Responsible AI Lead

End Date

Thursday 18 September 2025

Salary Range

£104,686 - £123,160

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

Flexible Working Options

Flexibility in when hours are worked, Hybrid Working, Job Share, Reduced Hours

Job Description Summary

A thought leader in responsible AI to define standards for ethical AI development and deployment within the Chief Data and Analytics Office. This role will inform Lloyds Banking Group’s AI strategy, promote a culture of safe and transparent AI, and advise senior leadership on responsible AI approaches and governance.

Job Description

JOB TITLE: Responsible AI Lead

SALARY: £104,686 - £114,000

LOCATION(S): London

HOURS: Full time

WORKING PATTERN: Hybrid, 40% (or two days) in an office site

About the opportunity

At this exciting time when Lloyds Banking Group is starting to adopt AI at scale, we are seeking a thought leader in responsible AI to join our AI Centre of Excellence in the Chief Data and Analytics Office. The role will play a key role in defining the standard to which Lloyds Banking Group governs, deploys and uses AI, tracking the latest best practices in responsible AI!

The role will bring functions together, embedding best practices across the Group and enabling the Business. This role is essential in ensuring the Group operates with integrity, transparency, and in accordance with regulatory and societal expectations!

Your work will inform the Group’s AI strategy. You'll be expected to act as a transformative leader, with a strong vision, promoting a culture of safe and ethical AI throughout the organisation, providing thought leadership, and advising senior leaders on standards and responsible AI tooling.

In this role, you'll:

• Demonstrate leadership on AI governance and AI ethics, shaping Lloyds Banking Group’s standard of responsible AI adoption.

• Find opportunities and offer assistance to integrate outstanding responsible AI approaches into governance and AI development workflows, collaborating closely with both the Business and 2nd Line.

• Accelerate the responsible development and deployment of key AI use cases, including AI agents.

• Drive and evolve the Group’s AI Assurance Framework and associated tooling.

• Be a thought leader on ethical standards in AI deployment.

What you'll need

• Proven experience in Responsible AI or AI ethics, including directly engaging with AI product teams.

• Extensive knowledge of emerging global AI regulatory standards and frameworks.

• Stellar problem-solving and risk identification/mitigation skills in business contexts.

• Excellent relationship management skills with the ability to influence senior partners and course correct initiatives towards strategic outcomes.

• Experience in programme/project management.

• Financial industry experience desirable.

About working for us

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 want our people to feel that they belong and can be their best, regardless of background, identity or culture.

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.

And it’s why we especially welcome applications from under-represented groups.

We’re disability confident. So, if you’d like reasonable adjustments to be made to our recruitment processes, just let us know.

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

Want to do amazing work, that’s interesting and makes a difference to millions of people? Join our journey.

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.