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Head of Labs, Data Science, AI, LLMs, SLMs, Agentic AI, Remote

Carrington Recruitment Solutions LimitedHulme, Manchester🇬🇧United KingdomPosted 24 Jul 2026

Why This Role Stands Out

This remote leadership opportunity offers the chance to pioneer cutting-edge AI and data science initiatives within a dynamic and growing organization. You'll thrive if you bring a blend of innovative thinking, resilience, and strong leadership, eager to shape the future of AI. Embrace this chance to make a significant impact and advance your career from anywhere in the UK.

Quick Overview

Seniority
Leader
Employment type
Full Time
Work mode
Remote
Location
Hulme, Manchester, United Kingdom
Posted
4 weeks ago
SAFeScrumAgileKPI ManagementStakeholder Management

Job Description

Head of Labs, Data Science, AI, LLMs, SLMs, Agentic AI, Innovation, Data, Remote with Travel

Head of Labs, AI & Data Leader required to work for a fast moving and growing organisation based all over the country! This role is mainly remote but there will be some travel involved, mainly to their London offices. For people who live outside of Greater London, your travel cost will be reimbursed. You can literally live anywhere in the UK for this role.

This role is greatand probably different to most that you are seeing out there right now. We could go with a pure corporate background, someone who graduated in Computer Science and has had a heavy corporate journey, ready to head into something differentOR, someone who has a whacky technology past, moved into AI and Data, has been with start-ups, has failed and bounced back and is still raring to go, full of energy and is genuinely excited about the future! Please read on (IN FULL) for more details

We need someone who has the following experience:

Appreciation (and preferably experience with) that this is a heavily regulated environment and everything is in line with strict Governance frameworks

Big understanding and connection with Data Science and AI in the modern world

Has failed, will fail again but also knows how to navigate around failures, lift spirits and turn this into successful delivery

A strong leader for the team you will inheritand continue to build

Strong and proven senior stakeholder management skills, with the proven battle scars

Solid 3rdparty management experience with the likes of large development and data teams

Excellent understanding of Development frameworks you may even be a Computer Science graduate or have a degree in Data Science

Ability to run research programmes with blue-sky thinking

Comfortable with change at uber-speed

Backlog management:Demonstrated expertise in maintaining and prioritizing product backlogs, writing detailed user stories, and collaborating with development teams to deliver sprint goals

Understanding of Agile product ownership: Experience in SAFe or similar agile frameworks, including daily scrum leadership and sprint planning

Cross-team collaboration:Effective working across engineering, analytics, and business teams to ensure seamless execution

KPI management: Ability to track, analyse, and interpret KPIs to guide product improvements and communicate results to stakeholders

Technical acumen: Solid understanding of modern data platforms, including experience with medallion architecture, AI/ML applications, and cloud-native infrastructures

Communication skills:Excellent communication skills for conveying technical concepts to various audiences, including engineers, business partners, and senior leadership

Knows how to read a room and NOT be a disrupter. Be challenging, but only when it is required

Knows how to grow a team and attract the right talent

Is naturally inspirational where people feed off your ideas

This is a great opportunity and salary is dependent upon experience. Apply now for more details


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