AI Delivery Lead

Argus Media group; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Argus Media group seeks an AI Delivery Lead to drive the planning, delivery, and adoption of AI and automation initiatives across the business. You will partner with GenAI and Technology leadership to align priorities, manage risks, and deliver measurable efficiency gains.

You will oversee multiple projects, lead governance forums, and communicate clearly with technical and non-technical stakeholders, shaping Argus's AI transformation and embedding advanced capabilities across the organisation.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering technology, digital, software, or transformation projects from initiation through to completion.
• Strong project management skills, including planning, risk management, stakeholder engagement, and delivery governance.
• Proven ability to manage multiple priorities and drive projects to successful outcomes in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to translate complex technical concepts into clear business-focused communication.
• Excellent communication, influencing, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to engage technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead the planning, execution, and delivery of AI and technology projects from initiation through to implementation and adoption.
• Manage the AI Champions Programme, ensuring effective governance, stakeholder engagement, communications, and delivery of programme objectives.
• Develop and maintain project plans, timelines, resource requirements, dependencies, and delivery milestones.
• Partner with Technology teams, business stakeholders, and senior leaders to define project scope, objectives, outcomes, and success measures.
• Drive cross-functional collaboration, ensuring alignment between technical and business teams throughout the project lifecycle.
• Identify, assess, and proactively manage project risks, issues, dependencies, and change requests.
• Facilitate project governance forums, steering groups, and stakeholder meetings, providing clear updates on progress, risks, decisions, and trade-offs.
• Monitor project performance and ensure projects are delivered on time, within scope, and against agreed business outcomes.
• Champion the adoption of AI solutions and automation opportunities, ensuring projects deliver measurable efficiency and productivity improvements.
• Support business change activities including communications, training, stakeholder engagement, and adoption planning.
• Maintain project documentation, reporting, and tracking tools, ensuring accurate visibility of delivery status and priorities.
• Continuously improve project management practices, governance, and delivery processes across the Technology function.

Skills

AI delivery

Project management

Stakeholder engagement

Cross-functional collaboration

Risk management

Communication

Agile/Waterfall hybrid

Change management

Reporting

Leadership

Education

Degree in Technology/Business

Tools

JIRA

Confluence

Azure DevOps

Job description

The AI Delivery Lead plays a key role in accelerating Argus's adoption of AI and automation across the business. Working closely with the GenAI team, Technology leadership, and business stakeholders, you will lead the planning and delivery of strategic AI and technology initiatives that drive operational efficiency, innovation, and business value.

This is a highly collaborative role requiring strong project leadership, stakeholder management, and delivery expertise. You will be responsible for managing multiple projects and programmes, ensuring priorities are aligned, risks are effectively managed, and initiatives are delivered successfully against agreed objectives. This is an exciting opportunity to help shape Argus's AI transformation and influence how emerging technologies are embedded across the organisation.

What will you be doing

• Lead the planning, execution, and delivery of AI and technology projects from initiation through to implementation and adoption.
• Manage the AI Champions Programme, ensuring effective governance, stakeholder engagement, communications, and delivery of programme objectives.
• Develop and maintain project plans, timelines, resource requirements, dependencies, and delivery milestones.
• Partner with Technology teams, business stakeholders, and senior leaders to define project scope, objectives, outcomes, and success measures.
• Drive cross-functional collaboration, ensuring alignment between technical and business teams throughout the project lifecycle.
• Identify, assess, and proactively manage project risks, issues, dependencies, and change requests.
• Facilitate project governance forums, steering groups, and stakeholder meetings, providing clear updates on progress, risks, decisions, and trade-offs.
• Monitor project performance and ensure projects are delivered on time, within scope, and against agreed business outcomes.
• Champion the adoption of AI solutions and automation opportunities, ensuring projects deliver measurable efficiency and productivity improvements.
• Support business change activities including communications, training, stakeholder engagement, and adoption planning.
• Maintain project documentation, reporting, and tracking tools, ensuring accurate visibility of delivery status and priorities.
• Continuously improve project management practices, governance, and delivery processes across the Technology function.

Skills and Experience

Essential

• Experience delivering technology, digital, software, or transformation projects from initiation through to completion.
• Strong project management skills, including planning, risk management, stakeholder engagement, and delivery governance.
• Proven ability to manage multiple priorities and drive projects to successful outcomes in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to translate complex technical concepts into clear business-focused communication.
• Excellent communication, influencing, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to engage technical and non-technical stakeholders.
• Comfortable using AI tools (e.g., Copilot, Gemini, Claude) to improve productivity, analysis, and project delivery.
• Experience managing organisational change, stakeholder adoption, and business readiness activities.
• Experience working within Agile, Waterfall, or hybrid delivery environments.
• Proficiency with project management and collaboration tools, with strong organisational and reporting skills.
• Degree or equivalent experience in Technology, Business, Project Management, or a related discipline.

Desirable

• Experience delivering AI, automation, digital transformation, or business process improvement initiatives.
• Experience working with software development or technology delivery teams.
• Familiarity with JIRA, Confluence, Azure DevOps, or similar project management tools.
• Experience in automation, process optimisation, or AI‑driven change initiatives