Harris International Group is seeking a Group AI Leader to lead and coordinate the Vanguard program — our accelerated AI initiative spanning 23 Business Units across EMEA, India and Israel.
This is a low‑ego, high‑action leadership role focused on execution, coordination, and momentum rather than hierarchy or theory. The role exists to ensure the Vanguard team and its projects move quickly, learn fast, and deliver practical outcomes that materially advance AI adoption across the group.
We are deliberately open to candidates from any leadership level, including senior individual contributors, provided they bring strong judgment, bias to action, and the ability to support and enable others.
What Success Looks Like
1. Vanguard work is well‑coordinated, visible, and moving forward
2. Business Units feel supported, listened to, and unblocked
3. Progress, learnings, and outputs are clearly reported upward
4. The program adapts quickly as the market and Harris ecosystem evolve
What you will do (Key Responsibilities):
Programme Leadership & Coordination
5. Co‑ordinate and schedule the activities of the Vanguard team across 23 Business Units
6. Act as the central point of orchestration without becoming a bottleneck
7. Prioritise progress over perfection, particularly on
Execution & Tracking
8. Track the status of Vanguard projects end‑to‑end
9. Produce and maintain:
Project status updates
Product/output reports
Follow‑ups to ensure commitments turn into outcomes
10. Proactively identify risks, delays, and opportunities to accelerate learning
Reporting & Communication
11. Consolidate results, learnings, and outputs on a quarterly basis
12. Report progress upward in a clear, pragmatic, decision‑oriented manner
13. Translate activity into insight: what worked, what didn’t, and what to do next
Business Unit & Stakeholder Engagement
14. Work closely with BU leadership to understand their wants, needs, and constraints
15. Reflect those needs into Vanguard priorities and ways of working
16. Maintain strong relationships built on trust, responsiveness, and practical value
External & Internal Ecosystem Engagement
17. Engage with Harris and CSI partners to leverage:
Expertise
Tools and resources
Shared learnings from across the wider group
18. Stay abreast of AI adoption efforts across Harris and CSI, and shape how those insights influence Vanguard activity
Market Awareness & Thought Contribution
19. Keep up to date with developments in the external AI market
20. Provide grounded, non‑hyped views on:
What matters now
What we should ignore
How trends should influence Vanguard priorities and execution
Operating Style & Values
This role is explicitly designed for someone who:
21. Operates with low ego and high agency
22. Has a strong bias to action on
23. Is comfortable failing fast, learning, and iterating rather than waiting for perfection
24. Values enabling others over personal visibility
25. Can act as a player‑coach if needed, but prioritises looking after the team
What we are looking for (Background & Experience)
We are intentionally flexible on background and seniority. Strong candidates may include:
26. Senior leaders looking for a high‑impact, hands‑on role
27. Experienced individual contributors with strong coordination and execution skills
28. Product, programme, or transformation leaders with a record of delivery
Formal AI credentials are not required — judgment, curiosity, and execution matter more than theory.
About Harris Computer
Harris’ strategy focuses on acquiring software businesses, strengthening and managing them well, and growing them for the future. Our companies provide mission-critical software solutions to a global customer base across various vertical markets. We are a part of Constellation Software Inc. (TSX: CSU), one of the world’s most active acquirers of software businesses.
At Harris, we strive to create a respectful and united environment where all members of our globally diverse community are empowered and have equitable opportunities to succeed.
Benefits
Harris offers an extremely competitive UK employee benefits programme. 5 Personal Days leave entitlement are granted over and above the standard 25 days holiday and bank holidays. Harris also offers all UK employees an annual Lifestyle Reward amounting £325 per annum/pro rata.
Supporting your application
Our recruitment process will comprise of interviews and, at times, a written exercise, an assessment day and/or a presentation. As an equal opportunities’ employer, we want to make sure we do all we can to make this a positive experience for you. When applying, please make us aware on your application of any adjustments or additional support we can provide you with before or on the day of an interview.