THE ROLE

This role owns the full AI and product remit: our internal AI intelligence layer, the internal operating platform that

runs the company, and the AI product engagements we deliver for enterprise clients. Not to maintain what exists,

but to decide where it goes next.

This is a builders leadership role. You will spend part of your week in architecture discussions with engineers and

part of it in front of client CXOs defending a roadmap. If you are looking for a pure strategy post with no proximity

to the build, this is not that job.

WHAT YOU WILL OWN
- The AI intelligence layer. Our production internal AI platform, covering retrieval architecture, inference

pipelines, a unified knowledge graph, and the roadmap for what it powers next across the organisation.
- The internal operating platform. An end to end system spanning project management, HRIS, CRM, client

relations, workflow, finance and internal communication, replacing more than a dozen fragmented tools. You

set sequencing, adoption strategy and the migration path off legacy SaaS.
- Client AI engagements.



Scoping, technical proposals, commercial framing and delivery oversight for external

AI builds. This includes writing and defending technical requirement documents, sizing infrastructure, and

being the person in the room when a client asks why the architecture looks the way it does.
- AI governance. Ownership of the organisation wide AI usage and governance policy, covering access control

models, data handling standards and responsible deployment review.
- The team. Hiring, structuring and developing the AI and product pod, including AI engineering and product

ownership hires reporting into this role.

WHAT WE ARE LOOKING FOR
- Ten or more years across product, with at least three years shipping AI or ML products into production rather

than into pilots.
- Demonstrable ownership of a platform, not only features. You have made architecture calls and lived with the

consequences of them.
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