This role brings deep, lived technology expertise to the Group’s AI and Agentic AI agenda, knowledge gained not at a conceptual level, but through sustained proximity to complex systems in real environments.
Requirements
- Deep, hands-on experience with AI and Agentic AI at scale, with a practical understanding of what works in real-world environments, where limits sit, and how issues emerge once systems are live
- Strong, current expertise in AI and Agentic AI, with practical breadth across models, agentic patterns, and end-to-end technology stacks
- Credibility with technical specialists and senior leaders, with the ability to cut through complexity and apply sound technical judgement when decisions carry material risk
- Motivated by technical responsibility rather than span of control, and comfortable acting as the trusted authority on complex, high-stakes questions where getting it right matters
- Strong judgement on agentic capability and limits, including how these limits emerge as systems move from pilot to scaled, live operation
- Proven ability to influence AI technology approaches and trade-offs, including model selection, reuse vs bespoke approaches, and degrees of autonomy
- Skilled at focusing technical discussions on what matters most, bringing clarity to decisions that impact scale, safety, and long-term sustainability
- Demonstrated ability to steer difficult decisions through insight and evidence, particularly where technical risk, long-term cost, or operational viability is at stake
- A pragmatic engineering mindset, able to simplify for scale, challenge over-engineering, and avoid unnecessary complexity or fragility
- Experience working in or adjacent to regulated environments, with practical understanding of how regulation, risk appetite, and assurance shape AI deployment
- Practical familiarity with AI regulatory and risk expectations in operation, including transparency, control, explainability, auditability, and third‐party dependencies
- Experience engaging with the wider AI ecosystem (e.g. hyperscalers, vendors, partners), with the ability to assess claims critically and independently
- Confidence contributing to deep technical discussions on Agentic AI with external partners or industry forums, while maintaining a bank‐first, independent perspective
Benefits
- A generous pension contribution of up to 15%
- An annual performance-related bonus
- 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
