Senior Manager, AI Security

Lloyds Banking Group; City of Edinburgh; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 124,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading UK financial services firm is looking for a Senior Manager, AI Security to oversee security strategies for AI systems. The role involves leading a team and ensuring compliance with industry standards. The ideal candidate should have a strong background in AI technologies and cybersecurity, along with experience in risk assessments and team management. This position offers a hybrid working model and a comprehensive benefits package.

Benefits

Generous pension contribution up to 15%

Annual bonus award

Share schemes including free shares

30 days’ holiday

Wellbeing initiatives

Qualifications

• Depth of experience in cybersecurity with AI systems.
• Knowledgeable in encryption, authentication, and network security.
• Excellent communication and project management skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead and shape AI security team, providing direction.
• Develop comprehensive security strategies for AI systems.
• Collaborate with AI teams to integrate security best practices.

Skills

Cybersecurity expertise

AI technologies knowledge

Project management

Team leadership

Risk assessment

Education

Relevant qualification in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Information Technology

Tools

Security frameworks (ISO 27001, NIST, GDPR)

Job description

Job Description

JOB TITLE: Senior Manager, AI Security

SALARY: £90,440 - £106,400, London £104,686 - £123,160

LOCATION: Edinburgh, Manchester, Leeds or Bristol

HOURS: Full time

WORKING PATTERN: Hybrid, 40% (or two days) in an office site

End Date

Tuesday 30 September 2025

About this opportunity

At Lloyds Banking Group, we’re moving to the next stages of our digital transformation, and it’s our job within the Chief Security Office (CSO) to ensure that we keep our customers, colleagues and assets safe from threat. The CSO’s Security Data Services lab have a fantastic opportunity for an experienced and dynamic Senior Manager for AI Security to lead our efforts in securing AI systems and applications.

This role will build and define strategy focusing in 3 areas: safe adoption, understanding attacker use, and using to tackle security challenges. The ideal candidate will have a deep understanding of AI technologies and cybersecurity, with a consistent track record in leading teams and projects in this domain.

What You’ll Do

• Lead and shape AI security team, providing direction, mentorship, and support.
• Develop and implement comprehensive security strategies for AI systems, including risk assessments, threat modelling, and mitigation plans.
• Develop and implement a strategy for securing AI systems and applications, ensuring they are resilient against evolving threats.
• Build strategy to use AI to enhance security measures, including threat detection, incident response, and anomaly detection.
• Collaborate with AI development teams to integrate security best practices throughout the AI lifecycle, from design to deployment.
• Ensure compliance with industry standards, regulations, related to AI security.
• Defining and implement approach to assessing AI security in the group, to include continuous assessment, detection model, and commissioning adversarial testing, to identify and rectify security weaknesses.
• Stay updated with the latest advancements in AI security and emerging threats, continuously improving the security posture of AI systems.
• Maintain relationships with external partners, vendors, and customers to enhance AI security measures.

Why Lloyds Banking Group

We’re on an exciting journey to transform our Group and the way we’re shaping finance for good. We’re focusing on the future, investing in our technologies, workplaces, and colleagues to make our Group a great place for everyone. Including you.

What You’ll Need

• Relevant qualification in Computer Science, Cybersecurity, Information Technology, or a related field.
• Demonstrable experience in cybersecurity, with time spent focusing on identifying vulnerabilities in AI systems to improve their security.
• Extensive knowledge of AI technologies, including machine learning, deep learning, and neural networks.
• Solid understanding of cybersecurity principles, including encryption, authentication, access control, and network security.
• Experience with security frameworks and standards such as ISO 27001, NIST, and GDPR.
• Demonstrated experience in conducting risk assessments, threat modelling, and security audits.
• Excellent leadership, communication, and project management skills.
• Ability to work cross-functionally with multi-functional teams and manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.

It would be great if you also had

• Relevant certifications such as CISSP, CISM, CEH, or similar are highly desirable.

About working for us

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. And, 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…

• A generous pension contribution of up to 15%
• An annual bonus award, subject to Group performance
• 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

If you’re excited by the thought of becoming part of our team, get in touch. We’d love to hear from you!

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.