Director - AI Digital Workplace

Capgemini Invent; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Capgemini Invent in London is seeking a Director to lead the AI & Digital Workplace practice, shaping Workplace AI strategy and large-scale transformations for senior clients. You will drive client engagements, partnerships and practice growth while delivering measurable value across platforms like Copilot, Claude and related technologies.

You will also contribute to business development, recruitment and thought leadership, building senior client relationships and leading cross-functional teams

Qualifications

• Executive leadership for Workplace AI strategy and transformation.
• Delivery of end-to-end AI enablement including change and governance.
• Strong senior stakeholder relationships across technology, HR and operations.
• Experience leading large-scale AI programmes in a major consultancy.

Responsibilities

• Advising C-suite executives on Workplace AI strategy, value cases and roadmaps for AI platforms.
• Leading end-to-end AI adoption programmes including communications and learning.
• Overseeing enterprise AI deployments: licensing, security, data readiness and integrations.
• Establishing governance frameworks, risk management and value tracking.
• Designing operating models, Centres of Excellence and service management for adoption.
• Growing Capgemini Invent's Workplace AI capability, propositions and partnerships.
• Leading multidisciplinary teams of AI, technology and change consultants.
• Building senior client relationships and maintaining a strong business development pipeline.
• Creating thought leadership and innovative propositions to strengthen market position.

Skills

Workplace AI strategy

Executive leadership

Client relationships

Change management

Tools

Microsoft 365 Copilot

Anthropic Claude

Gemini

ChatGPT Enterprise

Job description

AI & Digital Workplace – Director

Contract Type: Permanent | Experience Level: Executives | Brand: Capgemini Invent

Professional Community: Strategy & Transformation | Location: London

The AI & Digital Workplace team helps organisations transform how work gets done through AI, digital technology and organisational change. We enable clients to accelerate enterprise AI adoption, realise measurable value and build sustainable AI-enabled ways of working.

This is a high-profile Director role within Capgemini Invent, combining client leadership, business development and practice growth. You will advise senior leaders on Workplace AI strategy, lead large-scale AI transformation programmes and be responsible for generating more than £2m in annual consulting revenue.

YOUR ROLE

Key responsibilities include:

• Advising C-suite executives on Workplace AI strategy, value cases, platform selection and roadmaps across Microsoft 365 Copilot, Claude, Gemini, ChatGPT Enterprise and related technologies.
• Leading end-to-end AI adoption programmes, including communications, learning, leadership engagement, champion networks and value measurement.
• Overseeing enterprise AI deployments, covering licensing, security, identity, data readiness, integrations and the evolution from assistants to agents.
• Establishing responsible AI governance frameworks, including policies, controls, risk management and value tracking.
• Designing operating models, Centres of Excellence, ownership structures and service management approaches that sustain long-term adoption.
• Growing Capgemini Invent's Workplace AI capability, propositions, assets and strategic partnerships.
• Leading and developing multidisciplinary teams of AI, technology and change consultants.
• Building senior client relationships and maintaining a strong business development pipeline.
• Creating thought leadership and innovative propositions that strengthen Capgemini Invent's market position.

You will also contribute to business development activities, proposition and practice development, recruitment, thought leadership, client events, and continuous learning and professional development.

YOUR PROFILE

You will already be a recognised leader in Workplace AI or digital workplace consulting, with experience leading change and technology teams in a major consultancy and building senior client relationships.

You will bring:

• Experience leading the strategy and enterprise deployment of workplace AI platforms, particularly Microsoft 365 Copilot and Anthropic Claude, with exposure to Gemini, ChatGPT Enterprise or similar.
• Proven delivery of end-to-end AI enablement, including change, adoption, communications, learning, technology deployment, governance and operating models.
• Strong relationships with senior stakeholders across technology, HR, operations and transformation functions.
• Deep understanding of generative and agentic AI and their impact on work, workforce and employee experience.

You will also have:

• Strong consulting experience in digital workplace, AI or business transformation.
• A successful track record in business development and account management, with responsibility for generating c.£2m annual consulting revenue.
• Experience working effectively in matrix organisations, securing support across teams to sell and deliver solutions.
• Sound knowledge of responsible AI, data protection and information governance.
• Strong personal credibility and influence with clients and colleagues.
• A collaborative, outcome-focused style, combining empathy, commercial acumen and confidence at all organisational levels.

NEED TO KNOW

At Capgemini we don’t just believe in inclusion, we actively go out to making it a working reality. Driven by our core values and Inclusive Futures for All campaign, we build environments where you can bring you whole self to work.

We aim to build an environment where employees can enjoy a positive work-life balance. We embed hybrid working in all that we do and make flexible working arrangements the day-to-day reality for our people. All UK employees are eligible to request flexible working arrangements.

Employee wellbeing is vitally important to us as an organisation. We see a healthy and happy workforce a critical component for us to achieve our organisational ambitions. To help support wellbeing we have trained ‘Mental Health Champions’ across each of our business areas. We have also invested in wellbeing apps such as Thrive and Peppy.

Capgemini is proud to be a Disability Confident Employer (Level 2)

under the UK Government’s Disability Confident scheme. As part of our commitment to inclusive recruitment, we will offer an interview to all candidates who

• Declare they have a disability, and
• Meet the minimum essential criteria for the role.

Please opt in during the application process.

CSR

We’re also focused on using tech to have a positive social impact. So, we’re working to reduce our own carbon footprint and improve everyone’s access to a digital world. It’s something we’re really serious about. In fact, we were even named as one of the world’s most ethical companies by the Ethisphere Institute for the 10th year. When you join Capgemini, you’ll join a team that does the right thing.

Whilst you will have London, Manchester or Glasgow as an office base location, you must be fully flexible in terms of assignment location, as these roles may involve periods of time away from home at short notice.

We offer a remuneration package which includes flexible benefits options for you to choose to suit your own personal circumstances and a variable element dependent grade and on company and personal performance.

About Capgemini

Capgemini is an AI-powered global business and technology transformation partner, delivering tangible business value. We imagine the future of organizations and make it real with AI, technology and people. With our strong heritage of nearly 60 years, we are a responsible and diverse group of 420,000 team members in more than 50 countries. We deliver end-to-end services and solutions with our deep industry expertise and strong partner ecosystem, leveraging our capabilities across strategy, technology, design, engineering and business operations. The Group reported 2024 global revenues of €22.1 billion.