What you'll do
- Leading the design, development, and deployment of scalable, secure, and well-governed data and AI solutions.
- Defining the technical direction for a small, agile AI engineering squad and mentoring team members.
- Collaborating with business stakeholders to identify high-impact use cases and deliver early value through rapid prototyping.
- Driving hands-on technical excellence through development, code reviews, and architectural guidance.
- Ensuring ethical AI practices, robust governance, and compliance with data privacy and security standards.
Who you are
- A technically driven leader with deep expertise in AI and a passion for delivering real-world value.
- Comfortable working in fast-paced environments and adapting to evolving technologies and business needs.
- Skilled in communicating complex technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.
- Proactive in staying ahead of emerging AI technologies, tools, and market trends.
- Committed to fostering a culture of innovation, accountability, and continuous improvement within your team.
What’s in it for you
Being a part of M&S is exactly that – playing your part to bring the magic of M&S to our customers every day. We’re an inclusive, dynamic, exciting, and ever evolving business built on doing the right thing and bringing exceptional quality, value, service to every customer, whenever, wherever and however they want to shop with us.
Here are some of the benefits we offer that make working for M&S just that little bit more special…
- After completing your probationary period, you’ll receive 20% colleague discount across all M&S products and many of our third-party brands for you and a member of your household.
- Competitive holiday entitlement with the potential to buy extra holiday days!
- Discretionary bonus schemes awarded based on how you achieve your personal objectives and our performance as a business.
- A generous Defined Contribution Pension Scheme and Life Assurance.
- A dedicated welcome to our teams with a tailored induction and a wide range of training programmes to develop your skills.
- Amazing perks and discounts via our M&S Choices portal to maximise your financial and personal wellbeing.
- Industry-leading parental, adoption and neonatal policies, providing support and flexibility for your family.
- Access to a fantastic range of wellbeing support for all colleagues including access to our 24/7 Virtual GP and PAM Assist to support you and your family.
- A charity volunteer day to support a charity or cause you're passionate about through a dedicated day away from work.
Everyone's welcome
We are ambitious about the future of retail. We’re redefining, innovating and leading the industry into a more diligent, inspiring digital era. We’re reconsidering how we work together and offering our most exciting opportunities yet. Marks & Spencer strives to be an inclusive organisation, trusted and admired by our colleagues, customers and suppliers. Join us and make change happen.
We are committed to building diverse and representative teams, where everyone can bring their whole selves to work and be at their best. We support each other and work together to win together.
If you feel you'd benefit from any support or reasonable adjustments during any stage of the recruitment process, please don’t hesitate to let us know when completing your application. This information will be picked up by our team, so we can try and put steps in place to help you be at your best through this process.
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