Head of Responsible AI & AI Safety (Cloud-Native)

Lloyds Banking Group; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous pension contribution

Annual bonus

Share schemes

Wellbeing initiatives

30 days holiday

Job summary

Lloyds Banking Group is seeking a hands-on Responsible AI Lead in Manchester to steer a cross-functional team delivering next‑generation AI capabilities. You’ll blend software engineering with Generative AI, ensuring safety, security and scalable cloud-native solutions across Google Cloud, open‑source tools, and enterprise systems.

You will shape engineering standards, mentor engineers, and drive rapid delivery in a regulated environment while collaborating with Risk, Security and Legal teams to

Qualifications

• Proficient in Java, Python and TypeScript with production services experience.
• Strong technical leadership of large, multi-team deliveries.
• Hands-on with agentic AI, LLM-powered apps and safety engineering.
• Cloud-native engineering with containers, IaC and CI/CD.

Responsibilities

• Define strategy and technical direction for agentic AI services.
• Lead, develop and coach multiple teams with an inclusive culture.
• Design and deliver AI Agents using Google Cloud services and enterprise integrations.
• Ensure quality through CI/CD, automated testing and observability.
• Lead lifecycle from design to operation, focusing on resilience and cost-effectiveness.

Skills

Java

Python

TypeScript

Leadership

Cloud-native

CI/CD

Security & Compliance

Tools

Vertex AI

GKE/Cloud Run

Terraform/IaC

Job description

Lloyds Banking Group is seeking a hands-on Responsible AI Lead in Manchester to steer a cross-functional team delivering next‑generation AI capabilities. You’ll blend software engineering with Generative AI, ensuring safety, security and scalable cloud-native solutions across Google Cloud, open‑source tools, and enterprise systems.

You will shape engineering standards, mentor engineers, and drive rapid delivery in a regulated environment while collaborating with Risk, Security and Legal teams to