Head of AI Labs (IT)

Introduction At RSA, we believe insurance is about people, not things. We provide our inspiring colleagues the support and opportunity to grow together, shape the future, and win as a team. We are going through a transformation journey, providing our people with opportunity to be integral to improving our service and delivering better products to brokers and customers. We are a proud member of the Intact family, we feel part of something bigger, with a presence in North America, the UK and Europe. We have a bold ambition to become the best Commercial Lines business in the UK, demonstrated by our recent acquisition of NIG and Farmweb, allowing us to scale by leveraging our combined financial strength and importantly ensure our people feel the benefits of our joint capabilities. We are currently recruiting for a Head of AI Labs to join our established and experienced CDO team at RSA on a hybrid basis Your Role As Head of AI Labs, you will be part of the leadership team within the Chief Data Office and responsible for overseeing Artificial Intelligence initiatives. This will include responsible AI frameworks and processes, AI governance, enhancing our AI capabilities, enabling AI driven decision making, and fostering a culture of innovation within the organisation. You will develop and execute a comprehensive AI strategy aligned with the CDO, the organisations business objectives and the CIO operating model. You will be identifying and pursuing innovative projects that leverage data and AI to drive business value. Your role will drive experimentation through prototypes and proof of concepts by providing sandbox environments, tooling advisory, and accelerators for AI solutions. You will drive RSA to be the leading edge through researching and implementing the latest trends and advancements in data science and AI, whilst integrating relevant technologies into the lab's projects. As part of your role, you will design, support the development of, and oversee the deployment of ML models. You will define and manage AI frameworks for the organisation, ensuring all data and AI practices comply with relevant regulations, ethical standards, and internal policies, this includes enabling teams by establishing and managing central AI governance. Your role will establish an AI CoE to bring together Data, technology, risk, and business functions to achieve the groups AI ambitions and goals, partnering with our parent company to accelerate our journey. You will build, mentor and lead a high-performing team of data scientists and ML engineers, whilst providing senior leaders appropriate recommendations and reporting on AI initiatives and usage at RSA. Candidate profile: About You You will have an extensive background in Data Science, Machine Learning, and AI with an understanding of the insurance business, including commercial and specialty lines. You will have an excellent understanding of responsible AI, Data Architecture, Machine Learning, and analytics frameworks with a passion for keeping up to date with the latest developments in Data and AI. An excellent understanding of Azure, Databricks, and ML Platforms and using and rolling out LLM models in an enterprise will be required for your role. You will have extensive experience with tools such as TensorFlow, PyTorch, Scikit-learn and knowledge of data engineering and cloud platforms. You will be an experienced leader, with excellent communication skills and the ability to influence and engage stakeholders at all levels, explaining complex AI concepts to non-technical stakeholders. An excellent knowledge of compliance frameworks and ethical AI guidelines will be required for your role.