows. Represent IP&I at Group Governance meetings.
* Coach and mentor junior data scientists and AI engineers, fostering a culture of continuous learning and curiosity.
* Maintain an active view of emerging tools and techniques. Develop proof‑of‑concepts to demonstrate new capabilities. Guide the team in solving complex AI use cases and improving existing approaches. Strengthen control monitoring with AI models and analytics.
About You
We’re keen to speak to candidates with experience who have strong skills in the following areas:
* Foundation Model Application: Minimum 5 years’ experience with Foundation Models, knowledge of theoretical underpinnings, and ability to use them to solve complex challenges.
* Machine Learning: Ability to assess and advise on the most appropriate ML solutions, troubleshoot model performance issues, and use advanced methods such as forecasting, ensemble methods, and model stacking.
* Python: 5+ years of Python experience, including multi‑threading, asynchronous programming, performance optimization, and advanced debugging.
* AI Literacy: Design workflows that integrate AI, anticipate AI behaviour, and adapt usage creatively. Coach others and contribute to AI strategy discussions.
* Control Testing: Experience designing and applying appropriate controls, and testing with a customer‑focused mindset.
* Google Cloud Platform: Deliver products on GCP following standard architectures and templates, taking key implementation decisions.
* Leadership: Managed or led teams of 10+ colleagues to deliver strategic initiatives.
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