AI Innovation Manager -Contract

VANRATH; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 129,000 - 148,000; Full time

Job summary

VANRATH is recruiting an AI Innovation Manager for a London-based, hybrid role on a 6-month contract. You will lead a small autonomous team to rapidly prototype AI solutions, turning ambiguous business challenges into concrete use cases and measurable pilots with commercial value.

You’ll bring consulting pedigree and hands-on experience with AI technologies, delivering prototypes and tests against real business use cases while engaging senior stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Experience from leading strategy, management or technology consultancy.
• Hands-on experience building AI-enabled solutions, prototypes or automations.
• Strong problem-solving and presentation abilities.

Responsibilities

• Identify valuable AI and automation opportunities across Commercial and Operations.
• Turn loosely defined problems into clear, deliverable use cases.
• Build and test AI prototypes, agents and automations at pace.
• Use AI-led development approaches to accelerate delivery.
• Measure pilots against commercial outcomes like revenue, cost and efficiency.
• Evaluate emerging tools and recommend progression to production.
• Present demonstrations, results and recommendations to senior stakeholders.

Skills

Consulting experience

Hands-on AI

First-principles thinking

Commercially minded

Communication skills

Tools

Agentforce

AWS Bedrock

Microsoft Copilot

Databricks

Snowflake

Cursor

Job description

AI Innovation Manager

Location: London – Hybrid

Contract: 6 months

Daily Rate - £700-800 Inside IR35

The Opportunity

VANRATH is partnering with a leading global organisation to appoint an AI Innovation Manager for a newly established Enterprise Innovation Lab.

This is a hands-on role for someone from a strong consulting background who enjoys turning ambiguous business challenges into practical AI solutions. You’ll work in a small, autonomous team, rapidly developing prototypes and testing new technology against real commercial use cases.

What You’ll Do

• Identify valuable AI and automation opportunities across Commercial and Operations.
• Turn loosely defined problems into clear, deliverable use cases.
• Build and test AI prototypes, agents and automations at pace.
• Use AI-led development approaches to accelerate delivery.
• Measure each pilot against commercial outcomes such as revenue, cost, risk and efficiency.
• Evaluate emerging tools and recommend which solutions should progress into production.
• Present demonstrations, results and recommendations to senior stakeholders.

About You

• Consulting experience from a leading strategy, management or technology consultancy.
• Comfortable with ambiguity, short engagements and demanding delivery expectations.
• Recent hands-on experience building AI-enabled solutions, prototypes or automations.
• Strong first-principles problem-solving and presentation skills.
• Commercially minded, with the ability to communicate technical ideas clearly.
• Curious, self-sufficient and genuinely interested in emerging AI technology.

Experience with technologies such as Agentforce, AWS Bedrock, Microsoft Copilot, Databricks, Snowflake, Cursor or comparable platforms would be beneficial.

This opportunity would suit a modern, delivery-focused consultant who wants to remain close to new tools and technology—not someone focused primarily on large transformation programmes or executive-level strategy.