AI Practice Enablement Lead

Expleo; Dublin; Hybrid; EUR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Expleo Academy

Medical and dental insurance

Pension

Job summary

Expleo Ireland is seeking a senior AI leader to industrialise, govern and grow AI-enabled services. You will enable Directors of Service and domain experts to turn AI ambition into credible, repeatable and market-ready services while preserving clear service ownership.

The role blends deep AI expertise with commercial, consulting and influencing skills to support AI Readiness, Governance, Assurance and Solutions initiatives and EVOLVE activity.

Qualifications

• Senior AI leadership experience across strategic advisory, governance and delivery of AI-enabled services.
• Proven ability to shape offerings, engage clients and drive value through AI initiatives.
• Excellent communication, executive stakeholder management and market-facing leadership.

Responsibilities

• Shaping and activating AI service offerings, including value propositions, use cases and delivery models.
• Create reusable AI capability assets like playbooks, assessments and accelerators.
• Advise service leaders, align cross-service activities and maintain accountability for strategy and delivery.
• Lead EVOLVE oversight to prioritise AI use cases, roadmaps and measurable outcomes.
• Mobilise the AI Champion network and connect Irish market needs with Group capabilities.

Skills

Influence

Collaboration

AI depth

Commercial mindset

Roadmaps

Communication

Job description

Overview

Expleo is seeking a senior AI leader to help industrialise, govern and grow AI-enabled services across Ireland. Working across the service portfolio, the role will enable Directors of Service and domain experts to turn AI ambition into credible, repeatable and market-ready services while preserving clear service ownership.

The successful candidate will combine deep, current AI expertise with strong commercial, consulting and influencing skills. They will support four dedicated offerings AI Readiness, AI Governance, AI Assurance and AI Solutions, while overseeing local EVOLVE activity, enabling the AI Champions network, connecting Ireland with Expleo Group capability, and representing Expleo as a visible AI thought leader.

What you will enable:

• Launch and mature Expleo Ireland’s four dedicated AI offerings.
• Help every service apply AI through EVOLVE to improve quality, productivity, insight and client value.
• Provide trusted AI expertise, practical challenge and clear guidance to service leaders and specialists.
• Connect Irish priorities with Expleo Group assets, communities and initiatives.
• Build market credibility through informed client engagement, thought leadership and responsible adoption.

Scope of the role:

Area

Primary focus

Ownership

Dedicated AI offerings

Assist in the definition, activation and improvement AI Readiness, Governance, Assurance and Solutions.

Directors retain offering, client and service accountability.

EVOLVE

Support the development of appropriate AI use in existing services and delivery methods.

Each Director owns their service AI journey.

AI Champions

Mobilise learning, advocacy, use cases and feedback.

Champions remain embedded in their teams.

Group and market

Reuse Group capability, represent Irish needs and strengthen Expleo’s external profile.

Activity aligns with agreed local and Group governance.

Responsibilities

• Assist in shaping and activating service offerings: define value propositions, target clients, use cases, delivery models, risks and evidence for AI Readiness, Governance, Assurance and Solutions.
• Support the creation of reusable capability: turn domain expertise into playbooks, assessments, accelerators, demonstrations and sales enablement assets, supported by a practical offering lifecycle.
• Enable service leaders: advise and challenge Directors and specialists, facilitate cross-service alignment and preserve their accountability for strategy, investment, client commitments and delivery.
• Lead local EVOLVE oversight: help services set AI ambitions, prioritise use cases, establish roadmaps and controls, and convert proven ideas into standard methods with measurable outcomes.
• Mobilise AI Champions: equip the network with practical learning, engagement formats and escalation routes; share successful use cases and reduce fragmented experimentation.
• Connect with Expleo Group: reuse relevant methods and assets, connect subject-matter experts, and represent Irish market, client and regulatory needs in Group forums.
• Support growth and market presence: contribute to opportunity shaping, workshops, proposals, mobilisation, campaigns, case studies, conferences and executive client dialogue.
• Champion responsible AI: embed quality, privacy, security, intellectual property, model risk, human oversight, accessibility and regulatory considerations, escalating material risks appropriately.

Role boundaries and decision rights:

• The role recommends, influences, coordinates and enables; the relevant Director of Service remains accountable and makes final service decisions.
• It may lead agreed cross-cutting activity but is not the default owner of every AI initiative or client engagement.
• It supports commercial shaping and mobilisation but cannot independently commit delivery scope, commercials, architecture or risk positions outside agreed authority.
• Local activity should reuse Group capability where appropriate while reflecting Irish market and client requirements.

Key relationships:

• Directors of Service; service domain experts and delivery leaders; Sales, Account and Marketing teams; Operations and capability teams; Expleo Group AI communities; AI Champions; and clients, partners and industry bodies.

Essential skills

• Influential and collaborative: creates alignment while respecting ownership and accountability.
• Expert and pragmatic: combines AI depth with a focus on client value, service quality and adoption.
• Commercial and evidence-led: understands how propositions are positioned, sold, delivered, evidenced and scaled.
• Curious and enabling: distinguishes durable change from hype and builds capability in others.
• Responsible and credible: puts trust, safety, governance and delivery integrity at the centre of decisions.

Desired skills

• Experience in AI readiness, governance, assurance, model risk, AI testing or solution delivery.
• Experience in regulated or safety-critical sectors and with risk, compliance, quality or assurance stakeholders.
• Experience aligning local and global capability, or building communities of practice, champion networks or adoption programmes.
• An established external network or contribution to AI forums, research, standards, conferences or thought leadership.

Experience

• Senior-level experience in AI, data, technology consulting, digital transformation, product or service leadership, architecture, assurance or a closely related field.
• Deep, current knowledge of enterprise AI, including generative AI, machine learning, solution patterns, adoption challenges, controls and emerging technology.
• A track record of shaping, launching or maturing client-facing technology services, propositions or capability programmes.
• Ability to work across strategy, governance, assurance and delivery, engaging deeper specialists where required.
• Strong influence at senior level without direct authority, with credibility in executive conversations, workshops, proposals and external forums.
• Excellent communication and the ability to turn complex ideas into practical roadmaps, repeatable methods, usable assets and measurable outcomes.
• Sound judgement on responsible AI, risk, quality, privacy, security, governance and regulation.

Benefits

At Expleo, we are committed to providing a competitive salary and substantial benefits offering with unique wellbeing, financial and employee recognition programmes.

We pride ourselves on our diverse and inclusive culture and offer a variety of family friendly policies and enhanced leave to help you achieve a healthy work life balance.

By providing significant learning and development opportunities, we encourage individual growth and success throughout your career with us.

• Collaborative working environment – we stand shoulder to shoulder with our clients and our peers through good times and challenges
• We empower all passionate technology loving professionals by allowing them to expand their skills and take part in inspiring projects
• Expleo Academy - enables you to acquire and develop the right skills by delivering a suite of accredited training courses
• Competitive company benefits such as medical and dental insurance, pension, life assurance, employee wellbeing programme, sports and social events, birthday hampers and much more!
• Always working as one team, our people are not afraid to think big and question the status quo.

“We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age”.

At Expleo, we understand that many people experience impostor syndrome throughout their lifetime, please do not let this discourage you from applying for this role. Our Talent Acquisition Team welcomes all CV’s and will consider your application in line with the values, requirements and role competencies.