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AI Operational Excellence & Enablement Lead
£61,000 - 101,000
Method Resourcing
Charing Cross, London
£61,000 - 101,000
Requirements
Must:
- Strong experience working with modern AI platforms such as Microsoft Copilot, Copilot Studio, Claude, or similar tools
- A solid background in governance, controls, assurance, and technology standards
- Ability to assess requirements critically and challenge teams where a simpler or more effective approach exists
- Experience reviewing technical designs and solutions before deployment
- Good understanding of M365, Power Platform, automation tooling, and integration patterns
- Strong stakeholder skills, with the ability to work across technical and non-technical audiences
- Comfortable operating in a role that combines governance, enablement, design input and cross-functional coordination
Responsibilities
- Lead the governance and continuous improvement of the firms AI and automation ecosystem
- Define and maintain standards, guardrails, policies and playbooks covering design, security, privacy and responsible use
- Own approval and assurance pathways for AI use cases, ensuring alignment with architecture, security and risk requirements
- Review copilots, chatbots, automations, workflows and related solutions before deployment to ensure they meet agreed standards
- Challenge requests where existing tools or capabilities are already sufficient, helping reduce duplication and tool sprawl
- Monitor adoption, performance, incidents and compliance across AI platforms and use that insight to improve how they are run
- Partner with architects, security teams, data teams and product owners to shape robust, scalable solutions
- Lead requirements gathering and translate business needs into clear user stories and solution designs
- Build enablement materials and promote best practice across teams using AI and automation tools
- Maintain visibility of AI capabilities, use cases and ownership across the firm
- Support tooling rationalisation and help assess whether the right answer is to reuse, configure, buy or build
- Contribute directly to the creation of AI solutions where needed, particularly within Copilot Studio and Claude environments
Description
We are looking for an AI Operational Excellence & Enablement Lead to take ownership of how AI tools and automation are governed, embedded, and improved across our business. This role sits at the centre of our evolving AI landscape, covering platforms such as Microsoft Copilot, Copilot Studio, Claude, and related automation tooling. The focus is not just on introducing new capability but ensuring what already exists is being used properly, consistently, and in line with enterprise standards. This is not a pure policy role; it blends governance and practical delivery, allowing the successful candidate to influence how AI is adopted, how standards are applied, and how value is extracted from existing investment.
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