Head of Artificial Intelligence

🚨 Head of AI Opportunity 🚨

I’m currently partnering with an AI-native startup looking to hire a Head of AI to report directly to the CTO and lead a team of Data Scientists and Machine Learning Engineers.

This is a rare opportunity to shape the AI strategy and architecture of a product built around generative AI and agentic systems from the ground up.

What makes this role interesting:

• Lead and grow a high-performing AI team while remaining hands-on with modern ML and GenAI tooling
• Own and evolve the AI strategy, driving real product impact through LLMs, agentic architectures, and advanced ML
• Work cross-functionally with Product, Engineering and leadership to turn customer problems into production AI systems
• Influence the adoption of state-of-the-art approaches across RAG pipelines, evaluation frameworks, agent tooling, and prompt engineering
• Build AI products that deliver real commercial value, balancing experimentation with scalable delivery

What they’re looking for:

• Proven AI leader who has built commercial AI products
• Deep experience across Generative AI, LLMs and classical machine learning
• Strong hands-on engineering background (Python, PyTorch, ML frameworks)
• Experience with agentic AI systems, RAG pipelines, and modern AI tooling
• A leader who can mentor teams, shape strategy, and drive delivery in fast-moving environments

The role is 1x a week in Brighton, working alongside a highly technical leadership team building next-generation AI products.

📩 Feel free to message me directly- daniel@cognifysearch.com