Executive Director - AI & Automation Transformation (Banking)

A leading global investment bank is seeking an Executive Director to lead its AI and Automation Transformation agenda. This role will be responsible for shaping and delivering AI- and automation-enabled change across the bank, with a focus on improving customer outcomes, operational efficiency, and enterprise-wide capability.

This is a senior transformation role requiring strong experience delivering complex change programmes within investment banking. The successful candidate will combine strategic leadership with practical delivery expertise and will act as a bridge between business, technology, and senior leadership., * Define and execute a clear transformation roadmap aligned to business and regulatory priorities

• Oversee multiple concurrent workstreams, ensuring delivery discipline and measurable outcomes
• Partner closely with technology, data, operations, and change teams to shape and prioritise AI use cases
• Engage senior executives and operational leaders to drive alignment, adoption, and sustained change
• Build and lead high-performing teams, with responsibility for talent development and performance management

• Proven experience delivering large-scale AI- or automation-enabled transformation programmes within banking
• Strong understanding of banking operations and the regulatory environment
• Solid working knowledge of AI concepts (e.g. machine learning, NLP, generative or agentic AI), without the need for hands-on coding
• Extensive programme leadership experience, managing complex portfolios with multiple workstreams
• Demonstrated ability to influence senior stakeholders and lead change across diverse business areas
• Experience leading and developing teams in complex, fast-moving environments
• Track record of working with data, analytics, or innovation teams to translate emerging technology into practical business outcomes