Lead Financial Crime ML Modelling & NLP Solutions

Deutsche Bank; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Pension

30 days leave

Life Assurance

Private Healthcare

Retail Discounts

Bike4Work scheme

Gym benefits

CSR volunteering leave

Job summary

Deutsche Bank in London is seeking a Vice President, Model Development Team Lead to drive the development of NLS and TS screening models. You will lead a global, cross-functional team delivering state-of-the-art models, from design to deployment, including governance and auditability considerations.

You will mentor staff, coordinate with Anti-Financial Crime, Operations and Technology, and shape model strategy and delivery while advancing data science capabilities across the unit.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience developing analytical or ML models in financial services.
• Experience building NLP/ML/AI pipelines, including feature engineering, model training, evaluation and monitoring.
• Experience with hyperparameter tuning at scale and experimentation frameworks.
• Strong SQL and Python skills; Spark for large-scale data processing.
• Excellent interpersonal skills with collaborative leadership and documentation.

Responsibilities

• Lead the model development team, setting priorities and standards.
• Own end-to-end delivery of new SOTA challenger models.
• Tune and optimise strategies for incumbent models.
• Design and govern LLM-as-judge approaches in alert handling (evaluation, controls, auditability).
• Document model logic, assumptions, limitations and test outcomes per governance.
• Partner with stakeholders to respond to internal audit queries and remediation actions.

Skills

ML modeling

NLP pipelines

Hyperparameter tuning

SQL & Python

Spark processing

Leadership

Tools

Spark

Job description

Deutsche Bank in London is seeking a Vice President, Model Development Team Lead to drive the development of NLS and TS screening models. You will lead a global, cross-functional team delivering state-of-the-art models, from design to deployment, including governance and auditability considerations.

You will mentor staff, coordinate with Anti-Financial Crime, Operations and Technology, and shape model strategy and delivery while advancing data science capabilities across the unit.