Lead Data & AI Scientist, Client Data and Analytics

Lloyd's; City of Westminster; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A financial services group is seeking a professional to lead AI-driven solutions that tackle complex business challenges. The role requires expertise in Machine Learning and AI, focusing on enhancing digital experiences and ensuring responsible practices. Responsibilities include mentoring data scientists, collaborating with stakeholders, and driving measurable business outcomes. This position offers competitive benefits and emphasizes diversity and inclusion.

Benefits

Generous pension contribution of up to 15%

Annual performance-related bonus

Share schemes including free shares

Adaptable lifestyle benefits such as discounted shopping

30 days’ holiday with bank holidays

Wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies

Qualifications

• Expertise in designing and implementing advanced models in Machine Learning and AI.
• Proven track record of deploying AI solutions from development to production.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead the delivery of AI-driven solutions focusing on business problems.
• Provide technical leadership and mentoring for data scientists and engineers.
• Partner with stakeholders to translate business requirements into actionable solutions.

Skills

Machine Learning

AI

Generative AI

Stakeholder management

Communication skills

Financial Services expertise

Tools

Cloud-based AI/ML platforms

Job description

Leadership

• Conceptualise and lead the delivery of AI‑driven solutions to solve complex business problems focusing on enhancing digital experiences, process automation and data‑driven insights to enable colleague and client journeys.
• Shape and define the capability roadmap for Data & AI, including cloud‑native solutions and scalable architectures.

Technical Excellence

• 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.

Collaboration & Influence

• Partner with stakeholders to understand business requirements and translate them into actionable AI solutions.
• Advocate for responsible AI practices and compliance with governance frameworks.

Innovation & Enablement

• 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.

Delivery & Impact

• Drive measurable business outcomes through AI solutions aligned to strategic priorities.
• Ensure solutions are scalable, secure, and aligned with Group Data & AI standards.

Expertise & Qualifications

• Expertise in Machine Learning, AI, and Generative AI, with hands‑on experience in designing and implementing advanced models.
• Proven track record of deploying AI solutions end‑to‑end from model development to production deployment and monitoring.
• Strong understanding of foundational models and large‑scale architectures, including experience with fine‑tuning and adapting pre‑trained models for business use cases.
• Experience with cloud‑based AI/ML platforms and services.
• Deep understanding of responsible AI principles, hallucination guardrails, and assurance frameworks.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Experience applying AI and machine learning within Financial Services.

Company Overview

At Lloyds Banking Group, we’re driven by a clear purpose; to help Britain prosper. Across the Group, our colleagues are focused on making a difference to customers, businesses and communities. With us you’ll have a key role to play in shaping the financial services of the future, whilst the scale and reach of our Group means you’ll have many opportunities to learn, grow and develop.

We keep your data safe. So, we’ll only ever ask you to provide confidential or sensitive information once you have formally been invited along to an interview or accepted a verbal offer to join us which is when we run our background checks. We’ll always explain what we need and why, with any request coming from a trusted Lloyds Banking Group person. We’re focused on creating a values‑led culture and are committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the customers and communities we serve. Together we’re building a truly inclusive workplace where all of our colleagues have the opportunity to make a real difference.

Our ambition is to be the leading UK business for diversity, equity and inclusion supporting our customers, colleagues and communities and we’re committed to creating an environment in which everyone can thrive, learn and develop. We were one of the first major organisations to set goals on diversity in senior roles, create a menopause health package and a dedicated Working with Cancer Initiative. We offer reasonable workplace adjustments for colleagues with disabilities, including flexibility in office attendance, location and working patterns. As a Disability Confident Leader, we guarantee interviews for a fair and proportionate number of applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the role with a disability, long‑term health or neurodivergent condition through the Disability Confident Scheme. We provide reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process to reduce or remove barriers. Just let us know what you need. We also offer a wide‑ranging benefits package, which includes:

Benefits

• A generous pension contribution of up to 15%
• An annual performance‑related bonus
• Share schemes including free shares
• Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping
• 30 days’ holiday, with bank holidays on top
• A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave policies