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We are seeking a highly skilled and dynamic professional to champion the adoption and scaling of AI across the bank. In this role, you will build organizational momentum, strengthen enterprise-wide capability, and embed AI into core business lines—ensuring generative AI and advanced technologies deliver tangible business value.

Reporting to theExecutive Director - AI Deployment Acceleration and Assurance, you will be tasked with translating strategic priorities into scalable adoption programs that maintain oversight while accelerating impact.

Drive AI Adoption at Scale

• Shape enterprise adoption strategies and frameworks to drive consistent scaling of AI across business lines.
• Work with the wider team to develop reusable assets, and operating models to streamline adoption and reduce duplication.
• Partner with leaders across the bank to prioritize adoption opportunities and create adoption roadmaps.

Enablement & Culture

• Support AI literacy and training initiatives for both technical and non-technical staff.
• Contribute to the AI community of practice across geographies and functions, showcasing AI solutions and sharing best practices.

Tracking & Insights

• Define and track adoption KPIs and metrics (e.g., adoption coverage, time-to-value, employee uplift, customer feedback etc.).
• Analyse outcomes to identify patterns, lessons learned, and opportunities for improved adoption.
• Share insights and adoption progress with executives, governance committees, and regulators.

Collaboration

• Partner with the Director of AI Deployment Assurance and AI Safety teams to embed assurance checkpoints into adoption roadmaps.
• Act as a connector between business units and Group AI leadership.

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Business Administration, Computer Science, Data Science, Engineering, or related discipline.
• 12+ years in AI, digital transformation, or enterprise adoption in multinational organizations.
• Deep knowledge and proven track record of ML and generative AI full lifecycle development and deployment.
• Proven track record shaping adoption strategies and scaling initiatives in federated environments.
• Proven track record in domain-specific technical implementations, such as AI model lifecycle management in banking contexts.
• Experience in regulated financial services institutions as in-house professionals or professional services firms (Big 4 and/or other leading consulting companies).
• Proven capability in change management, stakeholder engagement, and knowledge-sharing.
• Strong communication, story-telling, and facilitation skills across business and technical audiences.
• Exceptional problem-solving with a practical, results-driven mindset for bridging gaps, grounded in domain technical know-how.
• Adaptability to evolving priorities, with a proactive approach to risk assurance and acceleration.
• Demonstrated ability to thrive in start-up-like, dynamic, and intense environments, handling ambiguity and high-pressure situations effectively.
• Strategic acumen balanced with hands-on technical insight in risk measurement and assessment.
• Fluent English.

We're an international bank, nimble enough to act, big enough for impact. For more than 170 years, we've worked to make a positive difference for our clients, communities, and each other. We question the status quo, love a challenge and enjoy finding new opportunities to grow and do better than before. If you're looking for a career with purpose and you want to work for a bank making a difference, we want to hear from you. You can count on us to celebrate your unique talents and we can't wait to see the talents you can bring us.

Our purpose, to drive commerce and prosperity through our unique diversity, together with our brand promise, to be here for good are achieved by how we each live our valued behaviours. When you work with us, you'll see how we value difference and advocate inclusion.

Together we:

• Do the right thingand are assertive, challenge one another, and live with integrity, while putting the client at the heart of what we do
• Never settle,continuously striving to improve and innovate, keeping things simple and learning from doing well, and not so well
• Are better together,we can be ourselves, be inclusive, see more good in others, and work collectively to build for the long term

In line with our Fair Pay Charter,we offer a competitive salary and benefits to support your mental, physical, financial and social wellbeing.

• Core bank funding for retirement savings, medical and life insurance,with flexible and voluntary benefits available in some locations.
• Time-offincluding annual leave, parental/maternity (20 weeks), sabbatical (12 months maximum) and volunteering leave (3 days), along with minimum global standards for annual and public holiday, which is combined to 30 days minimum.
• Flexible workingoptions based around home and office locations, with flexible working patterns.
• Proactive wellbeing supportthrough Unmind, a market-leading digital wellbeing platform, development courses for resilience and other human skills,global Employee Assistance Programme, sick leave, mental health first-aiders and all sorts of self-help toolkits
• A continuous learning cultureto support your growth, with opportunities to reskill and upskill and access to physical, virtual and digital learning.
• Being part of an inclusive and values driven organisation,one that embraces and celebrates our unique diversity, across our teams, business functions and geographies - everyone feels respected and can realise their full potential.