Senior Director, Applied AI Solutions

Accordion; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Accordion seeks a Senior Director to lead AI Solutions across the UK and Europe, blending technical depth with commercial insight. You will identify where AI moves the needle on revenue, cost, productivity and risk, articulate value to senior stakeholders, and guide POCs into scalable delivery.

This senior, client-facing role requires travel across Europe and collaboration with multiple practices to shape opportunities and drive value for portfolio companies and sponsors.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in applied AI, machine learning, data analytics or AI-enabled transformation.
• Ability to translate technical concepts into commercial language for executives.
• Track record of driving AI and data work to measurable business outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Lead senior client conversations with C-Suite and PE sponsors.
• Design and lead AI proof-of-concepts, demos and scalable solutions.
• Shape AI roadmaps and align with client priorities and data readiness.
• Support business development and cross-practice opportunities across UK/Europe.

Skills

Applied AI

AI strategy

Client leadership

Proof-of-concepts

Data analytics

Transformation

Tools

Azure OpenAI

Microsoft Fabric

AWS Bedrock

GCP Vertex AI

Snowflake Cortex

Databricks

OpenAI

Job description

Accordion seeks a Senior Director to lead AI Solutions across the UK and Europe, blending technical depth with commercial insight. You will identify where AI moves the needle on revenue, cost, productivity and risk, articulate value to senior stakeholders, and guide POCs into scalable delivery.

This senior, client-facing role requires travel across Europe and collaboration with multiple practices to shape opportunities and drive value for portfolio companies and sponsors.