AI Innovation Lead (Automation Lead

Job in London, Greater London, W1B, England, UK

Listing for: Xcede

Full Time position
Listed on 2026-08-24

Job specializations:

IT/Tech
AI Engineer (Applied/Software), AI Business & Operations

Position: AI Innovation Lead (Automation Lead)
AI Innovation Lead (Automation Lead)
6-MONTH CONTRACT | LONDON, HYBRID

Lead a two-person innovation team inside a large, global financial technology business, sourcing and framing AI and automation opportunities across the enterprise, then building working prototypes alongside a Specialist to prove them out fast. You own the pipeline, the commercial case for every pilot, and the call on what gets scaled or killed. High autonomy, light-touch direction, direct line to a Director.

What you'll do

Build and manage a pipeline of AI and automation opportunities sourced directly from business and operations teams.
Frame every pilot commercially before build starts, quantifying value (revenue, cost, risk, speed) and defining success criteria and stop conditions.
Build hands-on alongside a Specialist across the existing technology stack, including Microsoft, AWS, Salesforce and Snowflake.
Run structured pilots with real users, setting up measurement (baseline, result, delta) and reporting outcomes accurately and transparently.
Iterate quickly on feedback and flag early when something isn't working.
Manage relationships with business leads and bring partner functions in early so pilots don't stall at governance gates.
Own the team's tool and tech radar, testing new AI and automation tools against real use cases and sharing findings, tools tested, capab...

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