Head of AI Engineering

Job description

Role Purpose Location- Ruddington, Nottinghamshire: Level - Strategic Leader: Department - Product R&D: Working Pattern - Remote unless based locally Benefits - Benefits at Ideagen: Salary - To be discussed at next stage Mazlan+ Models is Ideagen’s most significant investment in AI to date, building trusted, domain‑specific AI capabilities for regulated industries. As Head of AI Engineering, you will build Ideagen’s AI engineering function from the ground up and lead it end to end. This is a senior leadership role where you will shape the strategy, architecture, and culture behind a platform that will define the future of Ideagen’s products. You will lead multiple specialist teams, work closely with executive leadership, and be accountable for delivering AI systems that customers can rely on where accuracy and compliance are critical. Responsibilities: - Owning the end‑to‑end strategy, roadmap, and delivery for Ideagen’s AI engineering function across models, data, MLOps, agentic experiences, and domain expertise - Building and leading specialist teams across five AI practice areas and growing the organisation toward 30 to 40 engineers at scale - Setting the technical and architect...