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AI Value & Adoption Lead - Copilot

Job ID: 009602

Location: Leeds, UK, LS1 8EQ

Job type: Permanent - Full Time

Salary: Circa £60,000 Dependent on Experience + Bonus & Benefits

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We are excited to announce a unique opportunity for an AI Value & Adoption Lead - Copilot to join our Data & AI team. In this pivotal new role, you will lead YBS’s Copilot journeychampioning Copilot adoption, inspiring new use cases and ensuring measurable business impact from Copilot implementation. You will work in partnership with business leaders and colleagues to embed Copilot across the organisation and maximising value.

This is a rare opportunity to shape the future of work at YBS by leading our Copilot journey. If you are passionate about digital transformation, inspiring others, and realizing the full potential of Copilot, we’d love to hear from you.

This is a hybrid role, with a blend of working from home and onsite presence in our Bradford & central Leeds offices.

About the role

As AI Value & Adoption Lead - Copilot, you will -

  • Drive Copilot Adoption: Partner with business leaders to identify, prioritise and inspire high-impact Copilot use cases across all areas of YBS

  • Lead the Copilot Value Framework: Conduct assessments to measure and communicate the business outcomes of Copilot initiatives, ensuring alignment with organisational goals and ethical standards

  • Track and Report Value: Establish robust mechanisms to track, report, and communicate the value delivered by Copilot, providing actionable insights to leadership

  • Champion Skills Development: Design and deliver engaging training sessions to upskill business teams and leaders in Copilot capabilities, transformative impact, and responsible use

  • Inspire and Scale Use Cases: Maintain a dynamic portfolio of Copilot use cases, regularly sharing success stories and lessons learned to inspire further adoption and innovation

  • Foster a Copilot Community: Build and nurture a network of Copilot champions across the business, encouraging collaboration, feedback, and continuous improvement

  • Stay Ahead of the Curve: Keep up to date with industry trends, market innovations, and external benchmarks, establishing yourself as a recognised Copilot leader both within and outside YBS

About you

You’ll bring experience in business analysis, digital transformation, or AI/analytics roles, with a strong interest in Copilot and generative AI technologies. You will have

  • Proven ability to lead Copilot or similar technology adoption and drive change across diverse stakeholder groups

  • Demonstrable skills in identifying, piloting, and scaling Copilot use cases, with evidence of delivering data-driven outcomes

  • Experience designing and delivering Copilot training and enablement programs

  • Broad knowledge of data and information landscapes, best practice operating models, and the AI/ ML lifecycle

  • Familiarity with data and AI governance, ethics, and risk management

  • Strong influencing skills to inspire Copilot champions and foster a culture of innovation

  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to translate complex information into clear business outcomes and gain buy-in from executive and senior stakeholders

Business Impact

We may be almost 160 years old, but we’re still leading the way when it comes to digital transformation. Our ever-growing IT, Transformation and Digital teams are embracing innovation to shape change. And drive us into the modern age of information, AI, and automation. All whilst keeping us, and our members, safe. So, they have a real impact on our transformation journey, and our future. And that means you can too!

Learning & Development

Everyone can build a career path they love here. And that’s because we offer a wide range of programmes, opportunities and more to help you learn, grow, and develop – and reach your full potential.

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These include...

  • Personal Growth Toolkits - a range of materials that help you discover your strengths, identify your goals, and your next steps.
  • Secondment and Stretch opportunities – helping you gain experience in different areas of our business and new ways of working.
  • Learning Champion Network – opportunities to work outside of your immediate area and build new skills.
  • Apprenticeships and Professional Qualifications – a range of brilliant apprenticeships and programmes available to everyone.
  • REACH Diverse Leadership Programme – helping our Black, Asian and Ethnically Diverse leaders progress into senior leadership roles.
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Our ways of working and flexibility

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We know there’s no single right way of working that fits everyone. That’s why we’re not trying to find one. Instead, we’re doing everything we can to make sure that when we’re working flexibly, together and apart, we’re working at our best. We help our colleagues get the most out of work, and take care of themselves, wherever they’re working.

We offer a range of flexible working options without unsocial hours, which can help you find a healthy work-life balance. Whether it’s finishing early for an appointment or fitting your studies and hobbies in around your working hours, we can help make it work for you. We’re happy to talk flexible working and you can reach out to us anytime during the recruitment process to discuss this.

Find out more about our Ways of Working

About Our Benefits

Everyone’s different. That’s why we offer a wide range of benefits and rewards that we think you’ll love – whatever’s important to you, and whatever stage of life you’re at. Such as…

  • Our pension scheme (where you can get up to 11% from us)

  • On target bonus of 7% (with the opportunity to earn up to a maximum 15%)

  • Access to brilliant health benefits

  • Life assurance at 6 times your salary

  • 25 days’ holiday (and the option to buy more)

  • Cycle to work or an interest-free loan for an annual ticket

  • Wellbeing resources and tools

  • Retail and Leisure discounts

Find out more about what we offer

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Meet the Recruiter(s)

Mike Peel

Mike Peel

Resourcing & Inclusion Specialist

Connect with Mike Peel

I partner with the following business areas on all things resourcing & inclusion: IT, Transformation, Data, Digital Channels, Finance and Financial Crime.

I joined the team in September 2021 and I absolutely love working for YBS! It’s a brilliant place to work, with an incredibly friendly, flexible and inclusive culture.

I’ve got lots of experience in Recruitment, Talent & HR across Retail, Charity and Financial Services. Throughout my career I’ve partnered with every head office function you can think of! Everything from Trading, Marketing and Finance through to HR, Property and Legal.

I love supporting people with their careers and development, so if you’d like to chat to me about what it’s like to work at YBS or want to find out more about our latest opportunities, then it would be great to connect!

Holly Gallagher

Holly Gallagher

Resourcing & Inclusion Specialist

Connect with Holly Gallagher

Since joining YBS in June 2023, I have had the pleasure of supporting the wider business with all things recruitment. Covering IT, Transformation, Data, Digital Channels, Finance and Financial Crime.

YBS has been a great place to work both professionally and personally as I have been provided with the support to upskill and learn, and recently had the opportunity to undertake a Level 3 Data Technician Apprenticeship which has been truly amazing!

If you are keen to learn more about the culture here at YBS, or any current opportunities I'd love to hear from you!

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

You’ll find people from all walks of life here, with different cultures, beliefs, ages, outlooks and more. And we’re proud of our differences. So we’re dedicated to creating a workplace where everyone feels welcome, supported, and empowered to be their whole self at work.

Our five Colleague Networks play an important role in helping that happen – and have a real impact on our everyday working life here. Each is closely linked to our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion committee, and sponsored by a member of our Senior Leadership Team.

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And we also have our Colleague Support groups, such as ManKind and Family Foundations, where colleagues can connect, and talk about issues that matter.

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