AI Delivery Lead - Financial Crime Compliance

Square One Resources Limited; Cardiff; Hybrid; GBP 101,000 - 111,000; Full time

Job summary

Square One Resources Limited in the United Kingdom is seeking an AI Delivery Lead to drive planning, execution, adoption and value realisation across the Financial Crime Compliance portfolio. The role blends strategic delivery leadership with operational support, collaborating with Product, Engineering, Support and Business teams.

You will guide initiatives from business case through delivery and value realisation, with approximately 35% devoted to Customer Crisis Management and incident

Qualifications

• Strong experience in Programme Management and delivery leadership across enterprise environments.
• Proven ability to develop business cases, delivery plans and benefits realisation approaches.
• Excellent stakeholder management across Product, Engineering, Support and Business functions.
• Experience operating within Agile delivery environments and handling governance, risks and dependencies.

Responsibilities

• Lead the delivery of AI and technology initiatives from concept through adoption.
• Translate business objectives and investment cases into executable delivery plans, milestones and measurable outcomes.
• Track and report on benefits, KPIs and value realisation.
• Support portfolio investment, prioritisation and funding decisions.

Skills

Programme Management

Delivery Leadership

Agile Delivery

Stakeholder Management

Technology Delivery

Governance & Reporting

Incident Management

Benefits Realisation

Job description

Job Title: AI Delivery Lead - Financial Crime Compliance
Location: Ideally working in the Cardiff Office, once every couple of weeks. Fully remote working candidates in the UK will also be considered.
Salary/Rate: £550- £603 a day Inside IR35
Start Date: 02/11/2026
Job Type: 8 Month Contract - Likely extension.

Role Summary

Our client in the Global Analytic space are seeking an experienced AI Delivery Lead to drive the planning, execution, adoption and operational success of strategic AI and technology initiatives across our Financial Crime Compliance portfolio.

The role combines strategic delivery leadership with operational support, working closely with Product, Engineering, Support and Business teams.

The successful candidate will lead initiatives from business case development through delivery, adoption and value realisation, while dedicating approximately 35% of their focus to Customer Crisis Management (CCM), incident management, operational governance and continual service improvement.

This role is suited to a delivery professional who can bridge traditional enterprise governance requirements with modern Agile and AI-enabled product delivery practices, while supporting effective responses to customer-impacting issues within a non-hosted product environment.

Key Responsibilities

AI Delivery & Value Realisation

• Lead the delivery of AI and technology initiatives from concept through adoption.
• Translate business objectives and investment cases into executable delivery plans, milestones and measurable outcomes.
• Track and report on benefits, KPIs and value realisation.
• Support portfolio investment, prioritisation and funding decisions.

AI & Modern Delivery Practices

• Support the delivery of AI, GenAI, automation and emerging technology solutions.
• Champion AI-enabled delivery and engineering practices to improve efficiency and outcomes.
• Support adoption of specification-driven delivery approaches.
• Identify opportunities to improve delivery effectiveness, productivity, quality and operational efficiency through AI and automation.

Required Experience

• Strong experience in Programme Management, Delivery Management or Technology Delivery leadership roles.
• Proven experience delivering complex technology initiatives in enterprise environments.
• Experience developing and delivering business cases, delivery plans and benefits realisation approaches.
• Strong stakeholder management skills across Product, Engineering, Support and Business functions.
• Experience operating within Agile delivery environments.
• Experience managing delivery governance, reporting, financial oversight, risks and dependencies.
• Exposure to Incident Management, Major Incident Management or Customer Crisis Management processes.

Disclaimer Notwithstanding any guidelines given to level of experience sought, we will consider candidates from outside this range if they can demonstrate the necessary competencies. Square One is acting as both an employment agency and an employment business, and is an equal opportunities recruitment business. Square One embraces diversity and will treat everyone equally. Please see our website for our full diversity statement.