Senior Data Scientist
Summary
Senior Data Scientist in Business Banking's Payments domain designing and deploying advanced AI/ML solutions, including Generative AI, Agentic AI, and RAG-based applications, to automate processes and enhance customer experiences.
Do work that matters
As a Senior Data Scientist in Business Banking you'll help shape the future of intelligent banking experiences. Working within the Payments domain, you'll design and deploy advanced AI and machine learning solutions that automate processes, enhance customer experiences and support critical business decision-making.
You'll combine deep technical expertise with commercial thinking to solve complex problems, working across high-impact initiatives that leverage Generative AI. This is an opportunity to influence how AI is applied at scale while mentoring others and contributing to the ongoing evolution of the Bank's AI capability.
See yourself in our team
Within Business Banking, you'll work alongside data scientists, AI specialists, product teams and business leaders to deliver innovative solutions that create real customer and business value.
You'll collaborate closely with stakeholders across frontline teams, product, risk, controls and technology functions, bringing together diverse perspectives to solve complex problems and deliver meaningful outcomes.
In this role, you will:
Lead the design, development and deployment of advanced AI and machine learning solutions
Apply Generative AI, Agentic AI and retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) techniques to solve complex business challenges
Develop and enhance high-risk analytical models that support business and customer outcomes
Partner with senior stakeholders across business, risk and technology to identify opportunities and drive adoption of AI solutions
Build scalable, production-ready AI applications and ensure ongoing monitoring and performance optimisation
Mentor and develop data scientists while contributing to a strong and inclusive team culture
Translate complex technical concepts into clear business outcomes for executive audiences
We're interested in hearing from people who:
Have significant experience delivering Data Science, Machine Learning or AI solutions within financial services, fintech or other complex environments
Have hands-on experience deploying Generative AI applications into production
Demonstrate expertise across prompt engineering, RAG architectures, safety guardrails and Agentic AI frameworks
Are highly proficient in Python, SQL and statistical modelling techniques for large-scale data environments
Possess strong stakeholder management skills and can influence senior leaders through data-driven insights
Have experience developing, validating or overseeing high-risk models and model governance practices
Enjoy leading, coaching and mentoring others while fostering a collaborative team culture
Working with us
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