Head of Data and AI Ethics

About this opportunity

We’re seeking an experienced Head of Data & AI Ethics to join our Chief Data and Analytics Office in our newly created AI centre of Excellence who will be responsible for developing, implementing, and managing the bank's Ethical AI policies and practices. This role is essential in ensuring the bank operates with integrity, transparency, and in accordance with regulatory and societal expectations!

You’ll take ownership for a highly specialist team of AI and Ethics experts, developing and leading the Banks AI Ethics strategy, ensuring alignment with the overall AI, Data and Group Technology 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, our executives and the Board on Ethical issues, standards and responsible AI tooling.

You’ll be leading the development and embedding of Group-wide ethical AI frameworks including the AI assurance framework, backed by a cohesive set of reusable patterns, tooling, controls and guardrails that support in the delivery of safe, ethical and well governed Data & AI solutions. Delivery will be lead in collaboration with teams across the AI CoE and in partnership with our Model Governance, Platform, Technology and Architecture teams.

About us

Like the modern Britain we serve, we’re evolving. Investing billions in our people, data and tech to transform the way we meet the constantly evolving needs of our 26 million customers. We’re growing with purpose. Join us on our journey and you will too!

Qualifications and Experience

• PhD in AI, AI Ethics or a related field or equivalent, significant industry experience working in a technical data role.
• Leadership level experience of embedding Data Ethics standards, tooling, and ethical data use framework in large complex organisations. Building and mentoring chapters of domain experts, developing talent and advancing team members towards their career objectives.
• Strong knowledge of analytics, data science and AI and Generative AI. This knowledge should be grounded in practical application.
• Deep understanding of emergent Ethical risks particular with Generative AI and how to mitigate through tooling, policy and procedures.
• Understanding of other emerging technologies that impact Data Ethics best practices.
• A good understanding of Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and the Responsible AI tooling available on GCP / VertexAI.
• Experience building Ethical AI controls and embedding them into broader Model risk management frameworks.
• Strong leadership and interpersonal skills, with the ability to influence and inspire at all levels of the organisation.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
• High level of integrity, with a commitment to upholding the highest ethical standards.
• Expert knowledge of technology vendors to help select partners to help deliver our strategy.
• Confident relationship manager able to influence senior partners and course correcting initiatives towards strategic outcomes.
• Established knowledge of how data can support customers and delivery out Groups objectives.
• Ability to make complicated technological concepts simple to senior audiences.

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

This is a once in a career opportunity to help shape your future as well as ours. Join us and grow with purpose.