AI Innovation Lead

Version 1; City of Edinburgh, Newcastle upon Tyne, Birmingham, Manchester, London; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in technology services is seeking an experienced AI Innovation Lead to collaborate on transformative AI initiatives. This role involves engaging clients to identify business challenges and deliver tailored AI solutions, whilst driving Proofs of Concept from concept to realization. The ideal candidate will bring strong technical knowledge coupled with excellent stakeholder engagement skills and project management experience, aiming to shape the future of AI in various organizations.

Benefits

Quarterly Performance-Related Profit Share Scheme

Flexible/remote working

Pension and Private Healthcare

Generous holiday allowance

Educational assistance and incentivized certifications

Employee Wellbeing schemes

Qualifications

• Good knowledge of machine learning and natural language processing.
• Proven ability to engage stakeholders and shape strategic visions.
• Track record of managing end-to-end PoCs or similar projects.

Responsibilities

• Inspire and educate clients about AI capabilities.
• Investigate clients’ business challenges and gather requirements.
• Lead co-creation efforts from initial concept through PoC delivery.

Skills

Machine Learning

Natural Language Processing

Data Analytics

Stakeholder Engagement

Business Analysis

Project Management

Communication

Education

Degree in Computer Science

Degree in Data Science

Job description

Version 1 London, Birmingham, Manchester, Newcastle upon Tyne, Edinburgh, Belfast

Department: Business Support

Job Description

Overview: Are you ready to help shape the future of AI for forward-thinking organisations? We are looking for an experienced AI Innovation Lead to collaborate with clients on exciting AI initiatives. You’ll explore the ‘art of the possible’, translate business challenges into transformative AI solutions, and drive successful Proofs of Concept (PoCs) from concept to value realisation.

Responsibilities

• Client Engagement: Inspire and educate clients about AI capabilities, showcasing potential use cases and strategic benefits.
• Needs Analysis: Investigate and clarify clients’ business challenges, gathering detailed requirements for AI-driven projects.
• Solution Identification: Working with our AI Labs teams, propose tailored AI solutions (e.g., virtual assistants for knowledge retrieval) in line with operational success criteria.
• Proposal Development: Develop high-level architectures, estimates, and proposals that align business needs with AI innovations.
• Project Ownership: Lead co-creation efforts from initial concept through PoC delivery, ensuring milestones are met on time and within budget.

Qualifications

Expected Qualities & Experience

• Technical Acumen: Good knowledge of machine learning, natural language processing, and data analytics.
• Consultancy Skills: Proven ability to engage stakeholders, shape strategic visions, and communicate value propositions.
• Business Analysis: Adept at uncovering complex issues and translating them into concrete AI use cases.
• Project Delivery: Track record of managing end-to-end PoCs or similar projects, driving tangible outcomes.
• Communication & Collaboration: Strong presentation skills and the ability to work seamlessly with cross-functional teams.
• Education & Background: Degree in Computer Science, Data Science, or a related field, with relevant certifications or demonstrable industry experience.

Additional Information

Why Version 1?

At Version 1, we believe in providing our employees with a comprehensive benefits package that prioritises their wellbeing, professional growth, and financial stability.

• Share in our success with our Quarterly Performance-Related Profit Share Scheme, where employees collectively benefit from a share of our company's profits.
• Strong Career Progression & mentorship coaching through our Strength in Balance & Leadership schemes with a dedicated quarterly Pathways Career Development programme.
• Flexible/remote working, Version 1 is tremendously understanding of life events and people’s individual circumstances and offer flexibility to help achieve a healthy work life balance.
• Financial Wellbeing initiatives including; Pension, Private Healthcare Cover, Life Assurance, Financial advice and an Employee Discount scheme.
• Employee Wellbeing schemes including Gym Discounts, Bike to Work, Fitness classes, Mindfulness Workshops, Employee Assistance Programme and much more. Generous holiday allowance, enhanced maternity/paternity leave, marriage/civil partnership leave and special leave policies.
• Educational assistance, incentivised certifications, and accreditations, including AWS, Microsoft, Oracle, and Red Hat.
• Reward schemes including Version 1’s Annual Excellence Awards & ‘Call-Out’ platform.
• Environment, Social and Community First initiatives allow you to get involved in local fundraising and development opportunities as part of fostering our diversity, inclusion and belonging schemes.

And many more exciting benefits… drop us a note to find out more.

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Company Description

Version 1 has celebrated over 26 years in Technology Services and continues to be trusted by global brands to deliver solutions that drive customer success. Version 1 has several strategic technology partners including Microsoft, AWS, Oracle, Red Hat, OutSystems and Snowflake. We’re also an award-winning employer reflecting how employees are at the heart of Version 1.

We’ve been awarded: Innovation Partner of the Year Winner 2023 Oracle EMEA Partner Awards, Global Microsoft Modernising Applications Partner of the Year Award 2023, AWS Collaboration Partner of the Year - EMEA 2023 and Best Workplaces for Women by Great Place To Work in UK and Ireland 2023.

As a consultancy and service provider, Version 1 is a digital-first environment and we do things differently. We’re focused on our core values; using these we’ve seen significant growth across our practices and our Digital, Data and Cloud team is preparing for the next phase of expansion. This creates new opportunities for driven and skilled individuals to join one of the fastest-growing consultancies globally.