AI Engineering Lead

dentsu; Greater London; Presencial; GBP 120.000 - 180.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

dentsu London is seeking a pragmatic AI leader to shape and deliver scalable AI solutions within Media, translating business challenges into prototype and production-ready outcomes. You will build a small, high-impact engineering capability and guide adoption across planning, activation, operations and reporting.

Leading a cross-functional team, you’ll establish standards, drive governance and ensure safe, responsible AI delivery that creates measurable client value.

Formación

• Strong understanding of generative AI, ML concepts and LLMs.
• Experience designing and leading AI or automation projects in business settings.
• Ability to assess feasibility, data readiness, integration needs and tool suitability.
• Familiarity with APIs, data pipelines, cloud platforms and enterprise tech environments.
• Capability to guide prototyping from concept to production-ready solutions.
• Emphasis on security, privacy, testing and responsible AI controls.

Responsabilidades

• Build, coach and develop a high-performing AI engineering team.
• Oversee design, prototyping and development of AI solutions for Media workflows.
• Establish common engineering standards, design principles and delivery practices for AI solutions.
• Collaborate with product, data engineering, platform, security and enterprise architecture teams to ensure integration into systems.
• Create a culture focused on real business problems, value and responsible adoption.

Conocimientos

Generative AI

Machine learning concepts

Automation

Large language models

Prompt engineering

AI-enabled workflow design

APIs & data pipelines

Cloud platforms

Security & privacy

Leadership of technical teams

Descripción del empleo

Job Description

ROLE PURPOSE

Lead the AI Engineering capability for dentsu Media UK&I, identifying, shaping and building practical AI solutions that improve how Media teams work, deliver for clients and create measurable business value.

Working closely with Media leadership, Programme Leadership, Change Experience, Product, Data & Technology, Marketing Science and operational teams, this role will translate business problems into scalable AI-enabled solutions — moving ideas from opportunity identification through prototyping, engineering, testing, adoption and continuous improvement.

The role is accountable for building a small, high-impact AI engineering capability that can work with business teams to identify use cases, assess feasibility, design solutions, guide build activity, and ensure AI tools are embedded safely, effectively and sustainably into Media workflows. The ambition is to move from fragmented experimentation to a repeatable AI delivery model that creates value across planning, activation, operations, reporting, optimisation, workflow automation and client-facing services.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Identify and Shape High-Value AI Opportunities

• Partner with Media leadership and operational teams to identify where AI can improve effectiveness, efficiency, quality, speed or client impactacrossexistingtoolsandnewdevopportunities.
• Translate business pain points into clearsolution hypotheses,AI use casesandrequirements.
• Assess potential opportunities based on value, feasibility, risk, data availability, reusability and scalability.
• Establish BAU processacross Media teams to identify, test and scale AI-enabled ways of working.
• Support business teams to articulate requirements clearly and understand the practical implications of AI-enabled change.

Lead the AI Engineering Function

• Build, coach and develop a high-performing group of AI engineers, solution builders, analysts and technical contributors.
• Oversee the design, prototyping and development of AI solutions for Media workflows, including automation, agentic workflows, knowledge retrieval, planning support, reporting, insight generation and operational tooling.
• Establish common engineering standards, design principles, solution patterns and delivery practices for AI solutions across Media.
• Work with product, data engineering, platform, security and enterprise architecture teams to ensure solutions are integrated into the right systems and operating environments.
• Create a culture where AI engineering is focused on real business problems, measurable value and responsible adoption — not experimentation for its own sake.

Drive Responsible, Governed and Safe AI Delivery

• Ensure AI solutions are developed in line with dentsu policies, governance standards, data protection requirements and responsible AI principles.
• Identify risks relating to data, privacy, accuracy, bias, security, model performance, user adoption and operational dependency.
• Build appropriate testing, validation, monitoring, cost controlsand human-in-the-loop controls into AI solutions.
• Establish feedback loops with users to improve solutions over time.

SKILLS AND KEY REQUIREMENTS

Technical and AI Engineering Skills

• Strong understanding of generative AI, machine learning concepts, automation, large language models, prompt engineering, retrieval-augmented generation and AI-enabled workflow design.
• Experience designing,building AI or automation solutions in a business environmentleading technical or cross-functional teams.
• Ability to assess technical feasibility, data readiness, integration needs and model/tool suitability.
• Understanding of APIs,MCP,data pipelines, cloud platforms, software delivery practices and enterprise technology environments.
• Ability to guide prototyping and engineering activity from concept through to production-ready solutions.
• Strong appreciation of security, privacy, testing, quality assurance and responsible AI controls.

Media and Business Solutioning Skills

• Strong understanding of Media workflows, ideally including planning, activation, optimisation, trafficking, reporting, finance operations, client delivery or commercial processes.
• Ability to identify where AI can create practical value in Media — including productivity, quality, speed, scalability, insight, workflow automation and client outcomes.
• Ability to balance ambition with operational practicality, adoption readiness and measurable business benefit.
• Strong coaching capability, helping non-technical teamsand snr managementunderstand what AI can and cannot do.
• Comfortable creating structure in ambiguity and shaping new ways of working.

WHAT WE’RE LOOKING FOR

• A practical AI leader who can turn ambition into buildable, usable and scalable solutions.
• Someone curious about how AI will reshape Media, and pragmatic about what it takes to make that change real.

SUCCESS LOOKS LIKE

• Media UK&I has a clear, prioritised and value-led pipeline of AI opportunities.
• AI solutions are being identified, designed, built and scaled through a repeatable engineering modelat pace.
• Responsible AI controls are embedded into solution design and delivery.
• Media teams are actively using AI-enabled tools and workflows that improve productivity, quality, speed or client outcomes.

Working with us

Joining dentsu international, you’ll join a team of 48,000 people. It’sanopportunity to produce career-defining work. Along the way, you’ll team up with inspiring colleagues and encounter a richness of clients, cultures and experiences. We offer exciting challenges, memorable experiences and opportunities to shape your future.

Inclusion and Diversity

We’re proud to be different and that starts with our people. We believe in equal opportunities for everyone. We won’t define people by their race, gender, sexual-orientation, age or disability. Individuality is what makes us great, we want everyone to bring their full self to work and create something amazing. That’s what we care about.

So, whether you’re joining us, or looking to move to a different part of the business, we work hard to make sure we create equal opportunities for everyone.

#LI-Hybrid #LI-Dentsu

Location

London

Brand

Amplifi

Time Type

Full time

Contract Type

Fixed Term Contract (Fixed Term)