Associate Director of AI

Manchester
9 months ago
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Associate Director of Artificial Intelligence (AI) | Manchester | Excellent Salary + Bonus + Benefits

Shape the Future of AI at a Fast-Growing Global Tech Innovator

Are you ready to take your Artificial Intelligence (AI) expertise to the next level in a role with true strategic impact? Join a high-growth, international SaaS company that's disrupting the market through cutting-edge technology, rapid product development & continuous investment in innovation. This is more than a job-it's a once-in-a-career opportunity to help define the AI future of an award-winning organisation with an entrepreneurial, world-class leadership team.

As Associate Director of Artificial Intelligence, you'll drive and execute the company's AI strategy-leading initiatives that harness the power of Machine Learning, Generative AI, NLP, and more to fuel scalable business growth and operational excellence.

Role Scope

Lead the identification of opportunities and risks in a fast-evolving competitive landscape, using AI/ML to deliver measurable business value & growth.
Understand and maintain a RADAR of technologies, in order to understand the risk and reward profile of selecting a technology to capitalise on an opportunity or mitigate a risk
Own the lifecycle of AI initiatives-from vision through to design, delivery, and optimisation in high-performance, high-volume environments.
Build evidence-based business cases to influence senior stakeholders and drive organisation-wide adoption.
Empower delivery teams with the tools, capabilities, and insights needed to embed AI at scale.Required Skills & Experience

Proven leadership in AI, with a background in computer science, machine learning, data science or a related STEM field (degree or equivalent experience).
Hands-on experience developing and deploying production-grade ML models, including advanced RAG (retrieval-augmented generation) systems.
Deep expertise in Generative AI, LLMs, NLP, and Knowledge Graphs-with a track record of translating complex models into real-world business solutions.
Strong engineering fundamentals, including DevOps, CI/CD, and secure ML/AI pipelines (DevSecOps).
Highly proficient in Python, SQL, and key AI/ML frameworks (e.g., PyTorch, TensorFlow).
Ability to mitigate model hallucination, optimise performance, and lead governance around AI risk and ethical deployment.Ready to Transform the Future?

This a career-defining opportunity working within an international high growth organisation providing award winning consultancy services to an expensive client base. With the opportunity to make an unrivalled impact on their AI strategy, innovation and commercial business growth. Our client offers a highly attractive package consisting of highly competitive base salary, attractive bonus scheme, pension scheme and excellent benefits including private healthcare.

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