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About the Role

Faculty is seeking a Head of Banking to define and grow its presence in the sector. This role involves shaping the go-to-market strategy, building relationships with senior banking stakeholders, and leading ambitious AI transformation programs. It's an opportunity to build a distinctive banking practice within a company known for its technical depth and delivery excellence in AI for financial services.

Responsibilities

• Leading complex AI transformation programmes for major banking clients, from strategy formation to AI software delivery
• Building trusted, long-term relationships with C-suite banking leaders, acting as a trusted advisor on how AI can drive revenue growth, improve operational efficiency, strengthen risk management, and deepen customer loyalty
• Generating sales and revenue for Faculty by shaping software design, compelling commercial pitches, and exciting demos that convey Faculty’s technical depth and delivery excellence
• Elevating Faculty’s industry profile by articulating differentiated banking propositions and points of view through the media and in industry forums
• Ensuring the successful delivery of a portfolio of high-quality client work across the sector by guiding multidisciplinary teams, maintaining executive confidence, and helping teams navigate ambiguity, pace, and complexity
• Mentoring and developing colleagues through line management, helping to replicate and reinforce Faculty’s Principles and collegial culture

Requirements

• Deep knowledge of banking, having worked in industry
• Passion and enthusiasm for how AI can deliver better outcomes for banking customers
• A well-developed and distinct point of view on how banks should adopt AI, and how AI will impact the industry
• Experience leading large, complex transformation programmes, ideally involving organisational change with data, technology, or AI, for a bank or as a consultant
• Commercially minded - excited about hitting commercial targets through shaping opportunities, winning work, growing accounts, and owning meaningful revenue responsibility
• A compelling communicator who builds trust quickly with senior stakeholders and can explain complex technologies clearly
• Comfortable switching altitudes - from executive level to delivery to challenge constructively, unblock teams, and maintain quality
• Experience leading, mentoring, and developing high-performing teams, and a commitment to building an inclusive, intellectually rigorous culture
• Relevant academic or professional grounding in finance, economics, or a related field
• If you don’t meet all the requirements, but are excited by the role and know you bring some key strengths, please don't hesitate in applying
• Open to conversations about part-time hours

Skills

• AI transformation
• Client relationship management
• Sales and revenue generation
• Software design
• Commercial pitching
• Industry analysis
• Team leadership
• Mentoring
• Communication

Location

• Hybrid Working

Work Type

• Hybrid Working
• Part-time hours considered

Experience Level

• Head of Banking
• Senior stakeholder management
• Leading large, complex transformation programmes

Education Level

• Relevant academic or professional grounding in finance, economics, or a related field

Benefits

• Unlimited Annual Leave Policy
• Private healthcare and dental
• Enhanced parental leave
• Family-Friendly Flexibility & Flexible working
• Sanctus Coaching

About the Company

• Faculty was established in 2014 with the belief that AI would be the most important technology of our time.
• Faculty has worked with over 350 global customers to transform their performance through human-centric AI.
• Faculty innovates, builds, and deploys responsible AI that makes a significant impact.
• Faculty possesses unparalleled depth of technical, product, and delivery expertise.
• Faculty serves clients across government, finance, retail, energy, life sciences, and defence.
• Faculty's business and reputation are growing rapidly.
• Faculty seeks individuals with intellectual curiosity and a desire to build a positive legacy through technology.
• Faculty empowers employees to envision and implement the most powerful applications of AI.
• In the Professional and Financial Services Business unit, Faculty leverages over a decade of Applied AI experience to help clients navigate a changing landscape.
• Faculty develops and embeds AI solutions to improve efficiency, enhance customer experience, and identify commercial opportunities in uncertain markets.
• Faculty sets the gold standard for marrying technical excellence with safe deployment in highly regulated industries.

Equal Opportunity

• Faculty aims to grow the best team, not the most similar one, recognizing that diversity of individuals fosters diversity of thought.
• Diverse teams deliver better work, relevant to the world.
• Faculty is united by deep intellectual curiosity and a desire to use abilities for measurable positive impact.
• Faculty strongly encourages applications from people of all backgrounds, ethnicities, genders, religions, and sexual orientations.