End Date
Wednesday 17 December 2025Salary Range
£83,411 - £98,130We support flexible working – click here for more information on flexible working options
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A transformative leader in responsible AI, engaging and enabling the Platform and Business. This role will inform the patterns of ethical AI development and deployment for the Group and guide some of our most prominent AI use cases.Job Description
JOB TITLE: Lead Software Engineer
SALARY: £83,411 + (dependent on location and experience)
LOCATION(S): Edinburgh, Leeds or London
HOURS: Full time
WORKING PATTERN: Hybrid, 40% (or two days) in one of the above offices
About this opportunity
At this exciting time when Lloyds Banking Group is starting to adopt AI at scale, we are seeking a deep expert in responsible AI to join our AI Centre of Excellence in the Chief Data and Analytics Office! This hands-on role will play a critical part in enabling the Business and Platforms in Responsible AI approaches and techniques!
The role will partner with the Business and Platforms to bring appropriate AI risk mitigations to some of our most prominent AI use cases. It will establish guideline patterns that will be reused across the Group. In addition, the role will play a key role in establishing a programme of responsible AI enablement for the Group and help to mature our hub-and-spoke model.
This senior role is essential to helping Lloyds Banking Group scale responsible AI. You'll be expected to act as a transformative leader, with a strong vision, promoting a culture of safe and ethical AI throughout the organisation, advising our senior leaders.
In this role, you'll
Help to deliver best-in-class AI risk mitigation and AI monitoring solutions, working as a partner to the Business and Platforms.
Accelerate the responsible development and deployment of frontier AI use cases, including AI agents, forming repeatable patterns that the Group can leverage at scale.
Support escalations of ethical edge cases to our Data & AI Ethics Committee.
Demonstrate leadership on responsible AI, helping to shape Lloyds Banking Group’s standard of responsible AI adoption.
Support a programme of enablement in responsible AI and the maturing of our hub-and-spoke model.
What you’ll need
Proven experience developing AI solutions to the highest ethical standards, including directly engaging with AI product teams.
Demonstrable expertise in responsible AI, including a firm understanding of the regulatory and legislative landscape.
Excellent relationship management and communication skills, with the ability to influence senior partners and course correct initiatives towards strategic outcomes.
Strong engagement skills.
PhD in AI or a related field or equivalent, significant industry experience working in a responsible AI-related role.
Experience in Financial Services is preferable.
About working for us
Our focus is to ensure we're inclusive every day, building an organisation that reflects modern society and celebrates diversity in all its forms.
We want our people to feel that they belong and can be their best, regardless of background, identity or culture.
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.
And it’s why we especially welcome applications from under-represented groups.
We’re disability confident. So, if you’d like reasonable adjustments to be made to our recruitment processes, just let us know.
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
Want to do amazing work, that’s interesting and makes a difference to millions of people? Join our journey.
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.