To hire an AI enablement lead, first decide whether you need someone to get staff using AI tools (enablement or adoption) or someone to redesign processes (transformation). Then write an ad that names the tools, the people they will train, how success will be measured, who the role reports to and the pay. Advertise it on your own careers site and on job boards that people in this field read. Of the 58 live UK roles on this site, we found 29 on the employer's own careers site and 29 on Reed. In interviews, ask for evidence of people trained and usage that went up.
Start from the problem. If you have bought tools such as Microsoft Copilot and staff aren't using them, you need an AI enablement or adoption lead. If you want to change how a process or a department works, you need an AI transformation manager. If you want someone to build automations, look at AI automation roles. How the three main titles differ.
Be specific about the tools, the people, the measures and the pay. Many ads leave these out. We read the 18 live AI enablement and adoption ads on this site that had full text on 24 Oct 2026: 12 named the AI tools, 11 said how success would be measured, 8 stated pay and 4 said who the role reports to. Our AI adoption lead job description guide has the full checklist and a template.
Only 2 of the 10 live AI enablement and adoption roles in London on this site state pay: AI Enablement Lead (Pensions and benefits consultancy (via VIQU)), £65,000–£70,000; AI Adoption Consultant (Employer via Addition), £65,000–£80,000.
Of the 20 live AI enablement and adoption listings on this site, 7 state an annual salary, ranging from £40,000 to £80,000; 1 states only a maximum (up to £51,402 pro rata) (checked 23 Oct 2026). Publishing the pay lets candidates compare. 22 of the 58 live UK listings on this site state pay.
| Role | Employer | Location | Advertised pay |
|---|---|---|---|
| AI Change Lead | Care Inspectorate | Scotland | £77,676 |
| AI Adoption Trainer | Professional services firm (via Artis Recruitment) | Bristol | £60,000–£65,000 |
| AI IT Training Specialist | Legal organisation (via Circle Recruitment) | Manchester | £40,000–£55,000 |
| AI Enablement & Product Manager | National Wealth Fund | Leeds | £75,000–£80,000 |
| IT Trainer (AI) | International law firm (via Picture More) | Manchester | £45,000–£55,000 |
| AI Enablement Lead | Pensions and benefits consultancy (via VIQU) | London | £65,000–£70,000 |
| AI Adoption Consultant | Employer via Addition | London | £65,000–£80,000 |
| AI Adoption Lead (Communications AI Integration Lead) | Employer via AWD online | Croydon | Up to £51,402 pro rata |
More pay data: UK pay for non-technical AI roles and the monthly UK AI jobs snapshot.
On your own careers site first, then where candidates look for this work. Here is where we found the 58 live UK roles on this site. Many roles are posted in more than one place, so this shows where we found each ad, not every place it ran.
| Where the ad was posted | Live roles |
|---|---|
| Employer's own careers site | 29 |
| Reed (job board) | 29 |
Most of the careers-site ads run on applicant tracking systems: Workday (14), Greenhouse (9), Ashby (2), SmartRecruiters (1), and 3 on a plain careers page. 19 listings came through a recruitment agency.
Put AI and the kind of work in the title, for example AI Adoption Lead. 43 of the 58 live roles on this site have AI in the job title. You can also send us the role: listing on Second Wave AI Jobs is free during launch, and we link straight to your own ad. Post a job.
The ads we list put it in different places. Unity Advisory's AI Enablement Lead reports to the Chief People Officer and the Chief AI Officer. OMERS' AI enablement and adoption associate reports into its AI Transformation Office, and the Care Inspectorate's AI Change Lead reports to its Head of IT Service Delivery. Whichever you choose, say it in the ad. The role needs time with IT, security, legal and HR.
Decide whether you need adoption or transformation, write an ad that names the tools, the people, the measures, the reporting line and the pay, advertise on your careers site and specialist boards, and ask candidates for evidence of people trained and usage that went up.
On your own careers site, then on job boards that list this work. Of the 58 live UK roles on Second Wave AI Jobs, we found 29 on the employer's own careers site and 29 on Reed. Listing on Second Wave AI Jobs is free during launch.
Only 2 of the 10 live AI enablement and adoption roles in London on this site state pay: AI Enablement Lead (Pensions and benefits consultancy (via VIQU)), £65,000–£70,000; AI Adoption Consultant (Employer via Addition), £65,000–£80,000. Few employers publish pay for these roles, so treat it as a rough guide.
Usually not. Of the 18 enablement and adoption ads we read, 2 asked for coding or building with APIs. The others ask for training, change and communication skills and confidence with the tools.
Both appear in the ads we list. Some are fixed-term: OMERS advertised a 4-month contract, and the National Wealth Fund and the Care Inspectorate 12-month contracts. A permanent role makes more sense if the work will carry on after the first rollout.
20 live roles on this site match this guide, checked on 23 Oct 2026. Showing the newest 8.
Owns AI training and adoption for the law firm's business services teams in London, Europe and Asia, as the in-house expert on tools like Copilot, ChatGPT, Claude and Harvey.
A new role leading how the Care Inspectorate adopts AI: the change and adoption plan, a network of AI champions, training and guidance, and measuring the benefits. 12-month contract; closes 26 Oct 2026.
Leads AI communications, training and community at bp: building the strategy and roadmap for getting staff confident with AI, and measuring adoption.
Helps PZ Cussons' teams get more out of Microsoft 365, Copilot and Power Platform by finding where AI and automation help and leading the adoption work.
Embeds with one team at a time at Capital on Tap, finds where AI helps most, builds the automations and agent workflows, and trains the team to run them.
Helps colleagues across a professional services firm get confident with AI through practical learning built around their own work.
Shapes how Freshfields uses AI to design and produce learning content quickly and to a high standard, and runs the pipeline of learning requests.
An internal 'AI personal trainer': running AI clinics and training, turning teams' everyday work into prompts and simple automations, and moving them from trying AI to using it.
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