Director of Artificial Intelligence
hace 4 días
City of London
Head of Machine Learning A high-growth investment group is looking for a senior machine learning leader to work across multiple AI-driven portfolio companies, helping scale machine learning capability from early experimentation into production-ready, commercially impactful systems. This role sits closely with founders, CTOs, product leaders, and investors, shaping how AI is embedded across products, platforms, and operational environments. Responsibilities • Define and guide machine learning strategy across multiple portfolio companies, • Help AI and engineering teams move ML initiatives from proof of concept into scalable production systems, • Align machine learning initiatives with product, commercial, and operational goals, • Advise on architecture across LLMs, agentic systems, MLOps, data pipelines, and model deployment environments, • Support leadership teams with AI roadmap prioritisation, delivery oversight, and capability planning, • Improve collaboration between product, data, and engineering functions, • Provide structured updates and strategic insight to senior stakeholders and investors, • Identify gaps across teams, tooling, and operating models to improve execution maturity Qualifications • 10+ years of experience across machine learning, AI, or data-driven environments, • Experience leading ML teams within production-scale businesses, • Strong understanding of LLMs, MLOps, AI platform architecture, and scalable ML systems, • Experience operating within high-growth SaaS, AI-native, TechBio, or data platform businesses, • Ability to connect technical AI initiatives to measurable business outcomes, • Comfortable influencing CTOs, founders, and executive stakeholders, • Strong commercial awareness alongside technical depth, • Experience scaling AI products, platforms, or machine learning capability within fast-moving organisations