AI Engineering Manager

Ocho People Ltd.; Belfast City District; Remote; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Remote UK-wide with travel expenses

Training & development

Growing healthcare client base

Job summary

Ocho People Ltd. seeks an AI Engineering Manager to lead AI delivery for healthcare and public sector clients across the UK. You will be the senior technical voice on projects, guiding software and AI components from design to production.

Role combines hands-on ML work with team leadership, coaching engineers, coordinating with client stakeholders, and supporting bids while ensuring credible delivery. Travel is required, with expenses covered.

Qualifications

• Experience deploying ML models in production at scale.
• Strong Python engineering discipline and CI/CD practices.
• Ability to lead and coach engineering teams.
• Eligibility for SC clearance and willingness to travel UK-wide.

Responsibilities

• Own technical delivery of AI solutions from architecture through to production.
• Deploy and serve machine learning models in production at significant scale.
• Lead multi-disciplinary engineering teams across the whole solution.
• Agree architecture with senior client stakeholders.
• Drive adoption of modern AI frameworks and cloud-native architectures.
• Plan and manage client delivery with quality and timelines.
• Support tenders and identify opportunities within client accounts.
• Manage, coach and develop engineers, raising standards.
• Build long-term client relationships based on delivery.
• Contribute to the wider AI community through knowledge sharing.

Skills

AI deployment at scale

Python & CI/CD

Cloud: Azure/AWS with Docker/Kub

Client-facing consulting

Team leadership & mentoring

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Azure

AWS

Job description

AI Engineering Manager - Healthcare (UK-wide)

At a Glance

• Lead delivery of AI for healthcare and public sector clients, as the senior technical voice on the project
• UK-wide, with a remote base. Expect up to three days a week on client site, though not every week, with expenses covered
• Hands-on production AI: classic machine learning as well as GenAI, deployed and served at scale
• Two-stage interview process with no technical test
• Must be eligible for SC clearance

About the Company

This is a UK-leading AI and data consultancy with a decade-long record of delivering production-grade AI across government, healthcare, defence and commercial clients. Their 150-strong AI and Data practice spans machine learning, generative and agentic AI, and data, and they're recognised for responsible, secure AI. Healthcare is one of their biggest growth areas, with room to shape how the practice develops.

Role Overview

You'll be the technical lead for AI solutions that real services depend on, usually the most senior technical person on the project. That means leading software and platform engineers as well as the AI components, and going from design to production. It's a consulting role: you'll work with senior client stakeholders, plan and manage delivery, spot new opportunities and support bids, with credible delivery coming first. You'll also manage, coach and develop your team.

Travel is part of the job. You'll be on client site up to three days a week, but not every week, so you need to be comfortable with regular travel across the UK.

Key Responsibilities

• Own technical delivery of AI solutions from architecture through to production
• Deploy and serve machine learning models in production at significant scale
• Lead multi-disciplinary engineering teams across the whole solution, not just the AI component
• Agree architecture, principles and direction with senior client stakeholders
• Drive adoption of modern AI frameworks, AIOps practices and cloud-native architectures
• Plan and manage client delivery, balancing quality, timelines and commercial outcomes
• Support tenders and bids, and identify new opportunities within client accounts
• Manage, coach and develop engineers, and raise standards across the practice
• Build long‑term client relationships based on trusted delivery
• Contribute to the wider AI community through knowledge sharing and events

What You'll Need

Essential

• A proven record of deploying and serving ML models in production at scale, with classic ML experience (computer vision, MLOps and similar) as well as GenAI, LLMs, RAG and agentic AI
• Strong Python and engineering discipline (CI/CD, testing, code review) on Azure and/or AWS with Docker and Kubernetes, plus experience leading and coaching engineering teams
• Client-facing consulting ability, from senior stakeholders to delivery management and commerciality
• Eligibility for SC clearance (UK national with five years' UK residency) and comfort with regular client-site travel

Desirable

• Healthcare or public sector delivery experience, or existing SC clearance
• LLM fine-tuning, vector databases, semantic search, or AI compliance (e.g. ISO 42001)
• Pre-sales experience and shaping AI offerings

Benefits & Package

• Competitive salary, depending on experience
• UK-wide remote base, with client-site travel expenses covered
• Dedicated training and development support for data and AI talent
• A growing healthcare client base, with further opportunities in other sectors