Job Description
End Date: Wednesday 08 July 2026
Salary Range: £0 – £0
Flexible working options: Hybrid, Job Share
Job Overview
Lead Data & AI Scientist (BCB) – a senior, hands‑on leadership role where you will shape the Data & AI roadmap, build cutting‑edge solutions and deliver measurable business outcomes in commercial banking.
Responsibilities
- Conceptualise and lead technology‑based solutions to solve complex business problems.
- Improve digital experiences, automate processes, and provide data‑driven insights to support colleague and client journeys.
- Shape and define the capability roadmap for Data & AI, including cloud‑native solutions and scalable architectures.
- Provide technical leadership, coaching, and mentoring for data scientists and engineers.
- Ensure rigorous quality assurance in model development, testing, and deployment.
- Develop proofs‑of‑concept to demonstrate new capabilities and accelerate adoption.
- Partner with colleagues to understand business requirements and translate them into actionable AI solutions.
- Advocate for responsible AI practices and compliance with governance frameworks.
- Guide the team in solving complex AI use cases and improving existing approaches.
- Contribute to the design of training curricula and professional development paths for the Data & AI community.
- Drive measurable business outcomes through AI solutions aligned to strategic priorities.
- Ensure solutions are scalable, secure, and aligned with Group Data & AI standards.
Qualifications & Experience
We recognise that skills are developed in many ways. The role requires senior, hands‑on experience leading AI and data science initiatives, with a track record of delivering enterprise‑level AI solutions and guiding teams to technical excellence.
Benefits
- Generous pension contribution of up to 15%
- Annual performance‑related bonus
- Share schemes including free shares
- Flexible benefits package, including discounted shopping
- 30 days’ holiday, with bank holidays on top
- Range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies
Equality, Diversity & Inclusion
We are committed to creating an inclusive workplace and welcome applicants from all backgrounds. We offer reasonable workplace adjustments for colleagues with disabilities and are a Disability Confident Leader, guaranteeing fair and proportionate opportunities for applicants who meet the minimum criteria and have a disability, long‑term health or neurodivergent condition through the Disability Confident Scheme.
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