Description
JOB TITLE:AI Transformation Lead
SALARY:£146,591 - £172,460
LOCATION:London,Leedsor Bristol
WORKING PATTERN:Our work style is hybrid, which involves spending at least two days per week, or 40% of our time,in the London, Leeds or Bristol office.
About the role:
Welcome to one of thefastest paced and most exciting places to work, driven by the latest and emerging digital technology!
This is a high-profile leadership role at the heart of Lloyds BankingGroup’s AI transformation. AsAI Transformation Leadyou willhead upthe Transformation Team for theGroupAI agenda, coordinating complex, cross-Groupchange to turn AI strategy into safe,scalableand value-driven outcomes.
You’llwork with stakeholders across LBG to ensure platform, business unit, andgroup-wideAI initiatives are properly prioritised across relevant product backlogs.You’lloperateat both Platform and Business Unit level, collaborating with Technology, Data,Finance,Risk, Legal, Compliance and Business teams to embed AI initiatives in a responsible, compliant way that delivers real customer and colleague benefit.
We are the A.I. Centre of Excellence within the Chief Data & Analytics Office (CDAO),comprisingover 300AI specialists, engineers, architects, andstrategists. We play a crucial role in making LBG successful with data andAIby optimising and delivering AI technology and business outcomes.
Here’swhereyou’llmake a difference–
1. Leading the AI TransformationOfficeTeam, setting direction and coordinating large-scale, complex AI initiatives across theGroup
2. Acting as the senior integration point for the AI agenda across Platforms, Business Units and third parties
3. Owning integrated AI roadmaps, managing dependencies, sequencing delivery and resolving interlocks
4. Identifying delivery, regulatory and operational risks associated with AI change
5. Acting as a key escalation point for AI-related blockers
6. Leading a high performing team to achieveshort term andlong termtargets in a fast-paced, fluid environment.
Why Lloyds BankingGroup
If you think all banks are the same,you’dbe wrong.We’rean innovative,fast-changing businessthat’sshaping finance as a force for good. A bankthat’sempowering its people to innovate, explore possibilities and grow with purpose.
Whatyou’llneed
7. Extensive experience leading large-scaletransformation, coordinating crossplatform and crossbusiness delivery, ideally within data,analyticsor AIdriven environments
8. Proven ability to structure and deliver complex,technologyenabledchange, including building and managing integrated AI roadmaps, dependencies,milestonesand risk frameworks
9. Strong understanding of modern AI technologies, including Generative AI, Agentic AI, large-scale analytics platforms,machine learningandcloudbasedenvironments
10. Deep experience applying modern delivery methodologies (Agile, hybrid, scaled frameworks) to shape, prioritise and sequence work across multidisciplinary engineering,dataand business teams
11. Handson experience managing delivery, regulatory and operational risks related to emerging technologies, including AI governance, model risk management, dataprivacyand responsible AI controls
12. Exceptionalseniorstakeholderleadership, with the ability to translate complex AI strategy into clear delivery actions, drive alignment across Technology, Data, Risk, Legal, Compliance and business areas, and remove blockers at pace
About working for us
Our focus is to ensurewe'reinclusive every day, building an organisation that reflects modern society and celebrates diversity in all its forms. We want our people to feel that they belong and can be their best, regardless of background,identityor culture. We were one of the first major organisations to set goals on diversity in senior roles, create a menopause health package, and a dedicated Working with Cancer initiative. Andit’swhy we especially welcome applications from under-representedgroups.We’redisability confident.Soifyou’dlike reasonable adjustments to be made to our recruitment processes, just let us know.
We also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes:
13. A generous pension contribution of up to 15%
14. An annual performance-related bonus
15. Share schemes including free shares
16. Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping
17. 30days’ holiday, with bank holidays on top
18. A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies
Ready for a career where you can have a positive impact as you learn, grow and thrive?Apply today and find out more!
At Lloyds Banking Group, we're driven by a clear purpose; to help Britain prosper. Across the Group, our colleagues are focused on making a difference to customers, businesses and communities. With us you'll have a key role to play in shaping the financial services of the future, whilst the scale and reach of our Group means you'll have many opportunities to learn, grow and develop.
We keep your data safe. So, we'll only ever ask you to provide confidential or sensitive information once you have formally been invited along to an interview or accepted a verbal offer to join us which is when we run our background checks. We'll always explain what we need and why, with any request coming from a trusted Lloyds Banking Group person.
We're focused on creating a values-led culture and are committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the customers and communities we serve. Together we’re building a truly inclusive workplace where all of our colleagues have the opportunity to make a real difference.