Compliance Digital Strategy & Innovation - Head COE and Monitoring Hub

DS&I Head of UK Centre of Excellence & Monitoring Hub (Director)

The DS&I Head of the UK CoE & Monitoring Hub is a senior leadership role within Compliance Digital Strategy & Innovation. The role leads the UK Centre of Excellence, acts as the strategic relationship lead for Data‑Led Monitoring (DLM) across the Compliance Leadership Team, and is accountable for delivering scalable analytical and digital solutions in close partnership with our Pune DS&I CoE.

This position plays a critical role in aligning digital strategy with Compliance needs while upholding the highest standards of governance, risk management, and innovation.

• Serve as the primary relationship lead for DLM across the Compliance Leadership Team.
• Build strong partnerships across UK and Europe to align digital strategy with oversight goals.
• Represent the UK DS&I CoE in regional and global innovation forums.
• Maintain close working relationships with CTO and CIO partners to stay aligned with enterprise‑wide digital developments.

• Lead and develop the UK DS&I CoE, including AI, analytics, and automation talent.
• Establish the UK CoE as a hub for digital innovation and AI experimentation.
• Drive consistency in tooling, methodologies, and governance through close partnership with the Pune DS&I CoE.

• Oversee analytical design and build for DLM, ensuring robust and scalable solutions.
• Collaborate with data science, technology, and compliance teams to deliver high‑quality monitoring capabilities.
• Leverage offshore delivery teams for build, testing, and deployment of analytical solutions.

• Ensure all digital initiatives adhere to governance, privacy, and regulatory expectations.
• Proactively identify and mitigate risks associated with digital transformation and data‑led approaches.

• Significant senior leadership experience in digital strategy, innovation, or analytics, ideally within financial services or regulated environments.
• Strong understanding of compliance, risk management, and data governance.
• Proven ability to influence senior stakeholders and lead cross‑functional teams.
• Experience delivering complex data and analytics programmes in compliance, oversight, or similar domains.
• Excellent communication skills and strategic planning capability.
• Expertise in AI/ML, digital transformation, and data‑led monitoring.
• Familiarity with European regulatory contexts and experience working with offshore centres, particularly in India.
• A leadership style that inspires innovation and drives change at scale.

Digital Strategy & Innovation (DS&I) is the strategic engine for digital transformation within Compliance. Our mission is to embed data‑driven oversight, modern analytics, and forward‑looking digital capabilities across the function.

We partner closely with Compliance leaders, Technology, and global DS&I teams to deliver:

• Digital strategy and future‑state design
• Scalable AI, automation, and analytics capabilities
• High‑quality digital products and monitoring solutions
• A consistent, modernised, and innovative user experience
• Governance, tooling standards, and methodological excellence

The DS&I team operates as a global network, with UK and Pune Centres of Excellence jointly delivering digital solutions that meet the evolving needs of Compliance and the wider organisation.

To lead the development and execution of the bank's Data & Analytics strategy, aligned with the bank's overall business goals and risk appetite, ensuring data is used effectively to drive business growth, optimise operations, and mitigate risks.

• Enablement of Business or Function Unit Strategy through fostering and embedding a comprehensive understanding of how data can be used, bringing thought leadership on best practices and new capabilities to deliver Business outcomes.
• Adherence to data policies standards and controls and inform this over time, driving Data Quality in support of use cases.
• Partnership with the Business or Function leadership to lead the definition and prioritisation of data use…