
develop
Head of Artificial Intelligence
Job Description
Salary: £33,000 - 73,000 per year
Requirements:- Strong background in Software Engineering, Data, Machine Learning, or Data Science
- Progression into architecture, technical leadership, or management
- Highly technically literate and able to stay close to engineering
- Experience in areas such as production LLM applications, Generative AI, Agentic AI, RAG, Machine Learning, AI architecture, cloud-based AI platforms, MLOps/LLMOps, evaluation and observability, AI governance, and software engineering/system design
- Ability to design and deliver AI systems that are used in production
- Comfortable operating directly with clients and senior stakeholders
- Technical credibility, leadership, client impact, and an entrepreneurial approach
- UK right to work required
- Sponsorship is not available for this position
- Lead the technical direction and development of the Applied AI capability
- Lead senior client conversations around AI strategy and implementation
- Take AI opportunities from discovery through to production
- Lead engineers building AI systems from the ground up
- Set technical direction across Generative, Agentic, and Predictive AI
- Challenge architecture and solution design where needed
- Lead important client engagements and remain approximately 20–30% billable
- Develop and mentor senior technical people
- Build and scale the team as demand increases
- Work alongside Sales and Pre-Sales to shape and win new engagements
- Contribute to proposals, solution design, and statements of work
- Develop repeatable AI offerings and technical accelerators
- Drive innovation and evaluate emerging AI technologies
- Act as a senior technical voice with executive and engineering stakeholders
- Help the wider organisation adopt AI effectively
- Agentic AI
- AI
- Cloud
- LLM
- Machine Learning
- MLOps
- RAG
- LESS
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We are offering a Head of AI role with a salary of up to £160k, plus a 20–30% bonus and equity. The position is fully remote within the UK and includes a brilliant benefits package, significant autonomy to shape and grow the capability, and the opportunity to build and lead our Applied AI function. We focus on delivering real-world AI solutions that move from initial idea through to secure, reliable production systems with measurable business outcomes.
last updated 38 week of 2026
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