Lead Integrator - A.I. Centre of Excellence

Lloyds Banking Group, City of Westminster

Lead Integrator - A.I. Centre of Excellence

£142380

Lloyds Banking Group, City of Westminster

  • Full time
  • Permanent
  • Onsite working

Posted today, 4 Oct | Get your application in now to be one of the first to apply.

Closing date: Closing date not specified

job Ref: 4478f73766b54a7b96ef5ea9cee86bb0

Full Job Description

  • Assisting in the documentation of our AI strategy, narrative, and points of view for internal and external purposes.
  • Organising workshops and events for the strategy and design of AI initiatives, coordinating the agenda, logistics, and outcomes.
  • Establishing pivotal integration points across teams and platforms and effectively communicate these integration points to relevant stakeholders.
  • Working with backlog owners across LBG to understand progress against delivery timelines.
  • Collaborating with platform leadership and product owner teams to plan and prioritise integration-related tasks.
  • Proactively identifying critical risks to delivery and instigate recovery action with appropriate senior stakeholders.
  • Acting as a key escalation point to resolve blockers and work with platform and AI leaders to resolve interlock challenges.
  • Managing suppliers (3rd Party), providing oversight and managing underperformance.
  • Leading complex and high-risk implementations requiring integration between multiple parties (internal/external) to ensure safe delivery.

    You'll have a strong background in the following:
  • Programme management, with a proven track record of managing large and complex projects.
  • Data Analytics.
  • Emerging technologies such as AI and Digital and tech.
  • You'll also be a strategic thinker with excellent leadership and communication skills to drive the successful implementation of AI initiatives across LBG.

    WORKING PATTERN: Our work style is hybrid, which involves spending at least two days per week, or 40% of our time, at our London site. Here at Lloyds Banking Group (LBG), we put our customers at the heart of everything we do, and every colleague has an important part to play. Data Science and Artificial Intelligence form a key part of our strategy, and as a Machine Learning Engineer you will be contributing to the largest ever transformation in the history of financial services. With 30 million + customers, millions of transactions and 70 thousand colleagues, we have some of the largest datasets in the UK. This combined with our focus in areas such as Gen AI and AI Ethics mean you'll be working at the forefront of Data Science in the banking industry. Want to hear more? Welcome to one of the fastest paced and most exciting places to work, driven by the latest and emerging digital technology! We are the new A.I. Centre of Excellence within the Chief Data & Analytics Office (CD&AO), comprising over 300 data scientists, AI specialists, engineers, architects, and analysts. We play a crucial role in making LBG successful with data and artificial intelligence by optimising and delivering AI technology and business outcomes. Our remit is to develop the enterprise AI strategy and roadmap, collaborate with other LBG business units on strategic initiatives, and provide guidance on methods, tools, and processes. Our success hinges upon our ability to coordinate large-scale change across business units, engaging with executives to obtain sponsorship and buy-in, as well as driving cross-functional engagements across multiple LBG teams. You'll work with stakeholders across LBG to ensure that platform, business unit, or group-wide AI initiatives are appropriately prioritised across necessary product backlog on behalf of the Group Head of AI & Advanced Analytics for the overall AI initiative., 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.

    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're committed to creating a consciously inclusive workplace where our colleagues can be themselves, thrive and perform at their best. 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. As an inclusive employer, we offer Workplace Adjustments for colleagues with a disability (which may include long-term health and neurodivergent conditions) where it is reasonable to do so. This could include flexibility with regards to office attendance, location, and working pattern. We are proud to be a Disability Confident Leader. If you have a disability, you can also apply via our Disability Confident Scheme (DCS). Through the DCS, we guarantee to interview a fair and proportionate number of applicants with a disability, whose application meets the minimum criteria for the advertised job role. We also provide adjustments that are reasonable throughout the recruitment process to reduce or remove barriers for applicants with a disability, long-term health condition or neurodivergent condition. If you'd like an adjustment to the recruitment process just let us know We also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes:
  • 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
  • So, if you're excited by the thought of becoming part of our team, get in touch.