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Associate Director of Artificial Intelligence, Manchester
Client: The Portfolio Group
Location: Manchester, United Kingdom
Job Category: Other
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EU work permit required: Yes
Job Views: 5
Posted: 16.06.2025
Expiry Date: 31.07.2025
Job Description:
Associate Director of Artificial Intelligence (AI) | Manchester | Excellent Salary + Bonus + Benefits
Shape the Future of AI at a Fast-Growing Global Tech Innovator
Are you ready to take your Artificial Intelligence (AI) expertise to the next level in a role with strategic impact? Join a high-growth, international SaaS company that’s disrupting the market through cutting-edge technology, rapid product development, and continuous investment in innovation. This is a unique opportunity to help define the AI future of an award-winning organization with an entrepreneurial, world-class leadership team.
As Associate Director of Artificial Intelligence, you’ll drive and execute the company’s AI strategy—leading initiatives that harness Machine Learning, Generative AI, NLP, and more to fuel scalable business growth and operational excellence.
Role Scope
* Lead the identification of opportunities and risks in a fast-evolving landscape, using AI/ML to deliver measurable business value and growth.
* Maintain awareness of emerging technologies to assess their potential risks and rewards.
* Own the lifecycle of AI initiatives—from vision to design, delivery, and optimization in high-performance, high-volume environments.
* Build evidence-based business cases to influence senior stakeholders and promote organization-wide AI adoption.
* Empower delivery teams with tools, capabilities, and insights needed to embed AI at scale.
Required Skills & Experience
* Proven leadership in AI, with a background in computer science, machine learning, data science, or related STEM fields (degree or equivalent experience).
* Hands-on experience developing and deploying production-grade ML models, including advanced Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) systems.
* Deep expertise in Generative AI, LLMs, NLP, and Knowledge Graphs, with a track record of translating complex models into real-world business solutions.
* Strong engineering fundamentals, including DevOps, CI/CD, and secure ML/AI pipelines (DevSecOps).
* Proficiency in Python, SQL, and key AI/ML frameworks (e.g., PyTorch, TensorFlow).
* Ability to mitigate model hallucination, optimize performance, and lead governance around AI risk and ethical deployment.
Ready to Transform the Future?
This is a career-defining opportunity within an international high-growth organization providing award-winning consultancy services to a prestigious client base. You will have the chance to make a significant impact on their AI strategy, innovation, and commercial growth. Our client offers a highly competitive package including a base salary, attractive bonus scheme, pension scheme, and excellent benefits such as private healthcare.
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