Senior AI Adoption Coach & Training Lead

AWE; Reading; On-site; GBP 46,000 - 72,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

9-day working fortnight

Pension (9–13% matching)

Maternity/Paternity leave

Professional development funding

Employee assistance programme

Life assurance

Discounts

Special leave

Job summary

AWE is seeking a Principal AI Coach (AI Adoption) to lead senior, hands-on AI enablement across the organisation, working with the AI Adoption Lead to deliver training, coaching and practical examples that bring AI to life for teams and lightly coordinate AI Coaches for consistent support.

At its core, the role builds confidence, curiosity and safe, effective use of AI to help individuals and teams achieve better outcomes, with close collaboration with Learning & Development.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent) in a relevant field such as Digital Technology, Data, Computer Science, or similar.
• Strong experience in training, coaching or enabling the adoption of technology within a complex organisation.
• Proven ability to help people learn and apply new tools, ideally including AI or automation.
• Experience working directly with users to solve real problems and improve outcomes, not just delivering theoretical training.
• Hands-on experience using digital or AI tools to support practical use cases.
• Qualifications or certifications in AI, digital transformation, learning & development, or change management.
• Familiarity with enterprise AI tools (e.g. M365 Copilot, Power Platform or similar).

Responsibilities

• AI Enablement Impact: Drive real-world adoption of AI by helping people understand how it can support their specific roles and outputs.
• Hands-On Training & Coaching: Deliver practical, engaging training and coaching that builds confidence, curiosity and capability across the workforce.
• AI Coach Coordination: Support and coordinate AI Coaches (including B2 roles), ensuring a consistent and high-quality experience while contributing directly to delivery.
• User-Centred Approach: Ensure all activity is grounded in real user problems and opportunities, not generic or overly structured training.
• Communities & Culture: Build and sustain AI communities of practice and champion networks that encourage exploration, sharing and peer learning.
• Dynamic Learning Approach: Continuously evolve training and enablement approaches to reflect rapidly changing AI tools and user needs.
• Practical Value Delivery: Support the identification and use of simple, high-impact AI use cases that demonstrate tangible benefits quickly.
• Cross-Organisation Alignment: Work with L&D, business areas and AI teams to ensure coherent and connected enablement activity.
• Responsible Use: Promote understanding of safe, responsible AI use, ensuring people know both the opportunities and limitations.

Skills

Training coaching

Technology adoption

Learning with AI

User-focused delivery

AI/automation experience

AI enterprise tools

Education

Bachelor’s degree in tech field

Job description

AWE is seeking a Principal AI Coach (AI Adoption) to lead senior, hands-on AI enablement across the organisation, working with the AI Adoption Lead to deliver training, coaching and practical examples that bring AI to life for teams and lightly coordinate AI Coaches for consistent support.

At its core, the role builds confidence, curiosity and safe, effective use of AI to help individuals and teams achieve better outcomes, with close collaboration with Learning & Development.