Senior AI Platform Lead — ML, Cloud & Strategy

A&O Shearman; Bangor; On-site; GBP 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A&O Shearman in Belfast or London invites a Senior AI Engineer (Manager) to lead AI initiatives across the firm, shaping strategy and overseeing a team of IT professionals and external providers.

You will own the full lifecycle of AI solutions—from model development to deployment—while ensuring scalable architecture and alignment with best practices. Strong leadership, collaboration with stakeholders, and a focus on business value are essential.

Qualifications

• Experience in ML/AI model development and deployment.
• Proficiency with Python, R or C# in professional environments.
• Experience with TensorFlow, PyTorch and scikit-learn.
• Leading large, global teams with strong stakeholder engagement.
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS/GCP/Azure) and AI tooling.

Responsibilities

• Lead AI strategy, design and implementation across the firm.
• Manage and mentor a team of IT professionals and external providers.
• Own end-to-end AI lifecycle from development to deployment and integration.
• Define scalable architecture and ensure alignment with best practices.
• Engage with senior business stakeholders to map AI use cases to outcomes.

Skills

Machine learning

Deep learning

AI model development

Python

R

C# (C-Sharp)

Stakeholder engagement

Project management

Team leadership

Cloud strategy

Tools

TensorFlow

PyTorch

scikit-learn

GitHub Copilot

Azure

AWS

GCP

Job description

A&O Shearman in Belfast or London invites a Senior AI Engineer (Manager) to lead AI initiatives across the firm, shaping strategy and overseeing a team of IT professionals and external providers.

You will own the full lifecycle of AI solutions—from model development to deployment—while ensuring scalable architecture and alignment with best practices. Strong leadership, collaboration with stakeholders, and a focus on business value are essential.