AI Architecture Lead

Salary: £62,000 - 102,000 per year

Requirements:

• Strong experience in Enterprise AI Architecture / AI Solution Architecture within complex organisations.
• Deep understanding of the wider AI ecosystem, including LLMs, Machine Learning and Agentic AI.
• Strong technical and coding knowledge, with the ability to engage effectively with engineering teams.
• Strong understanding of data architecture, data platforms, APIs and integration patterns supporting AI solutions.
• Experience designing and governing enterprise-scale AI platforms and solutions.
• Strong knowledge of AI governance, security, controls and AI risk management.
• Experience designing Agentic AI architectures and operating models.
• Proven experience evaluating AI technologies and vendors and developing build, buy and hybrid strategies.
• Experience defining target-state architectures, transition architectures and technology roadmaps.
• Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to communicate complex architectural concepts to both technical and senior business audiences.
• Experience within banking, financial services, treasury, balance sheet management or financial modelling environments would be highly beneficial.

Responsibilities:

• Define the target AI architecture for Balance Sheet Modelling, including the roadmap and transition states required to reach the future-state environment.
• Lead AI Solution Architecture across LLM, ML, Agentic AI and related AI capabilities.
• Design scalable AI architectures aligned with wider enterprise, data and integration architecture.
• Assess opportunities for Agentic AI and lead associated organisational design (OD) activity.
• Establish AI architecture principles, design standards and governance frameworks.
• Ensure solutions meet appropriate security, governance, regulatory and AI risk management requirements.
• Evaluate AI platforms, technologies and vendors, providing clear build vs buy vs hybrid recommendations.
• Define appropriate AI operating model and organisational design options.
• Provide architecture leadership and hands-on design support throughout the Balance Sheet Modelling programme.
• Work closely with engineering and delivery teams to ensure architectural designs can be translated into practical, deliverable solutions.
• Provide technical leadership across the wider AI ecosystem, with sufficient coding knowledge to challenge designs and support technical decision-making.

Technologies:

• Agentic AI
• AI
• Support
• LLM
• Machine Learning
• Security
• Architect

More:

We are a leading Pension and Investments client seeking an AI Architecture Lead to define and govern the target AI architecture and delivery roadmap for Balance Sheet Modelling. This is a senior architecture role focused on shaping our AI strategy, defining the future-state architecture and ensuring our AI solutions are scalable, secure, well-governed and aligned with wider enterprise technology standards. We offer a remote-first working arrangement with travel to local site when required. The role is based in the UK wide and will be via umbrella.

last updated 36 week of 2026