Head of Artificial Intelligence
Head of AI – Start Up
Up to £200k + Equity / Package
Location: London (Hybrid)
My customer are a fast-growing start up on a mission to transform a traditional services industry using AI. They are looking for an AI leader who can build both an AI product line and an AI-enhanced delivery model from the ground up.
This is a rare opportunity to shape the technology, culture and execution of a company at a pivotal moment, where AI innovation directly impacts customers, operators, and the business model itself.
Key Responsibilities
- Designing and delivering high-leverage AI use cases end-to-end
- Integrating into messy legacy stacks, data sources and operational workflows
- Balancing fast iteration with building scalable, reusable architecture
- Bringing together tech, people and process to drive real adoption
- Leading engineering execution while partnering closely with operators, IT leaders and customers
- Building and scaling a high-performing technical team
- Setting the engineering culture: grit, collaboration, curiosity, focus, and accountability
- Owning the trade-off between speed vs. long-term scalability
- Driving business value through automation, intelligent tooling and AI-powered products
My client are looking for
- Deep experience in AI/ML engineering, workflow automation or data integrations
- Strong background building or integrating automation into operational workflows
- Ability to ship fast, iterate and deliver impact in ambiguous environments
- Experience architecting systems across data, infra, APIs and internal tools
- Comfortable working with legacy systems, messy data and complex processes
- Leadership experience: hiring, coaching, and scaling high-performance teams
- A mindset focused on execution, persistence, problem-solving and delivering value
- Bonus: experience from high-performance engineering cultures (e.g., scale-ups, fintech, AI product companies)
Please apply for this role with your most up to date and relevant CV.