AI Division Lead: Build & Scale Production Solutions

Loop Future; Coimbra; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Loop Future is seeking a Head of AI in Coimbra to build and lead the AI division, shape offerings, and grow a team. You will engage with customers, understand challenges, and deliver production AI solutions while overseeing discovery, pre-sales, and delivery.

Early on you will be hands-on and customer-facing, transitioning to scale the division with defined standards. You will hire and mentor AI engineers, work across sales, delivery, and operations, and travel as needed to client sites and our

Qualifications

• At least 8 years in software/data or related tech delivery with 2+ years hands-on AI engineering.
• Proven experience building and deploying AI solutions into production, including LLM apps and integrations.
• Experience leading technical teams and setting engineering standards; prior Head of AI experience not required.

Responsibilities

• Define and evolve our AI offering from discovery to production delivery and managed services.
• Work with Sales and customers to uncover opportunities, run discovery workshops, and translate needs into AI solutions.
• Own technical proposals, pitches, and estimates considering delivery effort, integration, and costs.
• Personally build and deploy AI solutions including agentic workflows, retrieval systems, and enterprise integrations.
• Oversee AI delivery, ensuring quality, timelines and budgets while managing risks and escalations.
• Set standards for architecture, tooling, observability, security, governance, and responsible AI use.
• Hire, mentor, and develop AI engineers, consultants, and architects.
• Drive internal AI adoption across software delivery and business operations.

Skills

AI engineering

Team leadership

Pre-sales support

Client communication

English proficiency

Tools

Codex

Cursor

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Job description

Loop Future is seeking a Head of AI in Coimbra to build and lead the AI division, shape offerings, and grow a team. You will engage with customers, understand challenges, and deliver production AI solutions while overseeing discovery, pre-sales, and delivery.

Early on you will be hands-on and customer-facing, transitioning to scale the division with defined standards. You will hire and mentor AI engineers, work across sales, delivery, and operations, and travel as needed to client sites and our