Data & AI Transformation Leader

Morson Edge; Kirklees; On-site; GBP 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Morson Edge is seeking a senior leader to define and drive the Data & AI strategy, turning emerging technologies into customer value and measurable business outcomes. You will lead a high-performing team and partner with Product, Engineering, Architecture and Security to deliver scalable AI solutions.

The role requires hands-on expertise in generative AI, LLMs, MLOps and data platform governance, with strong cloud experience on Azure.

Qualifications

• Proven experience delivering production-grade AI and ML solutions.
• Strong hands-on experience with generative AI, LLMs and AI application architectures, including RAG, prompt engineering, agents and model evaluation.
• Deep understanding of modern data engineering, data platforms and MLOps.
• Strong cloud experience across Azure with experience building scalable, cloud-native solutions.

Responsibilities

• Define and deliver the Data & AI strategy, roadmap and technical direction across the organisation.
• Identify opportunities to apply AI across products, services and internal operations to improve customer value, automation and decision-making.
• Explore and apply emerging technologies including generative AI, LLMs, RAG, Agentic AI, predictive analytics, graph intelligence, recommendation systems and semantic search.
• Turn ideas into prototypes and MVPs, validate them with users and stakeholders, and scale successful solutions into production.
• Own the data platform strategy, ensuring well-governed data underpins AI and analytics initiatives.
• Establish robust MLOps and engineering practices covering deployment, monitoring, experimentation and governance.
• Champion practical AI adoption across Product and Engineering to improve ways of working.
• Build, lead and develop a high-performing Data & AI team.
• Ensure AI innovation is secure, responsible, transparent and appropriate.
• Work with senior leadership to connect technology investment to customer outcomes, commercial priorities and business strategy.

Skills

AI

LLMs

MLOps

Data Platform

Azure

Cloud Architecture

Team Leadership

Commercial Impact

Job description

Morson Edge is seeking a senior leader to define and drive the Data & AI strategy, turning emerging technologies into customer value and measurable business outcomes. You will lead a high-performing team and partner with Product, Engineering, Architecture and Security to deliver scalable AI solutions.

The role requires hands-on expertise in generative AI, LLMs, MLOps and data platform governance, with strong cloud experience on Azure.