Acceleration Lead - FTC (12 Months)

Computershare UK; City of Edinburgh; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible work

Health and wellbeing rewards

Invest in our business

Extra rewards

Job summary

Computershare is seeking an AI Acceleration Lead to champion AI-enabled software delivery within its AI Hub. Based in Edinburgh, Bristol or London, you’ll build capabilities and frameworks to turn prioritised AI opportunities into production-ready solutions while partnering with CIOs and business leaders.

You’ll lead the AI Acceleration Centre, accelerating adoption of AI across the software development lifecycle and ensuring teams have the tools and support to deliver measurable business value.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience designing and scaling capability-building functions, centres of excellence, transformation programmes or enterprise-wide change initiatives.
• Strong knowledge of governance, security, privacy, architecture, engineering quality and operational readiness.
• Experience working across multiple CIO organisations, business functions and executive stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Establish a repeatable process for identifying, validating and prioritising opportunities where AI can improve software delivery outcomes.
• Lead the implementation of AI SDLC capabilities within targeted, business-impacting programmes, partnering with CIOs and business leaders to drive end-to-end improvements and measure realised benefits.
• Develop a scalable operating model for AI-enabled software delivery, including reusable standards, patterns, controls and best practices.
• Build capability and confidence across CIO delivery teams through practical coaching, visible leadership and specialist support.
• Enable wider adoption of AI-enabled ways of working while ensuring appropriate governance, security, privacy, architecture and engineering standards are maintained.
• Drive enterprise-wide adoption and acceleration of AI-enabled software delivery, helping teams move from experimentation to sustainable delivery at scale.

Skills

Software delivery

Stakeholder management

AI technologies

Enterprise delivery

Coaching & leadership

Job description

Job Description

Location: Edinburgh, Bristol or London (Hybrid)

In this position, you’ll be based in either the Edinburgh, Bristol or London office for a minimum of three days a week, with the flexibility to work from home for some of your working week. Find out more about our flexible work culture at computershare.com/flex .

We give you a world of potential

Computershare has an exciting opportunity for an AI Acceleration Lead to join our team on a 12-month fixed term contract.

Reporting directly to our Delivery Lead, you'll join our brand-new AI Hub, a growing team focused on delivering innovative technology solutions and exploring how emerging technologies can create value across our business.

Working closely with programme leaders, senior stakeholders and technical colleagues, you'll contribute to impactful initiatives, gain broad exposure across the organisation and play a key role in the evolution of our technology landscape.

A role you will love

As our AI Acceleration Lead, you'll sit within our AI SDLC value stream and be responsible for building the capabilities, frameworks and ways of working that help our technology teams turn prioritised AI opportunities into production-ready solutions.

You'll lead Computershare's AI Acceleration Centre, establishing it as the go-to function for AI-enabled software delivery. Working closely with CIOs, technology teams and business leaders, you'll help accelerate adoption of AI across the software development lifecycle, ensuring teams have the tools, support and confidence to realise measurable business value.

Key responsibilities

• Establish a repeatable process for identifying, validating and prioritising opportunities where AI can improve software delivery outcomes.
• Lead the implementation of AI SDLC capabilities within targeted, business-impacting programmes, partnering with CIOs and business leaders to drive end-to-end improvements and measure realised benefits.
• Develop a scalable operating model for AI-enabled software delivery, including reusable standards, patterns, controls and best practices.
• Build capability and confidence across CIO delivery teams through practical coaching, visible leadership and specialist support.
• Enable wider adoption of AI-enabled ways of working while ensuring appropriate governance, security, privacy, architecture and engineering standards are maintained.
• Drive enterprise-wide adoption and acceleration of AI-enabled software delivery, helping teams move from experimentation to sustainable delivery at scale.

What will you bring to the role?

As our AI Acceleration Lead, you'll bring extensive experience in software delivery, modern engineering practices and software development lifecycle management, alongside a strong understanding of emerging AI technologies and how they can be applied within enterprise delivery environments.

You'll also be an exceptional stakeholder manager, comfortable engaging with senior technology leaders, business sponsors, architecture, risk, information security and governance teams. You'll be confident challenging constructively, building alignment across diverse groups and navigating competing priorities in a collaborative and pragmatic way.

Other Key Skills And Experience

• Extensive experience designing and scaling capability-building functions, centres of excellence, transformation programmes or enterprise-wide change initiatives.
• Strong knowledge of governance, security, privacy, architecture, engineering quality and operational readiness, with the ability to balance innovation, risk and organisational adoption.
• Experience working across multiple CIO organisations, business functions, control groups and executive stakeholders, aligning diverse priorities around a shared strategic direction.
• A track record of coaching and developing senior practitioners, delivery leaders and technology executives, while fostering a culture of learning, experimentation, accountability and continuous improvement.
• Strong judgement and decision-making skills, with the ability to assess emerging technologies, evaluate competing priorities and determine the right approach to scaling adoption within a regulated environment.
• A passion for helping teams embrace new ways of working and realise measurable value from AI-enabled software delivery.

This is a unique opportunity to shape how AI-enabled software delivery is adopted and scaled across Computershare. You'll work closely with senior leaders across the organisation, influence strategic decision-making and help establish the foundations that will enable our teams to deliver faster, smarter and with greater impact.

If you're passionate about AI, technology transformation and helping teams realise the potential of new ways of working, we'd love to hear from you. This is your opportunity to make a lasting impact across the enterprise while helping shape the future of software delivery at Computershare.

Rewards designed for you

Flexible work to help you find the best balance between work and lifestyle

Health and wellbeing rewards that can be tailored to support you and your family

Invest in our business by setting aside salary to purchase shares in our company, and you’ll receive a company contribution as well.

Extra rewards ranging from recognition awards and team get togethers to helping you invest in your future

And more.

Ours is a welcoming and close-knit community, with experienced colleagues ready to help you grow. Our careers hub will help you find out more about our rewards and life at Computershare, visit computershare.com/careershub

About Us

We're a global leader in financial administration with over 11,000 employees across more than 22 different countries. At Computershare, it’s more than just a job, our open and inclusive culture means that we will help you to grow, to move forward and make the most of our world of opportunities.

A company to be proud of

We're a global leader in financial administration with over 11,000 employees across more than 22 different countries. At Computershare, it’s more than just a job, our open and inclusive culture means that we will help you to grow, to move forward and make the most of our world of opportunities.

Fairness and culture

We want to provide you with the opportunity to succeed on your own merits, starting from the application process and continuing throughout your career with us. Our goal is to create an environment where everyone feels valued, to remove barriers and obstacles and ensure equal opportunities for all. For support with accommodations or adjustments during our recruitment process please visit computershare.com/access for further information.

About The Team

Our Technology Services team is a place where new ideas and approaches are welcomed, and every individual is equipped and empowered to create change. We're a rapidly evolving and diverse global business and there is always something to learn, opportunities to explore and a broad range of career paths to progress along.