Director of Data and AI - Architect the Future of AI
Location: Hybrid - 3 days in office, flexible remote
Package: up to £180,000 + significant equity + benefits
About the Role
We're partnering with a high-growth start-up building AI solutions for a multi-billion-dollar industry - a business set to set the AI world alight.
This is a retained executive search to identify and secure a visionary Director of Data and AI who can architect the future of AI.
You'll be building the world's most sophisticated unstructured data processing platform, capable of handling millions of documents, images, and complex data types - all analysed in real time to transform how industries understand and act on their data.
This is not just another data leadership role - it's the chance to design and deliver enterprise-scale data infrastructure from the ground up, in a company that's moving fast and scaling aggressively.
As the Director of Data and AI, you'll blend start-up agility with enterprise-grade engineering to create the data foundation that powers next-generation AI capabilities.
Key Responsibilities
1. Architect scalable, real-time data platforms for multi-agent AI systems.
2. Create ETL and streaming pipelines for complex formats - PDFs, images, emails, forms - acros...