Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer (CAIO)

Evestigio Ltd
Sw1A0Aa, SW1A 0AA, United Kingdom
3 weeks ago
£325,000 – £350,000 pa
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Salary

£325,000 – £350,000 pa

Job Type
Permanent
Work Pattern
Full-time
Work Location
Remote
Seniority
Director
Education
Degree
Posted
29 May 2026 (3 weeks ago)

Benefits

Remote working Benefits

CAIO 08 25 Professional Services

Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer (CAIO)

‘the whirlwind of AI’

Looking to Increase Salary & Responsibility in 2026 ….

This role is being readvertised, as the organisation seeks a profile whom can address & contemplate, both Governance & Compliance with the EU AI Act.

Discussions in the range £325k to £350k base (+ upside) with benefits & remote working UK / EMEA.

Applications are welcomed from seasoned CIO’s CDO’s CTO’s IT Directors, CISO’s.

COO’s with Digital Transformation implementation experience are also of interest.

We are seeking a Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer (CAIO), an executive role within this Professional Services Organisation, to oversee, the development, strategy, and implementation of AI technologies.

This is a new role, emerging as a response to the growing importance of AI in this business: internal change management & client-side (disintermediation).

We are looking for a skilled profile, with experience around or towards:

  • AI - Supply Chain - Product Lifecycle - Data Analytics - CX (AI Driven)
  • Gen AI, LLM’s & AI Frameworks
  • AI - Cross Functional Collaboration
  • Managing Internal & Client-Side change (Work Breakdown Structure)

The CAIO will use previous learning and commercial acumen - to achieve the new strategic objectives, whilst mitigating operational risks - investigating:

  • AI - The Learning Gap
  • AI - Build-Buy Options
  • AI - Investment Considerations
  • AI - The Complexity of Integration

In crafting and executing the AI vision, you will hold responsibility for:

Strategic Leadership, Technology Oversight, Team Management, Advocacy and Education, Ethics, Governance and Compliance, Budget (Capacity & Capability).

Consequently, you will need to be able to assure a unique blend of technical expertise, strategic vision, leadership, and ethical insight to deliver AI initiatives.

This oversight will help to deliver: Localized Exploitation, Internal Integration, BPR, Business Network Redesign, Business Scope Redefinition.

With an experimental mindset, you may hold valuable experience gained from:

Manufacturing, Management Consulting, Police or Agency Disciplines (AI).

Sector experience: Management Consulting, Manufacturing, B2C, Police or Agency.

Desirables: Languages, First Degree, Consulting, Matrix Operations, IT Literacy.

Applicants - please provide a CV which adequately describes your background, together with details which contextualise and evidences, your leadership claims, experiences, and readiness, for this critical leadership role.

Evestigio Ltd operates Executive Search & Live-File (Candidate Retained)

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