AI Solutions Specialist

Oxford University Press; Oxford; Hybrid; GBP 100,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading educational publisher in Oxford seeks an AI Solutions Specialist to define AI integration strategies and support innovation initiatives. The role requires deep knowledge of AI tools and programming skills, with a focus on prototyping and stakeholder collaboration. This position offers a flexible hybrid working policy and a range of benefits including holiday, pension contributions, and a discretionary annual payment.

Benefits

25 days holiday plus bank holidays

Pension contributions up to 12%

Access to local discounts

Discretionary annual payment

Qualifications

• Deep understanding of AI tools and frameworks.
• Proven experience in building and maintaining AI pipelines.
• Ability to define processes and collaborate with stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Define patterns for integrating AI into tools and services.
• Serve as a technical lead on AI-related pilots.
• Work closely with Product Managers to prototype capabilities.

Skills

Deep understanding of AI tools

Experience in building AI pipelines

Interest in innovation initiatives

Expertise in engineering prompts

Proficiency with structured/unstructured data

Programming skills (Python or similar)

Knowledge of database systems

Ability to collaborate with stakeholders

Track record of delivering projects

Experience training/fine-tuning NLP models

Project management competence

Job description

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As our new AI Solutions Specialist, you will be responsible for defining patterns and approaches for integrating AI capabilities into both internal tooling and customer-facing features and services. As a key member of the New Ventures team, this role promotes results-focused innovation by exploring emerging AI technologies, engaging with stakeholders, and driving discovery initiatives which test novel solutions to capitalize on new business opportunities.

The AI Solutions Specialist serves as a technical lead on AI-related prototyping pilots in early stages of the product lifecycle, championing innovation and promoting a culture of experimentation. You will work closely with Product Managers and internal stakeholders to prototype and evaluate new capabilities that support emerging business needs. You will also advocate consistent frameworks and best practice for building, maintaining, and deploying AI-based features, tools, and services, ensuring compliance and minimizing duplication.

We operate a hybrid working policy that requires a minimum of 2 days per week in the Oxford office.

About You

• Deep understanding of AI tools, frameworks, and industry trends
• Experience in building and maintaining AI pipelines
• Experience and interest in developing and delivering innovation initiatives
• Expertise in engineering prompts for a variety of use cases and models
• Proficiency in working with structured and unstructured data
• Programming skills (Python or similar)
• Deep knowledge of relational, non-relational, and vector database systems
• Ability to define processes and collaborate with stakeholders
• Proven track record of delivering projects involving multiple teams
• Experience of training or fine-tuning NLP models is desirable
• Experience working with content development or research workflows is desirable
• Competence in project management of technical projects is desirable

Please note, this is a 12 month fixed term contract.

We care about work/life balance here at OUP. With this in mind we offer 25 days’ holiday that rises with service, plus bank holidays and Christmas closure (3-days) and a 35-hour working week. We are open to discussing flexibility in respect to working patterns, dependent on role. We also have a great variety of active employee networks and societies.

We help make your money go further by contributing to your pension up to 12%, offering loans and savings schemes through our partnership with Salary Finance, in addition to travel to work schemes and access to a wide range of local discounts.

This role comes with the added benefit of a discretionary annual payment.

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