Top AI Jobs in Edinburgh

Deliver enterprise and operational risk transformation and advisory services for financial institutions. Assess and enhance risk processes, controls, governance, market abuse frameworks, and trade surveillance capabilities. Support AI-enabled analysis, surveillance model tuning, workflow automation, validation, auditability, and responsible AI practices. Collaborate with business, technology, compliance, and risk stakeholders to identify control gaps and implement data-driven improvements.

Lead or support financial crime transformation initiatives involving sanctions, fraud, AML investigations, operating model redesign, technology enablement, regulatory remediation, control assessment, automation, and responsible AI adoption. The role also contributes to client advisory, proposition development, business development, thought leadership, and potentially team leadership for senior candidates.

Lead the strategy, vision, roadmap, and outcomes for economic crime analytics products and platforms. Manage and develop Product Owners and Business Analysts, prioritize investments, balance customer value with fraud prevention and risk, and align cross-functional teams to deliver scalable capabilities. The role requires expertise in fraud and financial crime risk, data and analytics, AI-enabled products, product strategy, stakeholder management, and people leadership.

Leads digital and AI strategy for Arcadis’ Industrial Manufacturing and Technology sectors. Translates emerging technologies and market needs into differentiated client propositions, growth opportunities, investment cases, product portfolios, and sector roadmaps. Partners with sector, account, and Digital Intelligence teams to improve win rates, prioritize innovation investments, develop strategic partnerships, and bring scalable digital solutions to market. Advises senior stakeholders and clients on practical applications of digital and AI capabilities.

Leads Aegon Asset Management’s enterprise-wide AI strategy, advising executives, scaling AI pilots into production, establishing responsible AI governance, prioritizing use cases, driving adoption of Copilot and agent-based technologies, and managing specialist teams, investment priorities, and strategic partners.

Lead global Account Executive enablement by designing and delivering training, coaching, certifications, and sales methodology programs. Improve opportunity progression, conversion rates, deal quality, forecast accuracy, and sales cycle efficiency. Partner with Sales Leadership, Product Marketing, GTM Strategy, Revenue Operations, and regional teams to align programs with business priorities. Drive adoption of AI-assisted selling workflows for research, discovery preparation, stakeholder mapping, deal strategy, and follow-up creation.

Leads the FCA’s Agentic AI and Data Science Research function, setting AI strategy, governance, research ethics, data science standards, and long-term capability roadmaps. The role directs horizon scanning, responsible AI adoption, model assurance, and advanced analytics initiatives supporting regulation, financial crime reduction, and organisational effectiveness. It provides senior technical advice, leads multidisciplinary teams, develops talent, and influences executive, board, regulatory, and technology stakeholders.

Build and evolve core backend systems that review AI safety detections, identify ambiguous cases, automate triage, and close model feedback loops. Partner with product, design, and ML teams to own projects end-to-end, improve detection precision, and raise quality, operability, and engineering clarity across Samsara's Safety platform.

Drive pipeline and bookings growth through strategic Global Systems Integrator partnerships across Europe. Develop joint business plans, coordinate enterprise sales pursuits, generate demand, strengthen executive relationships, expand partner-led services and platform adoption, and monitor performance through business reporting. Collaborate with Sales, Marketing, Product, Services, Finance, and alliance teams to execute go-to-market initiatives and deliver measurable revenue outcomes.

Lead the global Tax Compliance product portfolio, owning its vision, strategy, investment decisions, and multi-year roadmap. Manage and develop Product Managers, Product Owners, and Business Analysts while partnering with Engineering, Design, Compliance, and Commercial teams. Drive AI-powered innovation, responsible AI standards, customer-led discovery, and regulatory change adaptation. Build relationships with accounting firms, professional bodies, and regulators while ensuring commercial growth and measurable customer outcomes across international markets.

Leads enterprise technology strategy, delivery, and transformation across Finance, FinTech, Legal, and Risk. Oversees product platforms, Agile and DevOps adoption, AI and data initiatives, digital transformation, change management, vendor partnerships, governance, and technology operations. Partners with executive stakeholders to align global priorities, integrate platforms, manage dependencies, and deliver scalable, secure, value-driven outcomes across a federated enterprise technology organization.

Leads operational performance and excellence across Operations by establishing performance standards, analyzing data, identifying bottlenecks, and driving continuous improvement. Partners with People, Data, Technology, and learning teams to develop measurement frameworks, coaching programs, workforce planning insights, and AI-enabled predictive analytics. Acts as the trusted authority on operational performance, aligning global standards with domain needs and translating complex insights into actionable outcomes for senior leaders.

Owns the APAC regional P&L and commercial performance, including revenue, customer acquisition cost, customer growth, unit economics, and lifetime value. Sets corridor targets, investment plans, and regional commercial strategy while partnering with Marketing, Business Development, and Data Insights. Builds business cases, financial models, reporting frameworks, and operating rhythms, influences senior stakeholders, and drives profitable growth across international money-transfer markets.

Owns commercial performance and profitable growth for the Africa region, including P&L, budgets, revenue, customer acquisition, unit economics, and lifetime value. Develops regional strategies, aligns corridor targets with investments, partners with Marketing, Business Development, and Data Insights, builds financial models and business cases, and influences cross-functional prioritization. The role also establishes operating frameworks for a new commercial function and supports FX, licensing, compliance, and market expansion initiatives.

Leads the global Marketing Operations function, building scalable processes, systems, and teams. Owns the marketing technology ecosystem, HubSpot and Salesforce integration, data quality, attribution, pipeline reporting, lead management, campaign operations, AI-enabled automation, and budget performance. Partners with Marketing, Sales, Revenue Operations, Finance, and executives to improve funnel visibility, marketing ROI, lead conversion, and investment decisions. Presents trusted performance and pipeline insights to executive leadership and the Board.

Own the end-user product vision for an EV-centric virtual power plant, translating customer and market insights into rapid prototypes, experiments, and production products. Lead small engineering squads, partner with commercial and executive teams, support customer growth, and establish an AI-first product engineering model using tools such as Claude and Cursor.

Own significant product areas from customer problem discovery through delivery, measurement, and iteration. Build AI-powered prototypes and production products, use AI coding tools daily, and engage directly with customers and commercial stakeholders. Lead small squads, influence product direction, communicate across technical and business teams, and contribute to an AI-native product engineering culture. The role is fully remote in the UK and focuses on EV energy, virtual power plants, and grid services.

Organize and maintain sales playbooks, battlecards, objection-handling guides, and competitive content. Design onboarding and ramp programs, deliver ongoing sales coaching, identify training gaps, and coordinate content development with instructional designers. Manage enablement content and adoption within Docebo, using usage data to improve effectiveness. Partner cross-functionally with Sales, Marketing, and Product in a B2B SaaS environment.

Design and deliver enterprise-grade machine learning systems and AI-powered applications for banking. Build scalable, secure, distributed applications and automated cloud, desktop, and ML pipelines. Apply MLOps practices for versioning, reproducibility, and observability while collaborating with cloud and site reliability engineering teams. Develop reusable libraries and business-critical, data-intensive solutions, aligning machine learning problems with business objectives. The role may include mentoring or people leadership.

Leads AI transformation programmes for local government clients, managing project lifecycles, budgets, resources, risks, governance, stakeholder engagement, and multiple technical workstreams. Acts as the primary client contact, coordinates implementation teams, produces reporting and project documentation, supports requirements gathering and consultancy, oversees benefits realization, and contributes to PMO improvement initiatives. The role involves delivering GenAI solutions across web, phone, and email channels using PRINCE2 Agile and Scrum methodologies.

Lead organisational change and adoption for AI transformation projects across local government and education. Responsibilities include developing change strategies, stakeholder engagement plans, communications campaigns, training materials, change champion networks, benefits tracking, readiness assessments, resistance mitigation, and post-implementation transition. The role collaborates with delivery teams and client stakeholders to align change activities with AI solution rollouts and achieve sustained adoption.

Drive revenue and adoption of Zendesk’s AI products within a defined territory. Own sales quotas, prospect, conduct tailored demonstrations, support proof-of-concepts, and close new and expansion business. Partner with account executives, customer success, and regional leadership to develop sales strategies, identify cross-sell opportunities, model commercial value, and maximize automation-related revenue. Serve as an AI subject matter expert, enable sales teams, and communicate product updates and market insights.

Lead consulting engagements for defence, government, national security, and regulated-sector clients. Responsibilities include discovery, stakeholder workshops, digital and data strategy, target operating models, architecture, transformation roadmaps, AI and analytics opportunities, data governance, client deliverables, and proposal support. The role requires translating complex business and technical challenges into practical recommendations and measurable outcomes while influencing senior stakeholders and collaborating with multidisciplinary teams.

Build and expand strategic relationships with advisors, investors, partners, and enterprise decision-makers. Identify key stakeholders across top accounts, uncover relevant AI use cases, and create introductions that generate pipeline and business outcomes. Represent the company at executive and industry events, partner with founders to prioritize relationships, and track relationship activity and pipeline impact. The role requires strong analytical ability, executive presence, autonomy, and an established enterprise or investment community network.

Build and scale the APAC developer community for an open-source AI foundation. Responsibilities include developer advocacy, contributor programs, technical content, ecosystem partnerships, governance support, events, hackathons, and community metrics. The role serves as a public representative, translates complex technical concepts for developers, and collaborates with maintainers, researchers, enterprises, and open-source communities to grow adoption and participation.