VP, AI Lab Leader — Hybrid in Dublin

Cpl; Dublin; Hybrid; EUR 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

Pension provision

Job summary

Cpl Recruitment is partnering with a leading international banking group to hire an AI Lab Manager, a Vice President-level role based in Dublin. You will run the bank's AI Lab alongside an external vendor in a governed, secure space where business and technology teams can test ideas, trial new tools and move the best of them into delivery.

This is a chance to own a visible, high-profile capability from the ground up, shaping how it operates, who uses it and the value it proves, with a hybrid

Qualifications

• Extensive experience running an innovation lab, technology platform or cross-functional programme in a large organisation.
• Track record managing business sponsors, vendors and technical teams from idea through to decision and handover.
• Experience building demand for a platform or service and developing a pipeline of use cases.
• Proven success managing multiple external technology partners.
• Enough technical grounding in cloud, APIs, source control and software delivery to engage credibly with engineers and challenge vendors.
• Working understanding of AI, including generative AI, and controls that go with it.
• Experience delivering in a controlled enterprise setting with security, data, change and audit knowledge.
• Excellent communication and facilitation skills across business and technology audiences.
• Desirable: banking or regulated industry background; familiarity with Azure and Microsoft 365.

Responsibilities

• Run the AI Lab day to day with the vendor, owning its roadmap, budget, service health and reporting.
• Set guardrails for rapid experimentation while ensuring security, data, AI governance and third-party risk standards.
• Build and manage a clear pipeline of use cases from intake through experiment, evaluation and go/pivot/stop.
• Package successful experiments so delivery teams can take them into production.
• Promote the Lab across the business via workshops, demos and success stories to generate demand.
• Manage relationships with technology vendors, fintechs and partners, aligning work with internal architecture, risk and legal requirements.
• Track adoption, outcomes and cost to continuously improve the Lab.
• Champion responsible AI practices, including transparency, access control and human oversight.

Skills

Lab management

Vendor management

AI governance

Generative AI

Cloud experience

APIs

Security & compliance

Data governance

Communication skills

Job description

Cpl Recruitment is partnering with a leading international banking group to hire an AI Lab Manager, a Vice President-level role based in Dublin. You will run the bank's AI Lab alongside an external vendor in a governed, secure space where business and technology teams can test ideas, trial new tools and move the best of them into delivery.

This is a chance to own a visible, high-profile capability from the ground up, shaping how it operates, who uses it and the value it proves, with a hybrid