Head of AI Academy

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Janus Henderson is undertaking a firm-wide AI transformation programme to become the most technologically sophisticated asset manager in the world — an ambition that depends on having the most technologically sophisticated people to match it. The AI Academy is the upskilling and cultural-change pillar of that transformation, sitting alongside the Build and Buy work streams.

In its first six months, AI Academy 2.0 has reached enterprise scale. Following a firm-wide launch during Careers Week, adoption has increased to around 86% and monthly prompt volumes have quadrupled. Firm-wide AI 101 completion sits above 90%, a network of departmental champions now covers every business unit, a cohort of 200-plus advanced users is in place, and the programme is supported by a refreshed Academy homepage, a Use Case Library, an embedded Responsible AI framework, and a regular communications cadence.

The Head of AI Academy owns this function and leads its next phase. Reporting to the Head of AI Enablement, you will take end-to-end ownership of the Academy — its strategy, curriculum, proficiency pathways, champion networks, platform, community, measurement and governance — and the small central team and specialist contributors that deliver it. The strategic challenge has shifted from access to depth: moving the firm from broad enablement to role-based capability, advanced-tool proficiency and stronger guardrails, and positioning the Academy as the adoption layer for the firm’s next horizon of AI — the enterprise tools it is building and buying as well as those still to come.

This is a leadership role at the intersection of capability building, stakeholder engagement, AI literacy and change enablement. You will be equally comfortable setting curriculum direction, coaching a network of departmental champions, influencing senior stakeholders and executive sponsors, and holding the firm to a credible, evidence-led view of what "good" adoption looks like. You will operate within the AI Academy framework alongside the AI Enablement Partner function, the champions and power users, and partner closely with Technology, our build partner (Percepta), AI Governance, Risk, Compliance and Learning & Development.

• Own the AI Academy strategy end-to-end as the upskilling and cultural-change pillar of the firm’s AI transformation, keeping it tool-agnostic and aligned to the firm’s ambition and horizons.
• Evolve the operating model that combines decentralised business ownership, local capability, embedded delivery (AI Enablement Partners) and central pathways, standards, advanced training and community.
• Move the programme from broad access to depth of use — role-based capability, repeatable workflows and stronger guardrails — and set the roadmap for Tier 2 and Tier 3 advanced pathways.

• Own and continuously improve the three-tier proficiency journey and the learning that underpins it.
• Direct the core…