Senior Applied AI Leader

About the role

We are seeking a Senior Applied AI Leader to grow and lead our Applied AI capability for major Telecoms, Media & Technology clients. This senior, client‑facing role combines commercial origination, executive engagement and delivery accountability for large‑scale AI programmes.

Key responsibilities

• Own end‑to‑end relationships with TMT clients, from initial conversation to closed deals.
• Pitch AI solutions to C‑suite stakeholders and translate technical capabilities into business impact.
• Lead multidisciplinary delivery teams, directing architecture and engineering of production‑grade AI pipelines.
• Design and implement the full Applied AI stack – large language models, prompt engineering, retrieval‑augmented generation, vector databases and MLOps – for secure, enterprise‑scale deployments.
• Embed Responsible AI frameworks, ensuring model risk, privacy, bias mitigation and human oversight.
• Contribute to team growth through hiring, coaching and performance management.

Required profile

• Proven track record of originating and closing consulting sales and managing large accounts within Technology, Media or Telecommunications.
• Strong commercial understanding of generative AI and modern AI stack.
• Experience leading complex, high‑impact AI transformation programmes at scale.
• Ability to engage senior stakeholders and drive business outcomes.

Required skills

• Large language models (LLMs)
• Prompt engineering
• Retrieval‑augmented generation (RAG)
• Vector databases
• MLOps
• Responsible AI governance

What we offer

• Clear progression into senior leadership roles.
• Professional development support, including cloud and AI certifications (AWS, Azure, GCP).
• Exposure to large‑scale AI transformation programmes in the TMT sector.
• Hybrid working based in London with a global platform.