Group Head of AI - Enterprise AI Strategy & Platforms

SSE plc; Glasgow; Hybrid; GBP 101,000 - 151,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Private healthcare discounts

Cycle to Work scheme

Parental leave benefits

Wellbeing support (GP, counselling)

Job summary

SSE plc is hiring the Group Head of AI to lead the enterprise-wide AI capability, shaping safe, scalable adoption across the organisation. You will drive strategy, platforms, governance and partnerships, aligning AI investments with business value.

You will build and lead a multidisciplinary function, ensuring secure, resilient AI delivery across cloud and hybrid environments while working with senior leaders to realise measurable impact.

Qualifications

• A relevant degree in Computer Science, AI, Engineering or equivalent with ongoing AI leadership development.
• Senior technology leadership experience in a large, regulated organisation with enterprise tech function.
• Extensive experience designing and operating AI-enabled software and platforms in cloud/hybrid environments.
• Strong command of modern AI architecture, lifecycle engineering and governance.
• Experience with responsible AI, risk, privacy, resilience and regulatory evidence.

Responsibilities

• Own and execute SSE’s group-wide AI strategy, investment roadmap and operating model.
• Establish secure, cost-effective enterprise AI platforms and reference architectures.
• Create and operate SSE’s AI governance, lifecycle framework with oversight for models and solutions.
• Provide pathways from discovery to production with cross-SSE collaboration.
• Connect trusted data with enterprise architecture, cloud, cyber and resilience direction.
• Lead a high-performing enterprise AI function and scale safe adoption.

Skills

AI strategy

Leadership

Enterprise AI

MLOps

Risk & controls

Stakeholder mgmt

Education

Degree in Computer Science / AI / Engineering

Tools

LLMOps

Kubernetes

Cloud platforms

Job description

SSE plc is hiring the Group Head of AI to lead the enterprise-wide AI capability, shaping safe, scalable adoption across the organisation. You will drive strategy, platforms, governance and partnerships, aligning AI investments with business value.

You will build and lead a multidisciplinary function, ensuring secure, resilient AI delivery across cloud and hybrid environments while working with senior leaders to realise measurable impact.