7 ai research lead jobs found in London

Department: Technology Team: AI Foundry Location: London (Hybrid or Remote) / Nairobi Position type: Contractor (umbrella – inside IR35) until 24th December 2026; Full Time   What the hiring manager says "The Africa AI Language Initiative is one of our most strategically important efforts — aiming to build Africa-first, open, locally representative AI models across the continent’s most widely spoken languages. As our Subject Matter Expert, you will play a pivotal role in shaping model design, guiding technical execution, and ensuring high-quality delivery across multiple partners." Director of AI Initiatives   About the team The Africa AI Language Initiative brings together mobile operators, African researchers, startups, academia, and GSMA to build and deploy open, representative language models for Africa. The team is multidisciplinary — spanning AI research, data governance, telco engagement,...

Department: Technology Team: AI Foundry Location: London (Hybrid or Remote) / Nairobi Position type: Contractor (umbrella – inside IR35) until 24th December 2026; Full Time   What the hiring manager says "The Africa AI Language Initiative is one of our most strategically important efforts — aiming to build Africa-first, open, locally representative AI models across the continent’s most widely spoken languages. As our Subject Matter Expert, you will play a pivotal role in shaping model design, guiding technical execution, and ensuring high-quality delivery across multiple partners." Director of AI Initiatives   About the team The Africa AI Language Initiative brings together mobile operators, African researchers, startups, academia, and GSMA to build and deploy open, representative language models for Africa. The team is multidisciplinary — spanning AI research, data governance, telco engagement,...

SC Clearance is an essential requirement for this role, as a minimum you must be willing & eligible to undergo checks. Please note, due to the exceptional requirements of this position (short-term nature of this role and speed at which we require a postholder in situ) preference may be given to candidates who meet all of the essential criteria and hold active security clearance.    As a  AI and Data Centre Specialist , your main responsibilities will be: Lead on priority AI and Data Centre projects across the leading AI countries globally. With a focus on EU, Asia-Pacific and Gulf markets. Provide critical assessment of and input to cross-Whitehall strategic documents and discussion Maintain existing relationships and build new ones with the UK AI communities across incubators, accelerators, trade associations, academia and local and national government. Work collaboratively as part of the DBT's HQ tech sector team, and across multiple...

Job Summary We are seeking a highly skilled Senior Network Security Engineer to support a strategic Network Security Transformation Program for a leading Insurance customer. The successful candidate will be responsible for designing, implementing, and supporting enterprise network security solutions with a strong focus on Zscaler, Fortinet, and Lumio technologies. This is a hands-on engineering role requiring deep technical expertise in network security operations, security architecture, Firewall management, Zero Trust access, cloud-delivered security, and network visibility platforms. Experience with AI is essential. The ideal candidate will have experience working in large enterprise environments and be comfortable driving security improvements across both traditional and modern network infrastructures. Key Responsibilities Design, implement, and maintain enterprise network security solutions. Engineer and support Zscaler Internet Access (ZIA) and Zscaler...

Senior Technical Business Analyst – DAM Solution (6-month daily rate contract) WPP is the trusted growth partner for the world’s leading brands.  We unite cutting-edge media intelligence and data solutions, world-class creativity, next-generation production, transformative enterprise solutions and expert strategic counsel in a single company – powered by exceptional talent and our agentic marketing platform, WPP Open, to help our clients navigate change, capture opportunity and deliver transformational growth.    We have been building the world's most valuable brands for 50 years and have global reach across 100+ markets, with deep local expertise.   Our people are the key to our success. We're committed to fostering a culture of creativity, belonging and continuous learning, attracting and developing the brightest talent, and providing exciting career opportunities that help our people grow.    For more...

Role: AI Data Architect (Knowledge Engineer) Location: London Duration: Hybrid 6 months Key Responsibilities Must have solid experience in developing taxonomies, ontologies, and semantic data structures. Strong experience in physical migrations - firm data into new information structures and meta data models. Able to map information architecture to new operating models. Good exposure to meta data generated into documents while going through the process. Define metadata standards and governance frameworks. Support Power BI data models, reporting structures, and data flows Engage with stakeholders to translate business requirements into scalable data structures Experience working in Private Equity, Banking, Financial Services, Insurance or Fast-paced, transformation-led environments. Desirable Skills: Experience supporting AI or machine learning initiatives. Structure data for AI, reporting, analytics, and operational use....

AI Lead/Product Manager - AI & GenAI (Financial Markets) Consulting - Upto £1250 per day Inside IR35, Multi-Year programme. Join our leading Financial Markets practice to work with and investment banking client to help shape the future of AI across Trading, Sales, Operations, Risk and Technology. We're looking for an experienced AI Lead to own the end-to-end AI product domain, driving the strategy, roadmap and delivery of AI, GenAI and Agentic AI solutions that create measurable business impact. You'll lead cross-functional teams, prioritise a portfolio of AI use cases, and take initiatives from concept and proof-of-concept through to production at scale. Key Responsibilities Define and execute the AI product strategy and roadmap Drive AI, GenAI and Agentic AI adoption across Financial Markets Lead delivery of AI products from discovery to production Partner with Traders, business, data and engineering teams to embed AI into workflows...