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Head of Innovation and AI
£70,000 - 70,000
Spectrum It Recruitment Limited
High Street, Southampton
£70,000 - 70,000
Requirements
Must:
As our Head of Digital Innovation and AI, we are seeking a strategic, credible leader who possesses:
- Extensive experience in digital innovation, AI, data, and automation, ideally in complex or highly regulated environments.
- A strong understanding of agile methodologies, service design, and emerging technology trends.
- The ability to drive change at scale, aligning technology with organisational goals to deliver value and transformation.
- Exceptional communication and influencing skills, with a proven track record of engaging senior stakeholders.
- A collaborative, inclusive leadership style that motivates teams and builds digital capability across the organisation.
- A relevant postgraduate qualification (or equivalent experience).
- Understanding of the education sector is desirable, but not essential.
Responsibilities
In this pivotal role, you will:
- Develop and lead the organisation-wide digital innovation and AI strategy, aligned with long-term goals and outcomes.
- Champion new technologies, introducing agile ways of working that unlock early value and drive continuous improvement.
- Lead a specialist team, fostering a high-performing, collaborative environment that encourages experimentation and digital curiosity.
- Use data and evidence to influence senior leadership, ensuring innovation initiatives are impactful, measurable, and strategically aligned.
- Work cross-functionally with academic and professional teams, ensuring digital initiatives support real-world needs and elevate the staff and student experience.
- Build meaningful partnerships, both internally and externally, to stay ahead of emerging trends and seize new opportunities.
Description
We offer a high-profile, high-impact leadership role within a forward-looking, digitally ambitious institution. You will have the platform, resources, and support to shape a long-term innovation agenda, lead exciting projects in AI, data, and automation, influence at the highest levels of decision-making, collaborate with talented colleagues across a diverse organisation, and ultimately make a lasting difference in how people work, learn, and innovate. If you have the skills required for this challenge, we encourage you to apply.
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