AI and Technology Innovation Lead

About The Role

From: £69,300.00 pa dependent on experience LOCATION: Milton Keynes HYBRID WORKING: Our current hybrid working policy requires a minimum of 60% of working time to be based in the Milton Keynes office however flexibility is expected to meet the needs of the business and the role. HOURS / CONTRACT TYPE: Full-time permanent 35 hours CLOSING DATE: 5/11/26 We reserve the right to close the advert earlier If we receive a high volume of applications.

We’re looking for an AI & Technology Innovation Lead who can cut through the complexity, identify where AI can make a genuine difference and turn the strongest opportunities into measurable business outcomes across Volkswagen Financial Services UK. Working at the intersection of business and technology, you’ll identify and shape high-value AI opportunities, bringing together business experts, engineers, architects and other specialists to take ideas from problem definition and experimentation through to implementation and adoption.

You’ll combine strong practical AI knowledge with enterprise thinking, curiosity and exceptional communication skills, helping colleagues understand what AI makes possible, where it can genuinely add value and how we can adopt it responsibly. What you'll be doing: Turn our AI strategy into action, prioritising high-value opportunities.

Act as a trusted AI expert on AI and emerging technologies. Shape and deliver AI use cases from idea through to adoption. Bridge business and technology, identifying the simplest effective solution and applying AI where it adds real value. Shape AI investment cases, helping leaders make evidence-based decisions. Drive responsible AI adoption, innovation and new ways of working.

What you'll bring

You’ll bring strong practical AI knowledge, broad enterprise technology experience and the ability to translate complex ideas into simple, meaningful outcomes. You’ll be a strategic thinker and confident communicator, able to influence across business and technology, challenge assumptions and identify where AI can genuinely add value.

Essential experience & skills: Experience shaping and delivering AI, data or technology use cases into production. Strong practical knowledge of AI and automation technologies. Broad understanding of enterprise technology, including data, cloud, architecture and security. Experience assessing opportunities based on business value, feasibility, cost and risk.

Ability to translate complex technical concepts for business, technical and senior audiences. Strong experience influencing cross-functional teams within governance, risk and regulatory frameworks. What’s in it for you? Bonus: Discretionary 10% on-target bonus (based on personal and Group company performance) Pension: Employer pension contribution of 9% (based on employee contribution of 3%).

VWFS will pay 6% if employee chooses a 2% employee contribution. Car schemes*: Choice of Employee Car Ownership (ECO) scheme for petrol/diesel and hybrid vehicles plus car insurance and fuel card OR Company Car scheme for Battery Electric Vehicles (BEVs) plus car insurance cover for you and a partner/eligible family member.

Other benefits: From day 1 we provide income protection, life assurance (4x salary), retail discount vouchers , access to Care Concierge (a service to support carers of adults), along with other salary sacrifice options including a will writing service and cycle to work (subject to scheme restrictions). Following successful completion of probation, you will have access to private medical insurance for you (with the option to buy additional family cover), access to our loan car scheme for up to 2 cars for your partner or eligible family members (subject to scheme restrictions) and during our annual benefit window you can purchase critical illness cover and dental cover , so you can select the benefits that matter to you.

We invest in our people and are passionate about driving development. You’ll have access to LinkedIn Learning via our Degreed platform as well as a host of professional development programmes and opportunities to build your technical and soft skills so you can further develop your career. We also offer mentoring schemes and reciprocal partnerships recognising that we can all learn from each other in the flow of work.

About Us

Why join VWFS UK? You’ll have the opportunity to make a difference by helping us to achieve our mission. Our mission is straight forward; we want to be 'The Key to Mobility'. That means we make getting from A-to-B as easy and simple for as many people as possible. To truly meet the mobility needs of people in a changing world, our offering goes beyond traditional vehicle financing.

We do this by providing a range of finance and aftersales products on Volkswagen Group vehicles, as well as developing innovative mobility products designed to solve real problems and support our customers. No candidate will meet every single desired qualification. If your experience looks a little different from what we've identified and you think you can bring value to the role, we'd love to learn more about you!

VWFS is proud to be an inclusive employer and encourages applications from a diverse range of candidates. Diversity, Equity & Inclusion isn’t just a statement for us, we encourage and aspire for all our colleagues to be their 100% self. If you need any reasonable adjustments to assist you with the application and/or recruitment processes, please contact our Resourcing Team.

This role does not meet the UKVI’s criteria for the skilled worker sponsorship route, therefore we are unable to accept candidates requiring sponsorship for this role.