Head of AI Centre of Excellence

Head of AI Centre of Excellence A leading global provider of new generation IT solutions to the global travel, aviation, transportation and hospitality industries is looking for a Head of AI Centre of Excellence for its consulting organisation. Role Summary The AI CoE Head will define and drive the enterprise AI strategy for the consulting organisation, enabling AI-led transformation internally and for customers.

The role will build differentiated AI capabilities, accelerate adoption across practices and establish the consulting organisation as a recognised AI transformation partner in the travel industry. This leader will head the AI Centre of Excellence across four core pillars:
Solution, Capability & GTM Platform & Tools Responsible AI Innovation The role requires a Europe-based leader with strong industry credibility, capable of representing the organisation in customer, partner, analyst and industry forums, while also shaping an AI-first culture across the organisation.

Key Responsibilities AI Strategy & Transformation Define and execute the AI roadmap aligned to business and transformation priorities. Embed AI capabilities across consulting, engineering, delivery, customer experience, cloud and data practices. Drive AI-led productivity, quality and delivery acceleration initiatives. Build reusable AI frameworks, accelerators, and industry solutions for the travel ecosystem. Lead the AI CoE Provide leadership across four strategic areas:
Solution, Capability & GTM Develop AI-led consulting offerings and transformation propositions. Enable AI capability building across teams and practice champions. Platform & Tools Establish scalable AI platforms, tool chains, copilots and reusable engineering assets. Drive enterprise adoption of AI development and delivery frameworks working with practices. Responsible AI Define AI governance, ethics, compliance, security and risk frameworks. Ensure responsible and scalable AI adoption across contracts and engagements.

Innovation Drive experimentation, incubation, hackathons and emerging AI initiatives. Build partnerships across technology ecosystems, startups and academia. Establish and operate AI Experience Lab. Leadership Expectations Represent the organisation in global AI and travel industry forums. Act as a thought leader and AI evangelist for customers and internal teams. Foster an AI-first culture and enterprise-wide AI adoption mindset. Collaborate across practices, delivery, sales and transformation leadership teams.

Desired Profile 20 years in technology, consulting, digital engineering or transformation leadership. Proven experience leading AI, GenAI or enterprise AI transformation initiatives. Strong understanding of AI platforms, AI engineering, Responsible AI and consulting-led transformation. Executive presence with strong communication, influencing and stakeholder management skills. Experience in travel, aviation, transportation or hospitality domains preferred. Location Europe (Preferred) – remote International travel will be required