Head of Artificial Intelligence

Head of AI 📍 Remote, UK | Permanent - Travel as required MUST be technically hands on and have proven examples of AI Solutions in production. AI isn't the future. It's the present. The challenge is turning AI ambition into real-world business outcomes. That's where you come in. We're looking for an experienced AI Engineering & Consulting Lead to shape, grow and lead a high-impact AI capability. This is a rare opportunity to sit at the crossroads of AI engineering, consulting, commercial growth, and technical leadership. You'll be equally comfortable: ✅ Advising C-suite stakeholders on AI strategy and business value ✅ Designing and challenging complex AI architectures ✅ Leading teams delivering production-grade AI solutions ✅ Helping grow a thriving AI practice What makes this role different? This isn't about building AI demos that never leave the lab. We're focused on Applied AI: 🔹 Generative AI 🔹 Agentic & Multi-Agent Systems 🔹 Predictive AI 🔹 Intelligent Workflow Automation You'll help clients move from idea and experimentation to secure, governed, production-scale AI solutions that deliver measurable business value. What you'll do As a senior leader, you'll: 🔹 Lead AI discovery workshops, client engagements and strategic conversations 🔹 Shape winning proposals and commercially viable solutions 🔹 Provide technical leadership across modern AI technologies, architectures and platforms 🔹 Stay hands-on with selected client projects and remain close to delivery 🔹 Drive engineering excellence across MLOps, LLMOps, testing, security, governance and AI evaluation 🔹 Mentor and develop talented AI engineers and technical specialists 🔹 Partner with sales and pre-sales teams to build pipeline and win new opportunities 🔹 Turn successful client solutions into repeatable propositions, accelerators and intellectual property 🔹 Help shape the future direction and growth of the AI capability What we're looking for You'll likely already be: ✔ Leading an AI capability, practice, or centre of excellence OR ✔ A Principal, Lead or Director-level AI professional ready for your next career-defining challenge You'll bring: ✅ Deep expertise in LLMs, RAG, agentic AI, vector databases, embeddings and AI evaluation ✅ Proven experience taking AI solutions from prototype to production ✅ Strong software engineering and cloud platform experience ✅ MLOps/LLMOps expertise ✅ Strong consulting and client-facing skills ✅ Commercial awareness and experience supporting pre-sales activities ✅ A passion for building teams, capabilities and market-leading AI solutions Who thrives here? You'll love this role if you: 💡 Think like an entrepreneur 🚀 Enjoy building rather than maintaining 🔬 Love experimenting with emerging technologies 🎯 Focus on outcomes, not hype 🤝 Can move seamlessly between commercial conversations and deep technical discussions Why join? This is an opportunity to play a genuinely influential role in a business where AI is central to future growth. You'll have the chance to: ✅ Shape the AI strategy and offering ✅ Grow and lead a high-performing team ✅ Influence how work is sold, delivered and scaled ✅ Stay close to emerging AI technologies ✅ Build something meaningful with significant backing and support If you're excited by the idea of leading the next generation of enterprise AI solutions while growing a high-impact consulting capability, we'd love to hear from you. 📩 Interested? Apply now or contact us for a confidential conversation.