Head of AI / Director of AI (Hands on)

Professional services firm (via The Portfolio Group) · Manchester (on-site)

Pay not listed · posted 23 Oct 2026Apply on employer site ↗

What the job involves

Sets the AI strategy and roadmap for a B2B legal and professional services firm and builds the solutions too, reporting to the senior leadership team and leading a new AI team.

From the ad, in plain English:

Building and deploying AI solutions into production
Setting AI governance on security, privacy and accuracy
Building a cross-functional team of engineers and subject experts

Who it suits

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

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