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Head of Applied AI
远程，英国（需要出差）| 全职 | 交付 | 向首席服务官汇报
将 Colibri 的 AI 从可能性变为生产环境
Colibri Digital 正在寻找一位应用 AI 总监，负责领导和拓展我们的 AI 工程能力。这是一个位于 AI 工程、咨询、商业增长和技术交付交汇点的高级管理职位。你将帮助决定我们下一步如何发展 AI 能力，带领与客户的高层对话，并保持对技术的深入了解，以挑战架构、指导工程师并影响解决方案的构建方式。我们的重点是应用 AI。我们关注的是演示之后发生的事情：将生成式 AI、代理式 AI 和预测式 AI 带入安全、受控的生产环境，解决实际的业务问题。你将继承强大的技术能力，但仍有大量工作要做。你有机会塑造团队、我们的产品、我们进入市场的方式以及如何将新兴 AI 技术转化为客户实际可用的解决方案。为什么这个职位值得探讨
你可以参与建设，而不仅仅是继承。这里已有稳固的技术能力，但 AI 市场发展迅速，我们仍在塑造未来。你将对实践方向、我们组建的团队以及推向市场的产品有真正的影响力。
你将保持对技术的紧密接触。这不是一个完全脱离工程的角色。我们需要一位能够就 AI 的业务应用进行高管级对话，然后切换到与工程师讨论架构、RAG、代理、评估或解决方案在生产环境中的运行方式的人。
你在解决方案销售之前就会参与。你会从发现阶段开始与我们的销售、售前和咨询团队密切合作——识别 AI 如何创造真实价值，塑造可信的解决方案，并确保我们承诺的内容在技术上可行且商业上合理。
你将帮助将创新转化为收入。机会的一部分是将对客户有效的方案转化为可重复的方案、加速器和可重用资产，从而推动 Colibri 的增长。你将负责
- 应用 AI 能力。其技术方向、标准、人员、产品和持续发展。
- 高层客户对话。从最初的机会开始，主导 AI 发现、咨询和解决方案对话，直至最终落地。
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Remote, UK (travel required) | Permanent | Delivery | Reports to the Chief Services Officer Shape how Colibri takes AI from possibility to production
Colibri Digital is looking for a Head of Applied AI to lead and grow our AI engineering capability.This is a senior leadership role sitting at the intersection of AI engineering, consulting, commercial growth and technical delivery. You'll help shape where we take our AI capability next, lead senior conversations with clients and remain close enough to the technology to challenge architecture, guide engineers and influence how solutions are built.Our focus is very much on applied AI. We're interested in what happens beyond the demo: taking Generative AI, Agentic AI and predictive AI into secure, governed production environments where they solve real business problems.You'll inherit strong technical capability, but there's plenty still to build. You'll have the opportunity to shape the team, our propositions, how we go to market and how we turn emerging AI technology into solutions clients can actually use.Why this role is worth a conversation
You get to build, not just inherit. There is an established technical capability here, but the AI market is moving quickly and we're still shaping what comes next. You'll have genuine influence over the direction of the practice, the team we build and the propositions we take to market.
You'll stay close to the technology. This isn't a role where you step completely away from engineering. We want someone who can hold an executive-level conversation about the business application of AI and then switch into a detailed discussion with engineers about architecture, RAG, agents, evaluation or how a solution will operate in production.
You'll be involved before the solution is sold. You'll work closely with our sales, pre-sales and consulting teams from discovery onwards – identifying where AI can create genuine value, shaping credible solutions and making sure what we commit to is technically achievable and commercially sound.
You'll help turn innovation into revenue. Part of the opportunity is taking what works for clients and turning it into repeatable propositions, accelerators and reusable assets that help Colibri grow.What you'll own
- The Applied AI capability. Its technical direction, standards, people, propositions and continued growth.
- Senior client conversations. Leading AI discovery, consulting and solution conversations from initial opportunity through to delivery.
- AI engineering excellence. Setting high standards across architecture, engineering, testing, CI/CD, MLOps/LLMOps, evaluation, security and AI governance.
- Production AI. Ensuring solutions move beyond experimentation into reliable, scalable and governed production environments.
- Solution design. Challenging architecture, estimates and delivery approaches before commitments are made.
- The team. Leading, mentoring and developing AI engineers and senior technical specialists while helping us build the capability we need for the future.
- Commercial growth. Working alongside sales and pre-sales to build pipeline, win new work and expand existing client relationships.
- Propositions and IP. Turning successful client solutions into repeatable offerings, accelerators and reusable assets.
- Capability performance. Helping manage revenue, utilisation, capacity and margin across the practice.
- Our presence in the AI market. Building visibility through clients, partners, events, content and thought leadership.
What we’re looking for
There isn't one particular career path into this role.You may already be leading an AI practice or capability, or you could be an exceptional Principal or Director-level AI leader ready to take the next step.What matters more is the combination of technical depth, client credibility, commercial awareness and a genuine appetite to build something.We're particularly interested in evidence that you have:
- Deep technical expertise in modern AI engineering, particularly LLM-based systems, RAG, agentic or multi-agent architectures, vector databases/embeddings and AI evaluation.
- Taken AI or ML solutions from prototype through to reliable production use.
- Strong software engineering fundamentals including system design, APIs, version control, automated testing and CI/CD.
- Experience of MLOps/LLMOps and operating AI systems in production.
- Experience with modern cloud AI technologies and platforms.
- Led engineers building AI systems while retaining strong technical credibility yourself.
- Worked directly with senior clients, ideally within consulting, professional services or another client-led technology environment.
- Been involved in pre-sales – whether through discovery, solution shaping, proposals, pitches or helping win and expand client work.
- Led, mentored and developed technical people.
- A strong understanding of responsible AI, governance, evaluation and the challenges of deploying AI safely at scale.
- The ability to move comfortably between conversations about business value and commercial outcomes and detailed conversations about how an AI solution should actually work.
The kind of person who’ll thrive here
- You'll probably be naturally entrepreneurial and curious.
- AI is moving too quickly for us to have a playbook for everything. You'll be comfortable operating where the answer isn't always known upfront, experimenting with emerging technologies and making informed decisions about what's genuinely useful versus what's simply generating hype.
- You don't need to come from a small consultancy. Experience within a larger consulting organisation can be equally relevant. What matters is that you're comfortable operating without layers of infrastructure around you, taking ownership and turning ideas into action.
- We're looking for someone who wants to build the playbook, not wait for one.
What you'll get
- A highly competitive salary, depending on experience
- Salary Sacrifice Pension plan of 5+3
- 25 days' annual leave + 1 birthday day
- Private Medical and wider benefits
- Remote-first within the UK
This is a senior client-facing leadership role, so there will be travel to client sites, partner events and Colibri/Nasstar offices, including central London, when required.
How the process runs
- Talent conversation – an initial conversation with our Talent team to explore the role and your background.
- Leadership conversation – focused on your AI leadership, consulting and commercial experience.
- Technical/working session – an opportunity to explore how you approach Applied AI, architecture and taking solutions into production.
- Practice/peer conversations – meet some of the leaders and technical people you'll work alongside.
- Executive conversation – time with senior leadership to understand Colibri's strategy, growth ambitions and expectations for the role.
Depending on availability, some stages may be combined. We'll keep you informed throughout the process.
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