Lead Data Scientist

• Job Details
• End Date: Wednesday 08 July 2026
• Salary Range: £0 – £0
• Flexible Working Options: Hybrid Working, Job Share
• Job Title: Lead Data & AI Scientist (BCB)
• Salary: Competitive – discussed at interview stage
• Location: London or Edinburgh
• Hours: Full time
• Working Pattern: Hybrid – at least two days per week (or 40% of time) at our Edinburgh office.

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

About this Opportunity

In Business & Commercial Banking (BCB) we’re developing our client value proposition, shaping our digital and data strategy, and driving commercial growth initiatives.

As a Lead Data & AI Scientist, you’ll play a pivotal role in shaping and delivering ground‑breaking AI solutions that solve complex business challenges for BCB.

From predictive and generative AI to agentic systems, you’ll lead initiatives that transform digital experiences, automate processes, and unlock data‑driven insights for colleagues and clients.

• What you’ll be doing
• Conceptualise and lead technology‑based solutions that solve complex business problems, improving digital experiences, automating processes, and providing data‑driven insights to support colleague and client journeys.
• Shape and define the capability roadmap for Data & AI, including cloud‑native solutions and scalable architectures.
• Provide technical leadership, coaching, and mentoring for data scientists and engineers.
• Ensure rigorous quality assurance in model development, testing, and deployment.
• Develop proofs‑of‑concept to demonstrate new capabilities and accelerate adoption.
• Partner with colleagues to understand business requirements and translate them into actionable AI solutions.
• Advocate for responsible AI practices and compliance with governance frameworks.
• Guide the team in solving complex AI use cases and improving existing approaches.
• Contribute to the design of training curricula and professional development paths for the Data & AI community.
• Drive measurable business outcomes through AI solutions aligned to strategic priorities.
• Ensure solutions are scalable, secure, and aligned with Group Data & AI standards.
• What we’re looking for
• Set the strategic direction for Data & AI across BCB, aligning investment and priorities with business outcomes.
• Lead the design and delivery of enterprise‑level AI solutions across client journeys, automation, and insight generation.
• Own the Data & AI capability roadmap, ensuring scalable, cloud‑based architectures that support long‑term growth.
• Provide technical and thought leadership to the Data Science & AI team, building capability and setting engineering standards.
• Oversee the full life‑cycle of AI solutions, ensuring robust development, deployment, monitoring, and continuous improvement.
• Partner with senior leaders to shape high‑value AI use cases and influence decision‑making at leadership level.
• Embed responsible AI practices, ensuring all solutions meet governance, risk, and regulatory requirements.
• Drive measurable commercial and operational outcomes, with clear accountability for impact, adoption, and value delivered.
• We recognise that skills are developed in many ways; relevant, transferable experience is encouraged.

Why join us?

We’re on an exciting journey to transform our Group and the way we’re shaping finance for good.

We’re focusing on the future, investing in our technologies, workplaces, and colleagues to make our Group a great place for everyone.

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
• Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

Our ambition is to be the leading UK business for diversity, equity and inclusion supporting our customers, colleagues and communities.

We’re committed to creating an environment in which everyone can thrive, learn and develop.

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.

We offer reasonable workplace adjustments for colleagues with disabilities, including flexibility in office attendance, location and working patterns.

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 provide reasonable adjustments throughout the recruitment process to reduce or remove barriers. Just let us know what you need.

Equal Opportunity

At Lloyds Banking Group we’re driven by a clear purpose; to help Britain prosper.

We’re committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the customers and communities we serve.

We’re building a truly inclusive workplace where all of our colleagues have the opportunity to make a real difference.

Data Protection Note

We keep your data safe.

We’ll only ever ask you to provide confidential or sensitive information once you have formally been invited to an interview or accepted a verbal offer to join us, at which point 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.

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