AI Demand Portfolio Lead

Australian Investors Association; London; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking an AI Demand Portfolio Lead to drive AI initiatives within the organization. This pivotal role involves managing AI demand intake, ensuring effective communication between CIOs and the central AI team, and overseeing the lifecycle of AI use cases from ideation to production. The ideal candidate will have a solid background in technology and AI governance, particularly in regulated industries, and possess strong leadership and stakeholder management skills. Join a forward-thinking organization that values employee development and offers a hybrid working model, competitive salary, and a range of benefits to support your well-being and career growth.

Benefits

Hybrid Working Model

Competitive Salary

30 Days Holiday

Life Assurance

Private Healthcare

Flexible Benefits

CSR Programme

Volunteering Leave

Qualifications

• Experience in technology, product, or AI governance roles in financial services.
• Strong leadership skills with experience engaging C-level executives.

Responsibilities

• Lead AI demand function and manage interactions between CIOs and AI team.
• Oversee triaging of AI use cases and ensure proper routing to services.

Skills

Leadership

Stakeholder Management

AI/ML Lifecycle Management

Analytical Skills

AI Governance

Compliance Monitoring

Tools

AI Platforms

Enterprise AI Frameworks

Job description

AI Demand Portfolio Lead

Job ID:R0376709 Full/Part-Time: Full-time Regular/Temporary: Regular Listed: 2025-03-04 Location: London

Position Overview

Job Title AI Demand Portfolio Lead

Location London

Corporate Title Director

Indra is the central program driving the introduction and safe scaling of AI at Deutsche Bank. Focus is to identify AI potential across various banking operations, driving funded use cases into production to create value and confidence and scale across the bank, creating selected shared services with embedded safety to enable low cost scale, developing an AI Workbench for developers for safe AI development at pace, and introducing AI controls whilst aiming to maintain time to market.

This role focuses on managing AI demand intake, acting as the key interface between CIOs and the central AI team. It ensures AI use cases are properly triaged, tracked, and aligned with AI service models and governance frameworks. The Director plays a critical role in AI adoption, compliance monitoring, and reporting, ensuring a structured pathway for AI initiatives from ideation to production.

What we’ll offer you

A healthy, engaged and well-supported workforce are better equipped to do their best work and, more importantly, enjoy their lives inside and outside the workplace. That’s why we are committed to providing an environment with your development and wellbeing at its centre.

You can expect:

• Hybrid Working - we understand that employee expectations and preferences are changing. We have implemented a Hybrid Working Model that enables eligible employees to work remotely for a part of their working time and reach a working pattern that works for them
• 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
• A range of flexible benefits including Retail Discounts, a Bike4Work scheme and Gym benefits
• The opportunity to support a wide ranging CSR programme + 2 days’ volunteering leave per year

Your key responsibilities

• Lead the AI demand function, ensuring seamless interaction between CIOs and the central AI team
• Oversee triaging of AI use cases together with ensuring proper routing to AI services, platforms, standards, and controls
• Drive AI adoption and scale common AI services across the bank while preventing duplicate or overlapping use cases
• Own and manage the AI Book of Work (BoW) across CIOs and central services. Define and govern the AI service catalog, tracking AI demand and recommending new AI services
• Ensure alignment with AI cost/consumption teams for appropriate funding and resource allocation
• Supervise governance of AI pipeline, ensuring RAG status tracking, compliance, and escalation to senior stakeholders

Your skills and experience

• Solid knowledge in technology, product, or AI governance roles, with experience in financial services or a highly regulated industry
• Strong leadership and stakeholder management skills, capable of engaging with C-level executives
• Experience in AI/ML use case lifecycle management, from demand intake to productionisation.
• Deep understanding of AI governance, compliance, and transparency reporting
• Strong analytical skills, with expertise in AI cost management and business case development.
• Familiarity with AI platforms, standardisation, and enterprise AI frameworks

How we’ll support you

• Training and development to help you excel in your career
• Flexible working to assist you balance your personal priorities
• A range of flexible benefits that you can tailor to suit your needs

About us

Deutsche Bank is the leading German bank with strong European roots and a global network. Click here to see what we do.

Deutsche Bank in the UK is proud to have been named in The Times Top 50 Employers for Gender Equality 2024 for five consecutive years. Additionally, we have been awarded a Gold Award from Stonewall and named in their Top 100 Employers 2024 for our work supporting LGBTQ+ inclusion.

We strive for a culture in which we are empowered to excel together every day. This includes acting responsibly, thinking commercially, taking initiative and working collaboratively.
Together we share and celebrate the successes of our people. Together we are Deutsche Bank Group.
We welcome applications from all people and promote a positive, fair and inclusive work environment.