AI Implementation Consultant

Aegon UK; Witham; Hybrid; GBP 46,000 - 71,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading financial services provider is looking for an AI Implementation Consultant in Witham or Edinburgh. This role involves pioneering AI integration to enhance efficiency across marketing functions. You will lead AI literacy initiatives, assess new tools for alignment with regulations, and drive process improvements. Candidates should have strong experience in AI technologies, exceptional communication skills, and strategic thinking. A competitive salary and generous benefits package are offered.

Benefits

Enhanced pension scheme

Discretionary bonus

36 days leave per year

Private medical cover

Life assurance

Critical illness cover

Retail discount vouchers

Subsidised restaurant

Qualifications

• Proven experience in AI and LLM technologies.
• Exceptional communication and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Strategic mindset and visionary thinking in AI landscape.
• Strong financial acumen with budget management experience.
• Expertise in process analysis and optimisation.

Responsibilities

• Championing AI literacy across the organisation.
• Collaborating with internal stakeholders for new AI tools.
• Documenting current processes and identifying inefficiencies.
• Leading pilots and proof-of-concepts for AI tools.
• Creating playbooks and ensuring adoption across teams.
• Maintaining a repository of AI use cases.
• Connecting Marketing Operations with enterprise innovation teams.
• Aligning AI initiatives with marketing goals.

Skills

Proven experience in AI and LLM technologies

Exceptional communication skills

Strategic mindset

Strong financial acumen

Expertise in process analysis

Job description

Job Description Summary Job Description

AI Implementation Consultant

Permanent

Location: Edinburgh or Witham (We believe in the power of in-person collaboration, and our hybrid model requires colleagues to be in the office a minimum of 40% of their time)

Salary: A competitive salary from £46,960 - £70,440 depending on the experience you can bring

Closing date: 19th November 2025

People are living longer and we’re excited by the opportunities this brings to help people live their best lives. We’re here for everyone who wants to make the most of their time on the planet and leave it a little better than they found it – however grand or humble their ambitions.

We help people live their best lives

We help them with the big stuff, for the moments that matter: Pensions, Savings, Investments. At Aegon, we strive in creating a diverse organisation that plays a meaningful role in driving greater equity, inclusion and belonging.

Brand and Marketing Operations is at the core of Aegon’s Marketing function, acting as the internal centre of excellence for brand, digital optimisation, content delivery, PR support, documentation control, operational efficiency and capability.

We now have an opportunity to join us in Edinburgh or Witham as an AI Implementation Consultant. In this role you’ll be at the forefront of transforming how we leverage AI to drive smarter, faster, and greater efficiency and the wider organisation. You’ll empower teams with the knowledge, tools, and confidence to experiment safely, scale innovation, and unlock measurable additional commercial value.

Key Responsibilities include:

• Championing AI literacy across the organisation - designing and delivering engaging learning programmes, workshops, and resources to build foundational and advanced AI understanding across Marketing and adjacent functions.
• Collaborating closely with internal stakeholders to assess, approve, and onboard new AI tools- ensuring all experimentation aligns with regulatory, ethical, and data governance standards, while accelerating access to emerging technologies.
• Working with marketing, creative, and functional teams to document current state processes, identify inefficiencies, and surface high impact opportunities for AI integration particularly in content production, campaign orchestration, and performance reporting.
• Leading structured pilots and proof-of-concepts to test AI tools in real-world marketing scenarios -defining success metrics, track performance, and quantify benefits such as time savings, cost reduction, or uplift in campaign effectiveness.
• Translating successful experiments into repeatable playbooks and operational templates - ensuring learnings are accurately documented and embedded into BAU processes, with clear guidance for adoption across teams.
• Creating and maintaining a centralised repository of AI use cases, tool evaluations, and performance data. Actively sharing insights through internal channels to inspire adoption and avoid duplication of effort.
• Serving as a connector between Marketing Operations and enterprise innovation teams – ensuring Marketing’s needs are represented in broader AI strategy discussions and that Marketing benefits from cross-functional advancements.
• Aligning AI initiatives with strategic marketing goals, such as improving speed to market, enhancing customer personalisation, or optimising media spend. Continuously evaluate the commercial impact of AI adoption and report on ROI.

We’d love to hear from you if you have:

• Proven experience in AI and LLM technologies, with a track record of successfully integrating tools into business environments to drive efficiency and innovation.
• Exceptional communication and stakeholder engagement skills, with the ability to clearly articulate complex concepts to diverse audiences and influence decision making at all levels.
• Strategic mindset and visionary thinking, particularly in the evolving landscape of AI, not only in interpreting emerging trends but also shape the future direction of AI adoption within the organisation.
• Strong financial acumen, including experience in budget forecasting, planning, and management.
• Expertise in process analysis and optimisation, with the ability to define, document, and improve workflows to support scalable and sustainable growth.

What’s in it for you?

• We’re serious about your future and our enhanced pension scheme is now in place. We ask you to contribute 3% of your salary to your pension and we’ll put in 9%. If you decide to contribute more, we’ll match it up to a combined total of 20% of your salary (that’s 7% from you and 13% from us).
• A discretionary bonus, depending on personal and company performance
• 36 days leave per year (including bank holidays, pro-rated for part-time)

We also offer private medical cover, life assurance, critical illness cover, enhanced parental leave and a variety of lifestyle benefits to help our employees live their best lives, including retail discount vouchers, cycle2work scheme, subsidised restaurant and online GP appointments. To find out more about what to expect at Aegon, visit our careers site.

Ready to take your career to the next level? Apply now!

The legal bits

We’ll need you to confirm you have the right to work in the UK. If we offer you a job and you accept, there are some checks we need to complete before you can start with us. This will include a credit and criminal record check, as well as providing satisfactory references.

Equal Opportunity Employer:

We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their age, disability, race, religion/belief, gender, sexual orientation or gender identity.