Role: Head of Automation and AI
Location: Salford, Manchester - Office based role
Salary: £70,000 to £80,000 + Bonus, Pension
This is an exciting new opportunity within a highly innovative, employee-owned ecommerce retailer based in Salford.
They have fully embraced automation and AI and have reached the stage where they need a technically hands-on leader to guide them and their development teams, creating a roadmap to advance them to best in class digital technology.
Your remit will cover all facets of automation, AI, systems and data leading a team of three as well as external development companies and systems providers.
He company employ around a hundred people and turnover circa £70m which is increasing year on year. The have a young but highly experienced management team that work in a constantly changing and dynamic environment so the ability to be agile is key. They allow for a high level of autonomy and decision making across all roles within the business.
Thew role will be very hands on, taking a lead on coding, creating new prototypes using vibe coding as well as implementing new and replacement systems using third parties.
We are looking for someone to bring ideas as harvest new ones from the senior stakeholders for areas to improve, prioritise, create the roadmap, and then execute with the support of partners such as web-developers and AI...