Model Development Team Lead for Name List Screening (NLS) & Transaction Screening (TS) – Model […]

Model Development Team Lead for Name List Screening (NLS) & Transaction Screening (TS) – Model Strats

Location: London

Corporate Title: Vice President

Group: Group Strategic Analytics (GSA) inside Group Chief Operation Office (GCOO)

This role leads the model development across NLS and TS, supporting incumbents and designing and building new state‑of‑the‑art models. It requires strong data science, modelling expertise, and a delivery‑focused mindset.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the model development team, setting priorities, standards and ways of working
• Own end‑to‑end delivery of new SOTA challenger models
• Tune and optimise strategies for incumbent models
• Design and govern the use of Large Language Models (LLM)-as‑judge approaches within alert handling processes (evaluation framework, quality controls, bias/robustness testing and auditability)
• Document model logic, assumptions, limitations and test outcomes in line with Model Governance and validation standards
• Partner with stakeholders to respond to internal audit queries and manage remediation actions and findings

Skills and Experience

• Advanced degree (Master’s or PhD) in a quantitative discipline (e.g., Mathematics, Physics, Engineering, Computer Science)
• 7+ years’ experience developing analytical or machine learning models in financial services (ideally Anti‑Financial Crime / Screening)
• Experience building NLP/ML/AI pipelines, including feature engineering, model training, evaluation and monitoring
• Experience designing evaluation frameworks for LLM use cases (e.g., human‑in‑the‑loop, calibration, guardrails, auditability)
• Experience with hyperparameter tuning at scale and experimentation frameworks
• Strong technical experience with SQL and Python; significant experience with Spark for large‑scale data processing
• Excellent interpersonal skills with demonstrable collaborative leadership capabilities (coaching, mentoring, guiding, delivery ownership and stakeholder engagement) and strong standards for documentation and controls in a regulated environment

Benefits

• Hybrid Working – eligible employees can work remotely part of the time
• Competitive salary and non‑contributory pension
• 30 days’ holiday plus bank holidays, with the option to purchase additional days
• Life Assurance and Private Healthcare for you and your family
• Flexible benefits including Retail Discounts, a Bike4Work scheme and Gym benefits
• Opportunity to support a wide ranging CSR programme + 2 days’ volunteering leave per year

How we’ll support you

• Flexible working to assist you balance your personal priorities
• A range of flexible benefits that you can tailor to suit your needs
• We value diversity and as an equal opportunities’ employer, we make reasonable adjustments for those with a disability, including the provision of assistive equipment if required (e.g., screen readers, assistive hearing devices, adapted keyboards)

We welcome applications from all people and promote a positive, fair and inclusive work environment. If you have a disability, health condition, or require adjustments during the application process, we encourage you to contact our Adjustments Concierge.

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