AI & Automation Lead

AI & Automation Lead

Edinburgh/Hybrid

Salary up to £60,000

We’re an established and growing financial services business. We’re looking for an AI & Automation Operations Lead to take ownership of the next phase of our automation and AI journey. This is a newly created role at an exciting point in the company’s evolution. We already use Power Automate and RPA internally; now we want someone to expand on that foundation, design smarter workflows, and introduce AI‑assisted systems pragmatically and safely.

This isn’t a pure software engineering role. We’re looking for someone who combines strong operational thinking with technical curiosity and the ability to deliver practical workflow improvements.

• Map and improve operational workflows alongside leadership and ops staff
• Manage and expand our Power Automate / RPA processes
• Design AI‑assisted tools for document handling, summarisation and workflow support
• Manage integrations between internal systems and external platforms
• Evaluate AI tools and vendors, and coordinate with external developers where needed
• Support internal adoption, training and operational reliability

• Strong systems thinking and practical operational judgement
• Genuine curiosity about AI and automation
• Comfort with Power Platform, RPA, APIs, AI/LLM tools and low‑code/no‑code development
• Ability to spot inefficiencies and redesign workflows end‑to‑end
• A background in operations and automation, CRM / business systems, workflow consulting, process improvement, technical operations or AI implementation
• Experience in financial services, or other regulated environments is a real plus

Interested or know someone who might be? Drop me a message or send a CV across and I’ll share everything I know about the opportunity.

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