Technical Director AI

Valtech, Manchester +1

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The role

You will be a key decision maker in Valtech’s UK AI transformation, and a member of the UK Technology, Data and AI Leadership Team that leads on all things AI.

You will be accountable for AI policy across product and operations within our Product Development Lifecycle (PDLC), defining how AI is responsibly adopted and turning that policy into everyday practice for our teams and clients. You will also be Valtech’s key UK relationship lead for our Anthropic partnership.

Alongside this, you will lead large-scale, global transformation for our most strategic clients and a community of talented people passionate about building best-in-class digital solutions. Embedded within our largest clients, you will work with C-level stakeholders whilst staying close to the teams who make it happen.

Technical Leadership

Provide first-class technical leadership in the client environment, enabling and coaching teams to navigate complexity and deliver transformational programmes of work.
Enable AI adoption to drive efficiency and innovation for clients, acting as an agent of change and empowering delivery teams to use AI effectively day to day.
Advise senior client stakeholders on technology adoption to achieve outcomes.
Identify, mentor, and develop future technical leaders within the assigned client delivery teams.
Support and influence across delivery layers, from digital platforms and product teams to governance and business capabilities.
Strengthen technical presence and involvement in the global Valtech community on transformation and modern software delivery.
Make transformation a reality by balancing strategic direction with continuous, on-the-ground progress.
Bring industry knowledge into engagements, challenge internal assumptions and equip teams to solve big problems effectively.
Drive training and evangelism around AI products and product selection, and build a culture of sharing: surfacing what works and what doesn’t, forming clans and communities of practice, and operationalising the rollout of new AI tooling across teams.
Exposure of internal systems and tooling to AI pipelines via MCP, CLIs, and equivalent integration patterns, with appropriate context-management strategies.
Own Valtech’s centralised library of AI accelerators (skills, plug-ins, hooks, and workflow templates), setting standards for how they are built, versioned, and governed, and driving their reuse across teams and client engagements.
Generate thought leadership on technology trends and align it with the business needs of Valtech and our clients.
Align technical work with Valtech and client technology, security, and certification standards, and uphold technical standards and processes to deliver best-in-class solutions.
Ensure governance and decision-making processes are effective, including AI policy applied consistently across teams and client engagements.

Technical Director AI

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Technical Director AI

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