JOB TITLE: Lead Data Scientist
SALARY: £92,701 - £109,060
LOCATION:Edinburgh, Leeds, Manchester & Bristol
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.
At Lloyds Banking Group,we’removing to the next stages of our digital transformation, andit’sour job within the Chief Security Office (CSO) to ensure that we keep our customers,colleaguesand assets safe from threat. The CSO’s Security Data and AI lab have a phenomenal opportunity for an experienced and dynamic Lead Data Scientist to work with our Analytics and DataEngineeringfeature teams.
In this role,you’llbe owning the way in transforming how we detect, mitigate, and prevent cyber threats using advanced AI and machine learning. This is a rare opportunity to build the future of cybersecurity in one of the UK’s most data-rich environments.
Like the modern Britain we serve,we’reevolving. Investing billions in our people,dataand tech to transform the way we meet the ever-changing needs of our 26 million customers.We’regrowing with purpose. Join us on our journey and you will too…
Own thedelivery of security outcomes,includingdefiningand evolvingapproaches to anomaly detectionthatbalanceperformance, explainability, and operational risk.
Drive innovation in LLM-based security automation, including prompt engineering, RAG pipelines, and fine-tuning of models.
Partner with cyber defence, risk, and compliance teams to ensure models are explainable, ethical, and aligned with regulatory standards (e.g. SOC2, SWIFT, SOX).
Data Engineering - Deepexpertisein Python, ML frameworks (e.g. TensorFlow,PyTorch), and cloud platforms (preferably GCP).
It would be great if you also had…
Our focus is to ensurewe'reinclusive 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,identityor 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. Andit’swhy we especially welcome applications from under-represented groups.We’redisability confident. So, ifyou’dlike reasonable adjustments to be made to our recruitment processes, just let us know.
We also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, which includes…
