Ai Designer in Leeds

Responsibilities

• Assess and shape AI and Copilot Use Cases aligned to strategic business objectives, shaping them into well-defined proposals with clear value hypotheses and measurable success criteria.
• Engage with business teams to conduct deep analysis of business problems, workflows, processes and decision points to determine where AI can improve outcomes, efficiency or customer experience.
• Design AI-enabled workflows, prompt patterns, user interactions and human-in-the-loop models that maximise safety, transparency and user trust.
• Assess solution feasibility by evaluating data readiness, technical constraints, ethical considerations, compliance requirements and operational impacts.
• Map end-to-end processes, decision points, data dependencies and required human oversight.
• Support experimentation, prototyping and MVP definition with delivery teams.
• Ensure responsible AI principles (e.g., transparency, explainability, ISO42001) are incorporated into all designs.
• Engage with colleagues across the business to capture user perspectives, refine user needs, and ensure solutions align to real operational challenges and behaviours.
• Provide structured analysis to support business cases, investment decisions, risk assessments, and prioritisation discussions at AI governance forums.
• Collaborate with teams to ensure designs are implementable, sustainable and aligned to enterprise architecture.
• Maintain a library of design artefacts, patterns and re-usable assets to support repeatability and uplift design maturity across the AI Foundry.
• Manage escalations supporting the wider Data & AI Leadership team.

Mandatory Requirements

• Hands-on experience with Copilot.
• Ability to translate business challenges into practical AI designs.
• Solid, hands-on experience within the Microsoft ecosystem, specifically: Building and integrating agents within Copilot Studio, leveraging PowerApps, Dataverse, Fabric, and Azure, and utilizing Foundry environments.
• Practical experience integrating agents, APIs, and associated components within these specific platforms.
• Higher education qualification (or equivalent experience) in Ethics, Law, Risk Management, Social Sciences, Data/Computer Science or relevant field.
• Proven experience working in digital, data or AI programmes in complex or regulated environments.
• Skilled at mapping processes, decision flows and user journeys to identify where AI, automation or Copilot can add value.
• Understanding of core AI concepts including LLMs, prompt engineering, automation, decision support and responsible AI.
• Experience assessing data quality, readiness, lineage and feasibility for AI-enabled solutions.
• Ability to design end-to-end AI workflows including prompts, orchestration, guardrails and human-in-the-loop models.
• Skilled in user research, facilitation, co-design and requirements-gathering workshops.
• Working knowledge of Copilot and Power Platform as well as Service Design/UX.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Azure AI Fundamentals.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, including senior-level engagement.
• Commercial awareness and a value-driven mindset.
• Familiarity with responsible AI and risk-aware delivery practices.
• Familiarity with AI ethics, fairness, transparency and accountability principles.
• Ability to translate complex technical and regulatory concepts into practical guidance.
• Use of professional networks and external influencers with clear evidence of learning and development to build and maintain skills and expertise.
• Ability to be flexible and adaptable with the pace of technology and AI change.

Desirable Skills / Knowledge / Experience

• Understanding of financial services industry, markets and competitors.
• Understanding of how financial services organisations operate and the associated regulatory environment, or other regulated industries.
• Awareness of the Mutual Sector and the needs and interests of Members.