Head of AI/ML
Head of AI / VP of AI
Lloyds Banking Group · Financial Services / Retail Banking · 60,000+ employees · 📍 Edinburgh, Scotland, United Kingdom
Lloyds Banking Group is building a dedicated AI Productivity Lab from the ground up and needs a senior leader to operationalise generative and applied AI into measurable workforce and efficiency gains across one of the UK's largest financial institutions.
AI Maturity
scaling
Reports To
CTO
Why Role Exists
New position
Company Stage
public
Source
linkedin
Key Responsibilities
- Build and lead the AI Productivity Lab from inception, defining its structure, team, and operating model
- Translate generative and applied AI capabilities into measurable workforce productivity and operational efficiency gains
- Partner with senior stakeholders across the bank to identify, prioritise, and deliver high-impact AI use cases
- Establish metrics, governance frameworks, and reporting to demonstrate ROI of AI productivity initiatives
- Recruit, develop, and manage a multidisciplinary team of AI practitioners, engineers, and change specialists
Requirements
- Proven track record leading applied or generative AI programmes at enterprise scale
- Demonstrated ability to translate AI capability into quantifiable business outcomes
- Experience building and scaling new organisational functions or labs
- Senior stakeholder management and executive communication skills
Signals
- ⚠ No salary or compensation details posted
- ⚠ Role has appeared at least twice (May 2026 and current) suggesting potential difficulty closing a candidate
- ⚠ Edinburgh location may limit senior AI talent pool relative to London
- ✓ Dedicated lab being stood up signals genuine organisational commitment and budget
- ✓ Clear mandate with measurable outcomes (workforce and operational efficiency)
- ✓ Lloyds is one of the UK's largest banks — significant scale and resource backing
- ✓ Lab model gives leader meaningful autonomy to build from scratch
Company History
This role has been posted at least twice (current and May 2026 listing with identical framing), suggesting the search has been running for some time without a close — this may indicate high candidate bar, compensation misalignment, or internal delays in securing sign-off on the hire.