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Thursday 12 March 2026Salary Range
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JOB TITLE: Senior Enterprise Architect
SALARY: £90,440 - £106,000
LOCATION(S): Bristol, Edinburgh, Halifax, Leeds or Manchester
HOURS: Full time
WORKING PATTERN: Hybrid, 40% (or two days) in an office site
Lloyds Banking Group is accelerating its AI transformation in line with our CEO’s ambition to use AI to enhance customer experience, colleague productivity and operational excellence! Seeking an Enterprise Architect – AI to help define the Group’s AI strategy, architecture and reusable patterns across all areas of AI especially Generative and Agentic!
What you’ll do
Define the Group’s AI Architecture Strategy and target-state architecture.
Define reusable logical patterns across AI (e.g., ML, LLMOps, RAG, vector search, Agentic orchestration, guardrails, observability.)
Create transition roadmaps to scale safe, compliant AI solutions across the bank.
Partner with engineering platforms, data, security and risk teams to shape AI-enabled journeys.
Support areas like Responsible AI and Model risk by ensuring the right technical controls and automation are included.
Provide architectural guidance and oversight across federated delivery teams.
What you’ll need
Proven experience as an Enterprise Architect in a large organisation
Expertise across all areas of AI (e.g., ML, generative AI, agentic AI, vector stores, prompt engineering)
Strong understanding of data sourcing, data pipelines, cloud-native AI services and enterprise integration
Excellent communication and stakeholder engagement skills
Ability to produce clear patterns, standards and technical strategies
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.