Director of Enterprise AI Engineering

Indicium AI; Greater London; Sur place; GBP 130 000 - 190 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Indicium AI in the UK is seeking a technical leader for the Forward Deployed AI Engineering practice. Reporting to the CTO, you will guide a team embedding with key clients to ship production AI systems that solve real business problems.

You will own the market-facing quality of engagements, shape architecture on complex deployments, and mentor engineers, while partnering with Sales to grow the pipeline and maintain high standards of engineering excellence.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in technical roles with at least 3 years leading engineering or delivery teams in forward deployed engineering, technical consulting, applied AI, or solutions architecture
• Production experience building AI applications including agentic systems, multi-agent orchestration, advanced RAG, evaluation frameworks, and deployment at scale in regulated enterprise environments
• A track record of building teams from early stage - hiring, developing, and retaining strong engineers, not just inheriting an existing organisation
• Experience working directly with enterprise clients on technical implementations, including comfort navigating complex organisational dynamics, procurement, compliance, and resistant stakeholders
• Executive presence - you can hold your own in a C-suite conversation and translate technical complexity into clear narratives for diverse audiences
• Strong Python proficiency and genuine comfort with production code - you are a builder at heart
• Vertical depth in at least one of Financial Services, Energy, or Healthcare
• High agency and comfort with ambiguity - you have built something from zero before and know what it takes

Responsabilités

• Lead, hire, and develop a high-performing team of Forward Deployed AI Engineers - setting a high bar for technical talent, client instincts, and delivery quality
• Own the technical and operational bar for AI engineering engagements - reviewing SOWs, shaping architecture on complex deployments, and ensuring your team ships production-grade systems
• Build the playbooks and repeatable patterns that turn one-off successes into a scalable, long term customer engagements
• Manage hands-on technical delivery in enterprise - you are comfortable moving fluidly between strategic conversations with C-suite stakeholders and debugging sessions with your engineers
• Develop vertical fluency across the team in Financial Services, Energy, and Healthcare - ensuring credibility with domain-expert clients
• Partner with Sales to shape pipeline, scope engagements, and identify expansion opportunities within existing accounts
• Work alongside Anthropic field teams on joint engagements - representing Indicium AI at the highest level and influencing partner product direction through field insights
• Provide technical mentorship, conduct regular 1:1s, and invest in the career growth of each team member
• Drive knowledge sharing and raise the bar for the practice through codified patterns, internal training, and a culture of engineering excellence

Description du poste

Indicium AI in the UK is seeking a technical leader for the Forward Deployed AI Engineering practice. Reporting to the CTO, you will guide a team embedding with key clients to ship production AI systems that solve real business problems.

You will own the market-facing quality of engagements, shape architecture on complex deployments, and mentor engineers, while partnering with Sales to grow the pipeline and maintain high standards of engineering excellence.