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Job Description

Job Title: Lead Technical Application Specialist
Salary: £90,440 – £140,040 (depending on location)
Location: Edinburgh or Bristol
Hours: Full time
Working Pattern: Hybrid, 40% (or two days) in an office site

About us

Like the modern Britain we serve, we’re evolving. We’re investing billions in our people, data and technology to transform how we meet the changing needs of our 26 million customers. We’re growing with purpose - join us on our journey and you will too.

About this opportunity

Lloyds Banking Group is redefining itself to build the bank of the future. Our Commercial Banking division supports UK businesses and those connected to the UK, helping them grow, manage risk and operate more efficiently.

Within Commercial Banking, you’ll help deliver the next generation digital bank for clients. This includes not only maintaining highly reliable services, but also leading meaningful change - simplifying journeys, automating processes, and improving relationship management tools for colleagues and clients.

This role is pivotal in ensuring both the stability of our existing technology estate and the successful delivery of new and enhanced capabilities. As a subject matter expert, you’ll work across multi-functional teams to shape technical direction, drive engineering excellence, and lead a team of highly skilled engineers through both operational and transformative work.

What you’ll do

• Lead and mentor a multi-skilled team to deliver high-quality, innovative solutions that support operational stability and strategic change.

• Represent the specialist function in senior forums, influencing decision‑making and shaping technology strategy.

• Oversee resource planning and allocation across Run and Change activities.

• Develop and implement policies, procedures and engineering practices that enhance quality and efficiency.

• Lead strategic negotiations with key stakeholders and vendors.

• Collaborate with feature teams and third parties to deliver creative, effective solutions aligned to business goals.

• Provide technical leadership and hands-on guidance to architects and developers.

• Monitor and report on delivery progress, addressing issues promptly to keep both operational improvements and change initiatives on track.

• Identify, mitigate and manage risks across services and projects.

• Define and document processes that uplift engineering efficiency, resilience and service quality.

• Foster a culture of continual improvement, learning and collaboration.

• Oversee maintenance and enhancement of service infrastructure, ensuring reliability and performance.

• Manage third‑party suppliers to ensure solutions are secure, resilient and aligned with bank and client expectations.

• Ensure all engineering activity adheres to relevant industry standards and regulatory requirements.

What you’ll need

• Technology delivery: Experience providing leadership across complex, cross‑platform technical deliveries spanning multiple teams and business units.

• Software Engineering: Deep understanding of the full software lifecycle, ensuring robust standards across design, development, testing and deployment.

• Operational optimisation: Proven experience improving Run operations for high‑availability systems, including automation, monitoring and observability.

• Service Sustainability & Incident Resolution: Strong track record of resolving incidents and identifying root causes.

• Technology leadership: Able to define engineering standards and align solutions with business strategy and architectural principles.

• DevOps Pipeline optimisation experience.

• Familiarity with automated testing and process automation.

• Significant experience delivering technical solutions in an Agile environment.

About working for us

Our focus is to ensure we're inclusive every day, building an organisation that reflects modern society and celebrates diversity in all its forms.

We want our people to feel that they belong and can be their best, regardless of background, identity or culture.

We were among the first major organisations to set goals on diversity in senior roles, create a menopause health package, and launch a dedicated Working with Cancer initiative.

We especially welcome applications from under‑represented groups.

We’re disability confident — if you’d like reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process, just let us know.

We also offer a wide-ranging benefits package, including:

• Up to 15% pension contribution

• Annual bonus (subject to Group performance)

• Share schemes including free shares

• Benefits you can tailor to your lifestyle, e.g. shopping discounts

• 30 days’ holiday plus bank holidays

• A range of wellbeing initiatives and generous parental leave

If you’re excited about joining us, we’d love to hear from you.

At Lloyds Banking Group, we're driven by a clear purpose; to help Britain prosper. Across the Group, our colleagues are focused on making a difference to customers, businesses and communities. With us you'll have a key role to play in shaping the financial services of the future, whilst the scale and reach of our Group means you'll have many opportunities to learn, grow and develop.

We keep your data safe. So, we'll only ever ask you to provide confidential or sensitive information once you have formally been invited along to an interview or accepted a verbal offer to join us which is when we run our background checks.  We'll always explain what we need and why, with any request coming from a trusted Lloyds Banking Group person. 

We're focused on creating a values-led culture and are committed to building a workforce which reflects the diversity of the customers and communities we serve. Together we’re building a truly inclusive workplace where all of our colleagues have the opportunity to make a real difference.