AI Solutions Specialist (Fixed Term Contract)

Oxford University Press; England; Hybrid; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading academic publisher in England is seeking an AI Solutions Specialist to drive innovation by integrating AI technologies into both internal tools and customer-facing features. The role requires expertise in AI tools, project management, and collaboration with stakeholders. Benefits include a hybrid working policy, 25 days' holiday, and financial contributions to pensions.

Benefits

25 days' holiday

Pension contribution up to 12%

Loans and savings schemes

Travel to work schemes

Qualifications

• Strong background in AI technologies and applications.
• Demonstrated experience in project leadership and team collaboration.
• Solid programming and data management capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Define patterns for integrating AI into products and services.
• Engage with stakeholders to drive discovery initiatives.
• Prototype and evaluate new capabilities that align with business needs.

Skills

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

Experience working with content development or research workflows

Competence in project management of technical projects

Job description

We are the world's largest university press. That means we serve the academic community as no other publisher can. We work in partnership with institutions and learned societies to bring a world of knowledge to the fingertips of students and researchers worldwide.

The goal is impact. Together with our academic communities, we curate and seamlessly connect together the ideas that push their fields forward, so they can learn from them, add to them, and continue a virtuous cycle of scholarship.

And because we are a part of the academic community and guided in everything we do by our mission, we re-invest in our people, our publishing, and the world-leading research institution of which we are part.

About the Role

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.

Benefits

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.

Please see our Rewards and Recognition page for more information.

Queries

Please contact [e-mail] with any queries relating to this role.

We are committed to supporting diversity in our workforce, and ensuring an inclusive environment where all individuals can thrive. We seek to employ a workforce representative of the markets that we serve and encourage applications from all.