AI Strategy Lead

Loftware; Wokingham; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading provider in supply chain solutions in Wokingham is seeking an AI Strategy Lead to report to the CTO and drive AI initiatives. This role involves enhancing engineering productivity and integrating AI features into SaaS products. The ideal candidate has over 5 years of software development experience, with a focus on AI/ML technologies. This position offers a chance to innovate in a dynamic environment with a commitment to diversity and inclusion.

Benefits

Comprehensive training

Development emphasis

Inclusive work culture

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in software development or product engineering, including 3+ years focused on AI/ML technologies in a SaaS environment.
• Proven track record of implementing AI-driven tools internally or launching AI-powered product capabilities.
• Strong understanding of LLMs and ML frameworks.

Responsibilities

• Lead the evaluation, selection, and rollout of AI-driven tools.
• Partner with product management to design AI-powered features.
• Ensure compliance with security and privacy standards.

Skills

Software development

AI/ML technologies

Stakeholder alignment

Program management

Communication skills

Tools

AWS

Azure

MLOps

Job description

A career at Loftware is more than just a job – it’s an opportunity to help shape the supply chain of the future.

Position Summary:

We are seeking an AI Strategy Lead to report directly to the CTO and lead our company’s strategy and execution around artificial intelligence.

This role will oversee both internal AI adoption—driving developer productivity through tools like Amazon Q Developer and other AI-driven platforms—and external AI enablement, ensuring the effective integration of AI-powered features into our SaaS products in alignment with product management.

The AI Lead will act as the central coordinator across key stakeholders, including product management, security, enterprise architecture, and engineering operations, ensuring that AI initiatives deliver measurable value while maintaining consistency, compliance, and strategic alignment.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead the evaluation, selection, and rollout of AI-driven tools to enhance engineering productivity, ensuring adoption and measurable impact.
• Partner with the engineering performance metrics lead to measure and continuously track the effectiveness and ROI of all AI initiatives.
• Collaborate with product management to plan, design, and implement AI-powered product features, from concept to delivery.
• Work with enterprise architects to ensure consistent use of approved models, frameworks, and AI platforms across products and teams.
• Partner with the CISO to ensure all AI initiatives protect data integrity, intellectual property, and comply with security and privacy standards.
• Stay current on AI trends, tools, and practices, guiding the organization on emerging opportunities and risks.

Qualifications:

• 5+ years of experience in software development or product engineering, including 3+ years focused on AI/ML technologies in a SaaS environment.
• Proven track record of implementing AI-driven tools internally or launching AI-powered product capabilities.
• Strong understanding of LLMs, ML frameworks, cloud AI services (AWS, Azure), and their practical application in enterprise and product contexts.
• Experience working cross-functionally with product management, security, and architecture teams.
• Excellent program management, communication, and stakeholder alignment skills.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Experience rolling out developer productivity tools and measuring their adoption and impact.
• Knowledge of MLOps and AI deployment practices at scale.
• Familiarity with compliance and risk considerations for AI (e.g., data residency, model governance).
• Hands-on technical expertise to guide proof-of-concepts and vendor evaluations.

Why Join Us?

• Working for the undisputed global leader in a business-critical industry offers unparalleled possibilities.
• Our team is made up of the most talented, curious, and inspiring people in their fields, each bringing something unique to the table.
• We use the power of the global team.
• We set you up for success. We offer comprehensive training to all employees and place an emphasis on employee development.

We win with inclusion

At Loftware, inclusion, diversity, and belonging are paramount to our success and our culture. We are an equal opportunities employer. This means we are committed to recruiting qualified applicants regardless of race, color, religion, age, sex, gender, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status. We believe we are made stronger by the unique capabilities and qualities that each person brings to our company, and we invest in our employees to inspire confidence and help everyone realize their full potential.

About us:

We make the Supply Chain work

At Loftware, our end-to-end cloud-based labeling platform helps businesses of all sizes manage labeling across their operations and supply chain and our solutions are used to print over 51 billion labels every year. With over 500 industry experts and 1,000 global partners, Loftware maintains a global presence with offices in the US, UK, Germany, Slovenia, China, and Singapore making us a trusted partner for companies in automotive, chemicals, clinical trials, consumer products, electronics, food & beverage, manufacturing, medical device, pharmaceuticals, retail/apparel, and more.

More about us: https://www.loftware.com/about-us/company

#Makeyourmark with Loftware and apply today!