Head of AI

Salary: £80,000 - 120,000 per year

Requirements

• We are looking for proven experience leading AI strategy, implementation, or AI transformation initiatives within a business environment.
• We require deep expertise in Python and modern AI/ML frameworks and SDKs.
• We need strong experience building and deploying production-grade AI solutions, including RAG pipelines and LLM-based applications.
• We require hands-on experience with AI deployment, operationalisation, monitoring, and scaling.
• We need a strong understanding of enterprise infrastructure concepts, including VNets, Entra ID, API Gateways, Private Endpoints, and secure integrations.
• We require experience working with at least one major enterprise AI cloud platform, with Azure preferred.
• We need strong SQL skills and experience working with both structured and unstructured data.
• We require experience building AI agents, workflow automation, and tool/API integrations.
• We value strong commercial awareness with the ability to assess business value and prioritise AI initiatives effectively.
• We need excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to engage both technical and non-technical audiences.
• We require strong leadership, problem-solving, and strategic thinking capabilities.
• Desirable experience includes leading or building internal AI functions or teams.
• Desirable experience includes LLMOps / GenAIOps tooling and monitoring frameworks.
• Desirable experience includes exposure to OCR, computer vision, voice AI, or conversational AI solutions.
• Desirable experience includes working within operational, retail, automotive, or customer-focused businesses.
• Desirable experience includes familiarity with AI governance, security, and scalability best practices.
• Desirable experience includes driving organisation-wide AI adoption and change management initiatives.

Responsibilities

• We will define and lead our AI strategy, roadmap, and long-term capability development.
• We will identify and prioritise AI opportunities across operational, commercial, and customer-facing areas of the business.
• We will design and oversee the development of high-performing AI models tailored to business needs.
• We will lead AI initiatives from proof of concept and rapid prototyping through to enterprise-scale production deployment.
• We will work closely with IT Infrastructure and Development teams to deploy secure, scalable AI solutions into production environments.
• We will ensure AI solutions meet enterprise-grade security, governance, and compliance standards, including Private Endpoints and secure integrations.
• We will drive adoption of AI technologies across the organisation and ensure solutions become embedded within day-to-day workflows.
• We will establish AI governance, operational standards, and best practices for deployment, monitoring, scalability, and risk management.
• We will implement monitoring and evaluation frameworks for production AI environments, including hallucination detection, drift monitoring, performance optimisation, and GenAIOps processes.
• We will ensure AI solutions integrate effectively with existing systems, APIs, and data platforms.
• We will collaborate with senior stakeholders to evaluate business value, project feasibility, and ROI before implementation.
• We will measure and report on AI project outcomes, including efficiency gains, automation improvements, productivity, and customer impact.
• We will provide leadership, mentorship, and technical direction to internal teams and future AI hires.
• We will stay informed on emerging AI technologies, trends, and opportunities to maintain competitive advantage.

Technologies

• AI
• API
• Azure
• Cloud
• Computer Vision
• Embedded
• LLM
• Python
• SQL
• Security
• Machine Learning

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We are a growing technology-led business based in Manchester, and we are investing heavily in AI across the organisation. We are offering a competitive salary depending on experience, a quarterly bonus scheme, and hybrid working with 3 days in the office and 2 days remote. This is a high-impact leadership opportunity with significant long-term career progression, high autonomy, and the chance to shape and lead our AI capability as part of a fast-moving business.

last updated 23 week of 2026