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Head of AI CoE

Version 1 · London, Birmingham, Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne, Edinburgh or Belfast

Professional and business services

Pay not listed · posted 26 Oct 2026Apply on employer site ↗

What the job involves

Leads the AI Centre of Excellence at Version 1, an IT services firm, reporting to the Director of AI. About 80% of the work is internal: moving agentic AI from pilots into how the firm delivers, and planning the skills its 4,300 staff need. The rest is speaking about that change at events.

The ad's duties fit the usual pattern for Head of AI roles. That usually means:

Set the AI strategy and choose the first priorities.
Decide what to buy, what to build and who builds it.
Own AI governance, risk and policy with legal and IT.
Lead or coordinate a small team of enablement and implementation people.
Report value and risk to the board.

Who it suits

Senior leaders from transformation, operations, data or innovation who can set direction and govern risk.

Why it's on Second Wave AI Jobs

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