Senior AI Platform Lead — Strategy, ML & Team Leadership

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

Job summary

A&O Shearman in Belfast is seeking a Senior AI Engineer (Manager) to lead the AI Platform and IT team. You will shape strategy, design, and deployment of advanced AI/ML use cases across the firm and manage a skilled tech team and external providers.

You will drive the full lifecycle of AI solutions, mentor staff, and collaborate with senior stakeholders to align AI initiatives with business outcomes and customer value.

Qualifications

• Strong background in machine learning, data analysis, and software development.
• Experience leading large, global teams.
• Proven ability to mentor engineers and drive performance.
• Excellent stakeholder engagement and communication skills.
• Experience with cloud platforms and ML tooling.

Responsibilities

• Define and implement AI strategy and platform architecture.
• Manage and mentor AI engineering teams; performance reviews.
• Collaborate with business stakeholders to map AI use cases to outcomes.
• Oversee delivery of AI solutions end-to-end from development to deployment.
• Coordinate with external providers and ensure governance.

Skills

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Mentoring

Project management

Communication

Tools

TensorFlow

PyTorch

scikit-learn

Azure cloud

Job description

A&O Shearman in Belfast is seeking a Senior AI Engineer (Manager) to lead the AI Platform and IT team. You will shape strategy, design, and deployment of advanced AI/ML use cases across the firm and manage a skilled tech team and external providers.

You will drive the full lifecycle of AI solutions, mentor staff, and collaborate with senior stakeholders to align AI initiatives with business outcomes and customer value.