AI Specialist
Job ID: 010124
Location: Leeds, UK, LS1 8EQ
Job type: Permanent - Full Time
Salary: £53,000 - £75,000 Dependant upon Experience + Bonus & Benefits
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Are you passionate about making a difference, using your skills & experience to be a key enabler of AI-driven transformation? If so, we may have the role for you!
We are excited to share an incredible opportunity for an AI Specialist to join our team in Data & AI. As our newest AI Specialist, you will accelerate the organisation’s ability to adopt and operationalise advanced AI capabilities.
This is a hybrid role with working from home plus some onsite presence in our Bradford & central Leeds offices.
About the role
Providing specialist technical expertise across AI solution design, development and deployment, supporting complex and high-impact AI initiatives
You will-
- Design and implement advanced AI capabilities by contributing handson to solutions involving large language models, agentic architectures, RetrievalAugmented Generation (RAG), and automation workflows.
- Support data science and model optimisation activities by assessing data readiness, evaluating model performance, and improving accuracy, consistency, and reliability of AI outputs.
- Guide solution patterns and technical approaches by advising on best practices for generative AI, datadriven intelligence, and enterprise AI architectures within the Microsoft AI ecosystem.
- Act as a technical authority and mentor by supporting AI Product Developers, AI Design Analysts, and AI Test Leads through guidance, coaching, and handson problem solving.
About You
You will have strong experience in delivering enterprise-grade AI solutions across multiple domains, with expertise in generative AI, agentic AI, and data-driven intelligence.
You will have
- Handson experience with Microsoft AI ecosystem technologies, including Azure AI Foundry, Azure OpenAI, Copilot Studio, and Microsoft Azure
- Strong practical knowledge of MLOps, model monitoring, evaluation, and lifecycle management
- Excellent stakeholder management, communication and reporting skills
- Capability to translate business and operational needs into working AI solutions
- Ability to analyse AI outputs and improve model behaviour and reliability
About you
- You’ll have hands on experience building AI solutions using large language models, agent frameworks an AI APIs.
- A strong understanding of Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), embeddings, vector search and retrieval optimisation.
- Experience developing AI solutions using Microsoft Azure, Azure AI Foundry, Azure OpenAI Service and Copilot Studio
- You’ll have familiarity with enterprise integration patterns using Microsoft Graph, Power Platform and business applications. As well as working knowledge of MLOps, CI/CD pipelines, monitoring, and operational support of AI systems.
- Strong communication skills, including explaining technical concepts to nontechnical stakeholders
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…
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Our pension scheme (where you can get up to 11% from us)
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On target bonus of 7% (with the opportunity to earn up to a maximum 15%)
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Access to brilliant health benefits
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Life assurance at 6 times your salary
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25 days’ holiday (and the option to buy more)
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Cycle to work or an interest-free loan for an annual ticket
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Wellbeing resources and tools
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Retail and Leisure discounts
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.
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.
Our Colleague Networks & Groups
Our Vision is to be a leading organisation that embraces diversity, champions equity, and creates an inclusive environment where all individuals regardless of their background or identity feel valued, empowered and supported.
Our Colleague Networks and Groups are designed to amplify the voices of diverse groups and provide a structured route to effect real change. They provide a safe space and use colleague feedback to support the progression of our DEI Strategy. Our eight networks and groups are:
Community and Charity
Ever since we started back in 1864, we’ve had a clear purpose – to do some good in our communities through helping people keep their savings safe. And helping everyone have a place to call home. Today, that purpose is still a huge part of who we are. And every one of our colleagues helps that happen.
We’re committed to volunteering our time, resources, skills and knowledge – more than 50% of colleagues contribute to thousands of volunteer hours every year. And our Charitable Foundation has now donated over £9 million to charities and good causes across the country.
Our ways of working
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. And help our colleagues get the most out of work, and take care of themselves, wherever they’re working.
Whether you’re in an office-based team or your team is spread across the country, you’ll have lots of chances to get together with your colleagues for those Moments that Matter – which are all about building wonderful relationships and strong bonds with your colleagues.
Find out more about our Ways of Working here:Similar Roles
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