VP – AI & Machine Learning

VP – AI & Machine Learning

Remote (UK/EU) | c. £120k + Equity | High-Growth SaaS Scale-Up

This fast-scaling SaaS business is building technology to help organisations make smarter, fairer workforce decisions. They are now looking for a VP of AI & Machine Learning to lead the evolution of their AI capabilities and shape the intelligence behind their platform.

This is a hands-on leadership role: you’ll set the AI strategy, design and scale production NLP and machine learning systems, and grow a high-performing ML team - while closely partnering with Product and Engineering to deliver real, measurable impact for customers.

This VP of AI & Machine Learning will

• Take ownership of the company’s AI roadmap — from concept to production.
• Build and scale NLP and ML models that turn complex organisational data into meaningful insights.
• Lead and develop a small ML engineering team, acting as a player-coach.
• Establish MLOps, monitoring, governance, and responsible AI practices.
• Work cross-functionally with Product, Engineering, and Customer teams.
• Represent AI and technology thinking to customers, partners, and the leadership team.

What this VP of AI & Machine Learning will bring:

• Deep experience in NLP / LLMs / semantic search / embeddings
• Proven ability to design, deploy, and scale machine learning systems in production.
• Strong knowledge of MLOps (model versioning, monitoring, evaluation, drift detection).
• Hands-on expertise in Python, PyTorch/TensorFlow, HuggingFace, and vector search technologies.
• Experience leading or mentoring small, senior ML/data teams.
• Ability to translate technical work into clear product and business value.
• A pragmatic, delivery-focused mindset — comfortable in fast-moving, evolving environments.

The tech environment:

• Python, PyTorch/TensorFlow, HuggingFace Transformers
• Semantic search / Embeddings / Vector DBs (e.g., FAISS, Pinecone, Weaviate)
• ML Ops tools (MLflow / Weights & Biases)
• AWS / Docker / Kubernetes

If you’re the VP of AI & Machine Learning we’re looking for then we want to hear from you as soon as possible, get in touch quoting AP1164.