16 of 16 Head of AI Jobs in the UK excluding London

Head of the Office for AI - Welsh Government (Grade: SCS1) Location: Pan - Wales Working Pattern: Full-Time/Flexible Salary: £81,000 to £92,791 (+ Development Allowance) **Must be Eligible for SC Clearance** Yolk Recruitment is proud to be the exclusive recruitment partner to the Welsh Government. We're working together to deliver modern … re looking for talented individuals who want to be part of this mission. About the Role: The Head of the new Office for AI will be a key role in meeting Ministerial ambitions in driving forward AI adoption, policy, guidance and capability across Welsh Government services and the wider public sector. They … across government, the wider digital leadership in Wales, and building strong partnerships with UK Government, industry and academic partners. Key Responsibilities: Policy leadership on all aspects of AI in public services in Wales, supporting Ministers in developing priorities for AI as part of their wider digital transformation ambitions for services in Wales, but within More ❯

Head of AI Research | High-Growth Start-Up | London We’re seeking a Head of AI Research to spearhead the technical vision and growth of an ambitious, well-funded early-stage start-up redefining what’s possible with intelligent systems. You’ll lead a world-class team of researchers and engineers, setting the direction for AI innovation while staying close to the code and experiments that make it happen. This is a rare opportunity to join at a pivotal stage of the company’s journey - where your decisions will shape both the technology and the team from the ground up. What You’ll … Bring MSc or PhD in AI, Machine Learning, Computer Science, Robotics , or a related quantitative field. 5+ years working at the intersection of research and engineering, translating state-of-the-art AI into production systems. Proven leadership experience - mentoring researchers, building high-performance AI teams, and setting technical roadmaps. Strong programming expertise in More ❯

Head of AI Research | High-Growth Start-Up | London We’re seeking a Head of AI Research to spearhead the technical vision and growth of an ambitious, well-funded early-stage start-up redefining what’s possible with intelligent systems. You’ll lead a world-class team of researchers and engineers, setting the direction for AI innovation while staying close to the code and experiments that make it happen. This is a rare opportunity to join at a pivotal stage of the company’s journey - where your decisions will shape both the technology and the team from the ground up. What You’ll … Bring MSc or PhD in AI, Machine Learning, Computer Science, Robotics , or a related quantitative field. 5+ years working at the intersection of research and engineering, translating state-of-the-art AI into production systems. Proven leadership experience - mentoring researchers, building high-performance AI teams, and setting technical roadmaps. Strong programming expertise in More ❯

Head of AI Research | High-Growth Start-Up | London We’re seeking a Head of AI Research to spearhead the technical vision and growth of an ambitious, well-funded early-stage start-up redefining what’s possible with intelligent systems. You’ll lead a world-class team of researchers and engineers, setting the direction for AI innovation while staying close to the code and experiments that make it happen. This is a rare opportunity to join at a pivotal stage of the company’s journey - where your decisions will shape both the technology and the team from the ground up. What You’ll … Bring MSc or PhD in AI, Machine Learning, Computer Science, Robotics , or a related quantitative field. 5+ years working at the intersection of research and engineering, translating state-of-the-art AI into production systems. Proven leadership experience - mentoring researchers, building high-performance AI teams, and setting technical roadmaps. Strong programming expertise in More ❯

the HFD, we are at the heart of significant, multi-billion-pound investment in Scotland's technological future, with a major focus on becoming a leader in AI adoption and infrastructure. This role is a cornerstone of that strategic vision. The Role This is a pioneering opportunity to join DataVita as our first Head of AI Education and Community Outreach. We are seeking a passionate and visionary leader to build a comprehensive AI strategy from the ground up. This is more than a job; it's a mission to empower our employees, add transformative value to our customers, and deliver a landmark social impact initiative across Scotland. You … will have the autonomy to design, build, and lead a new function that is central to our future growth, ensuring the benefits of the AI revolution are accessible, practical, and widespread. Key Responsibilities Your role will be strategically divided across three core pillars: Community Impact: Spearhead a landmark social initiative to deliver free, accessible, and impactful AI More ❯

the HFD, we are at the heart of significant, multi-billion-pound investment in Scotland's technological future, with a major focus on becoming a leader in AI adoption and infrastructure. This role is a cornerstone of that strategic vision. The Role This is a pioneering opportunity to join DataVita as our first Head of AI Education and Community Outreach. We are seeking a passionate and visionary leader to build a comprehensive AI strategy from the ground up. This is more than a job; it's a mission to empower our employees, add transformative value to our customers, and deliver a landmark social impact initiative across Scotland. You … will have the autonomy to design, build, and lead a new function that is central to our future growth, ensuring the benefits of the AI revolution are accessible, practical, and widespread. Key Responsibilities Your role will be strategically divided across three core pillars: Community Impact: Spearhead a landmark social initiative to deliver free, accessible, and impactful AI More ❯

the HFD, we are at the heart of significant, multi-billion-pound investment in Scotland's technological future, with a major focus on becoming a leader in AI adoption and infrastructure. This role is a cornerstone of that strategic vision. The Role This is a pioneering opportunity to join DataVita as our first Head of AI Education and Community Outreach. We are seeking a passionate and visionary leader to build a comprehensive AI strategy from the ground up. This is more than a job; it's a mission to empower our employees, add transformative value to our customers, and deliver a landmark social impact initiative across Scotland. You … will have the autonomy to design, build, and lead a new function that is central to our future growth, ensuring the benefits of the AI revolution are accessible, practical, and widespread. Key Responsibilities Your role will be strategically divided across three core pillars: Community Impact: Spearhead a landmark social initiative to deliver free, accessible, and impactful AI More ❯

Ready to Build the Future of AI with Us? Ready to help enterprises. At Neologik , we’re not just keeping up with the AI revolution - we’re fuelling it.We’re a high-velocity team on a mission to redefine how businesses think, build, and automate using artificial intelligence.Born in the cloud and powered by the latest … Microsoft and Azure AI stack, Neologik is creating an intelligent automation platform that helps companies deploy smart agents, supercharge workflows, and innovate at scale. And here’s the best part: we’re just getting started. We’re looking for a Head of Development with a flair for AI to join the core team building … platform that helps businesses harness the power of artificial intelligence to transform how they operate.Our platform enables companies to deploy intelligent agents, automate complex workflows, and integrate AI directly into their existing systems, all built natively on Microsoft Azure and powered by the latest in Microsoft AI technologies. With Neologik, organisations can: • Accelerate innovation by rapidly More ❯

A leading Global Investment Bank is seeking a Head of AI and Automation Transformation Executive Director to spearhead the delivery of AI and automation capabilities across the bank. This role offers you the opportunity to shape and execute strategic initiatives that will enhance customer delivery, operational efficiency, and competitive advantage on an … enterprise-wide scale. The ideal candidate will be a strong Transformation & Change expert with AI Implementation experience. To excel as Head of Artificial Intelligence and Automation Transformation Executive Director, you will bring extensive experience leading transformative programmes powered by advanced technologies within financial services. Your background should include deep knowledge of banking operations … delivery models as well as familiarity with regulatory frameworks governing financial institutions. Conversant in artificial intelligence concepts such as machine learning, natural language processing (NLP), automation technologies including generative AI or agentic AI-without requiring hands-on coding expertise. Extensive experience in programme management encompassing oversight of multiple concurrent workstreams within complex organisations. Exceptional stakeholder management More ❯

Were looking for an SEO and AI search expert who will head up our strategy and implementation of these aspects across 3 of our brands. You will be a specialist in your field and maybe the top dog at an agency looking for an exciting challenge. You'll be at the stage where … all things SEO, technical, on-page and off-page and have achieved incredible results with minimum supervision, if any. You'll also understand and will have started to implement AI search strategies in the ever changing world and evolution of AI search and LLMs. Your role will be pivotal in ensuring our content ranks not just … on traditional search engines, but also across emerging AI platforms like ChatGPT, Google AI overview, Perplexity, Gemini and Copilot. You will be a player/manager within this role, rolling your sleeves up to implement strategies as well as leading them through others. Key Responsibilities: Lead the SEO strategy and execution across three brands, driving consistent growth in More ❯

Are you passionate about harnessing the power of data and AI to make a real difference in healthcare? The Health Data and Analytics team is dedicated to transforming health outcomes through innovative data-driven solutions. Our goal is to optimise operations, improve patient care, and deliver measurable value across the organisation by leveraging advanced analytics, machine learning … and AI techniques. We're committed to building a culture where data is at the heart of decision-making, enabling us to achieve better efficiency, cost savings, and customer outcomes. As the Head of Data Science and AI, you'll be at the forefront of this mission, providing strategic leadership … and shaping the future of our data capabilities. You'll set the vision for how AI and machine learning can unlock value across the organisation, develop a clear roadmap to turn that vision into reality, and lead a talented team of data scientists. Your role involves building end-to-end data science solutions, leveraging our More ❯

AI, Automation and Application Strategy Programme Director 18-Month Fixed Term Contract | Full-Time | London Are you ready to shape the digital future of a leading organisation? We are seeking a Programme Director for AI, Automation and Application Strategy to join the senior IT leadership team. This is a pivotal role driving the strategic development and … operational delivery of AI-driven automation, enterprise applications, and digital transformation at scale. This is an exceptional opportunity for a visionary leader to deliver real impact—embedding AI into business processes, optimising enterprise systems, and ensuring technology investments deliver measurable value. The Role. As Programme Director, you will: Lead AI strategy - create and deliver a … year roadmap, champion AI-first principles, and oversee centres of excellence and innovation hubs. Drive automation and application transformation - optimise enterprise systems, promote low/no-code solutions, and lead adoption across HR, Finance, Library Services, Research and more. Shape data and governance - develop data strategies, oversee Azure-based platforms, and ensure interoperability between applications and AI More ❯

AI, Automation and Application Strategy Programme Director 18-Month Fixed Term Contract | Full-Time | London Are you ready to shape the digital future of a leading organisation? We are seeking a Programme Director for AI, Automation and Application Strategy to join the senior IT leadership team. This is a pivotal role driving the strategic development and … operational delivery of AI-driven automation, enterprise applications, and digital transformation at scale. This is an exceptional opportunity for a visionary leader to deliver real impact—embedding AI into business processes, optimising enterprise systems, and ensuring technology investments deliver measurable value. The Role. As Programme Director, you will: Lead AI strategy - create and deliver a … year roadmap, champion AI-first principles, and oversee centres of excellence and innovation hubs. Drive automation and application transformation - optimise enterprise systems, promote low/no-code solutions, and lead adoption across HR, Finance, Library Services, Research and more. Shape data and governance - develop data strategies, oversee Azure-based platforms, and ensure interoperability between applications and AI More ❯

to lead and scale our data science organization. In this role, you will drive innovation and execution across core ML pillars such as Search , Recommender Systems , Personalisation , and Generative AI (GenAI) to power the next generation of user experiences. You will be responsible for shaping the strategy, building high-performing teams, and delivering impactful ML-driven features … Science & ML aligned with company goals. Champion a culture of innovation, experimentation, and scientific rigor. Stay on top of industry trends and emerging technologies in AI/ML, particularly in GenAI, Search, RecSys, and Personalisation. Search & Information Retrieval Lead the development and optimization of scalable search systems, including relevance tuning, semantic search, and … learning-based, hybrid models). Drive user-centric personalisation across product surfaces using behavioural, contextual, and real-time data. Ensure systems are explainable, bias-aware, and continuously improving. Generative AI (GenAI) Spearhead the application of GenAI across product areas (e.g., content generation, chat assistants, creative tools). Evaluate and fine-tune large language models (LLMs) or multimodal More ❯

to lead and scale our data science organization. In this role, you will drive innovation and execution across core ML pillars such as Search , Recommender Systems , Personalisation , and Generative AI (GenAI) to power the next generation of user experiences. You will be responsible for shaping the strategy, building high-performing teams, and delivering impactful ML-driven features … Science & ML aligned with company goals. Champion a culture of innovation, experimentation, and scientific rigor. Stay on top of industry trends and emerging technologies in AI/ML, particularly in GenAI, Search, RecSys, and Personalisation. Search & Information Retrieval Lead the development and optimization of scalable search systems, including relevance tuning, semantic search, and … learning-based, hybrid models). Drive user-centric personalisation across product surfaces using behavioural, contextual, and real-time data. Ensure systems are explainable, bias-aware, and continuously improving. Generative AI (GenAI) Spearhead the application of GenAI across product areas (e.g., content generation, chat assistants, creative tools). Evaluate and fine-tune large language models (LLMs) or multimodal More ❯

to lead and scale our data science organization. In this role, you will drive innovation and execution across core ML pillars such as Search , Recommender Systems , Personalisation , and Generative AI (GenAI) to power the next generation of user experiences. You will be responsible for shaping the strategy, building high-performing teams, and delivering impactful ML-driven features … Science & ML aligned with company goals. Champion a culture of innovation, experimentation, and scientific rigor. Stay on top of industry trends and emerging technologies in AI/ML, particularly in GenAI, Search, RecSys, and Personalisation. Search & Information Retrieval Lead the development and optimization of scalable search systems, including relevance tuning, semantic search, and … learning-based, hybrid models). Drive user-centric personalisation across product surfaces using behavioural, contextual, and real-time data. Ensure systems are explainable, bias-aware, and continuously improving. Generative AI (GenAI) Spearhead the application of GenAI across product areas (e.g., content generation, chat assistants, creative tools). Evaluate and fine-tune large language models (LLMs) or multimodal More ❯