Head of Advanced AI Engineering in London

End Date: Thursday 04 June 2026

Salary Range: £167,552 - £209,440

We support flexible working – click here for more information on flexible working options.

Flexible Working Options: Hybrid Working, Job Share

LOCATION: London, Manchester, Bristol, Edinburgh or Leeds

HOURS: Full-time – 35 hours

WORKING PATTERN: Our work style is hybrid, which involves spending at least two days per week, or 40% of our time, at one of our office sites. Colleagues with disabilities can be supported with workplace adjustments including hybrid working expectations in line with our Flexibility Works policy.

What you’ll be doing…

We're looking for a Chief Engineer to lead our new Advanced AI Engineering team, reporting to the Group Director of Data & AI Architecture. This role sits at the forefront of Agentic AI adoption within the Data & AI Unit of the Chief Technology Office, where we define and lead the Group’s Data and AI technology strategy and incubate new AI‑driven products and capabilities. You'll be leading a team of applied research and development engineers to evaluate emerging AI technologies, build and deliver MVPs, and enable their transition into engineering at scale, with a focus on creating industry‑leading AI‑powered products and services that drive customer engagement and service excellence. Acting as a senior leader and thought partner at Platform, CIO and Group level, you will be accountable for solving critical business and technology challenges, ensuring the delivery of high‑quality conversational AI across channels with strong safety, reliability and auditability, while shaping technical direction, driving applied research and prototyping, and working closely with senior collaborators and engineering teams to align AI innovation with business strategy and ensure effective adoption at scale.

Why Join us? If you think all banks are the same, you’re wrong. We’re a pioneering, fast-changing business that’s shaping finance as a force for good. If you’re after a role where you can have an impact and do the best work of your career, you’ve just found it.

What we’re looking for:

• Proven experience leading research and development and/or software engineering activities in complex enterprise environments.
• Recognised expertise in GenAI and Agentic AI technology, with experience of creating novel solutions to real-world problems and successfully delivering AI systems to production.
• Deep expertise in software engineering, application development and solution architecture, grounded in hands-on experience.
• Hands-on experience using AI-SDLC tooling (e.g. GitHub Copilot, Claude Code, Cursor) to accelerate individual and team engineering productivity.
• Experience of working in a regulated environment and managing reliability, security, safety and explainability risks.
• Experience of acting as a trusted advisor to executive leadership and influencing business strategy.

We know that great talent comes from many backgrounds. Whilst this job advert may reference specific years of experience, we recognise that skills are developed in many ways, so if you have relevant, transferable experience, we encourage you to apply.

This is a place for you… We offer reasonable workplace adjustments for colleagues with disabilities, including flexibility in office attendance, location and working patterns. And, as a Disability Confident Leader, we guarantee interviews for a fair and proportionate number of applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the role with a disability, long-term health or neurodivergent condition through the Disability Confident Scheme.

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.

Ready for a career where you’ll learn and thrive? Apply today and find out more.

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.