AI Architecture Lead — Governance & Delivery (Hybrid)

Howden Group; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 135,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Job summary

Howden Group is shaping its AI strategy by embedding governance and robust architecture across the business. The AI Function leads on engineering standards, tool evaluation, and responsible delivery in a fast-paced, regulated environment.

The role combines technical depth with the ability to influence senior stakeholders and partner with external suppliers to deliver trusted AI outcomes for customers and partners.

Qualifications

• Hands-on experience with large language models, retrieval systems, and agent frameworks.
• Exposure to insurance or another regulated industry.
• Cloud-native AI architecture experience.
• Experience with enterprise AI platform governance.
• Track record writing architecture or security design documentation.
• Familiarity with AI evaluation and quality assurance approaches.
• Ability to assess AI vendors and tooling rigorously and independently.

Responsibilities

• Own the technical governance process for AI tools and platforms.
• Lead the technical evaluation of inbound AI vendors and tools.
• Provide technical oversight of AI delivery across divisions and with external partners.
• Set and maintain technical standards for how AI is built across the business.
• Support colleagues and divisional AI leads with practical guidance and constraints.

Skills

LLM expertise

Retrieval systems

Agent frameworks

Cloud-native AI

AI governance

Technical leadership

Stakeholder communication

Job description

Howden Group is shaping its AI strategy by embedding governance and robust architecture across the business. The AI Function leads on engineering standards, tool evaluation, and responsible delivery in a fast-paced, regulated environment.

The role combines technical depth with the ability to influence senior stakeholders and partner with external suppliers to deliver trusted AI outcomes for customers and partners.