AI Strategy Lead for Science & Knowledge Discovery

Elsevier; England; On-site; GBP 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible hours

Wellbeing initiatives

Shared parental leave

Study assistance

Sabbaticals

Job summary

Elsevier is seeking a senior leader to define and drive AI and data science strategy across ML, NLP, search, and generative AI. You will guide teams through the full lifecycle from experimentation to production, aligning with product goals and customer needs.

You will influence senior stakeholders, shape roadmaps, and deliver measurable outcomes across products and business units, fostering a collaborative, high-performing culture.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in data science, AI/ML, NLP, information retrieval, statistics, or related quantitative field.
• Excellent technical expertise across modern data science methods including ML, experimentation, deep learning, generative AI, and production AI systems.
• Hands-on experience delivering AI-powered products including LLMs, RAG, semantic search, embeddings, agentic workflows, and knowledge-driven systems.
• Proven success leading and developing technical teams in complex product, platform, or research environments.
• Experience with large, complex datasets and building scalable, production-ready AI/ML systems.
• Exceptional people leadership, prioritization, communication, and stakeholder management skills.

Responsibilities

• Set AI and data science strategy across ML, NLP, search, recommendation, experimentation, and generative AI.
• Lead and develop high-performing teams by coaching talent and fostering an inclusive culture.
• Deliver advanced AI and knowledge-discovery systems across full lifecycle, including LLMs, RAG, search, and domain-enriched AI solutions.
• Drive evaluation and AI quality by establishing robust frameworks, metrics, and responsible AI standards.
• Influence across product, technology, and business by partnering with cross-functional leaders and shaping roadmaps.

Skills

AI/ML

NLP

Information retrieval

Leadership

Production AI systems

LLMs

RAG

Semantic search

Tools

LLMs

RAG

Semantic search

Job description

Elsevier is seeking a senior leader to define and drive AI and data science strategy across ML, NLP, search, and generative AI. You will guide teams through the full lifecycle from experimentation to production, aligning with product goals and customer needs.

You will influence senior stakeholders, shape roadmaps, and deliver measurable outcomes across products and business units, fostering a collaborative, high-performing culture.