About this role
Director of AI & Governance
Enterprise AI Strategy | Governance | Transformation | Executive Leadership
About the Role
An exceptional opportunity has arisen for an experienced Director of AI & Governance to lead the strategic development and enterprise adoption of Artificial Intelligence within a complex and rapidly evolving organisation.
Reporting directly to the CIO, the successful candidate will assume ownership of the organisation’s AI strategy, governance framework and long-term roadmap, working at Executive level to ensure AI becomes a meaningful driver of business performance, operational efficiency and competitive advantage.
The organisation has already established a significant AI capability and made substantial investment across technology, platforms and people. With the foundations now in place, the next phase requires an experienced leader who can provide strategic direction, executive leadership and commercial discipline to the AI agenda.
This is a high-profile appointment for an individual who has successfully led AI strategy within a complex enterprise and understands how to move an organisation from AI ambition and investment to scaled, measurable business outcomes.
Key Responsibilities
- Define and own the enterprise AI strategy , ensuring clear alignment with the organisation’s broader business and technology strategy
- Establish the AI roadmap and strategic priorities , balancing ambition, investment, risk and organisational capacity
- Develop and embed a robust AI governance framework , encompassing responsible AI, risk, ethics, controls and accountability
- Act as the principal strategic adviser on AI to the CIO, Executive Leadership Team and senior business stakeholders
- Shape the organisation’s AI investment agenda, ensuring capital and resources are directed towards opportunities with demonstrable strategic and commercial value
- Establish clear principles for AI demand, prioritisation and benefits realisation
- Identify opportunities for AI and automation to materially improve productivity, operational performance and business outcomes
- Provide executive oversight of the AI capability, ensuring strategic priorities translate into effective delivery
- Define and evolve the future AI operating model, organisational structure and leadership capability
- Build enterprise-wide engagement and sponsorship, positioning AI as a business transformation agenda rather than solely a technology initiative
- Represent the AI strategy at Executive and Board level , providing clear visibility of progress, investment, risk and value creation
Required Experience
- Significant senior leadership experience within AI, Data, Digital, Technology, Automation or Transformation
- Proven track record of defining and executing enterprise AI strategy at scale
- Previous experience operating at Director, Head of AI, VP or equivalent executive level
- Demonstrable experience translating AI strategy and investment into measurable business outcomes
- Strong understanding of AI governance, responsible AI, risk management and organisational controls
- Proven experience influencing enterprise-wide priorities and managing complex stakeholder environments
- Strong commercial acumen, with the ability to assess investment, opportunity and return
- Exceptional executive presence, communication and influencing capability
- Credibility operating with C-suite, Executive Leadership Teams and Boards
- Experience leading multidisciplinary teams and shaping technology operating models
- Demonstrable judgement in balancing strategic ambition with practical execution
- Experience within a complex, high-volume or operationally intensive environment would be advantageous
- Strong experience within the Microsoft technology ecosystem would be beneficial
Salary / Remuneration
- Competitive daily rate – DOE
- Initial 6 month interim engagement + conversion to perm.
- Flexible working arrangement aligned to business requirements
Contract Details
Please note: applicants must have the right to work in Ireland.
This is a strategically significant appointment with direct exposure to the CIO and Executive Leadership Team. The successful individual will have the opportunity to shape the organisation’s AI strategy at a pivotal stage of its transformation and establish the foundations for its long-term AI capability.
To be considered, please send your CV to [email protected].
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