Head of AI Engineering

Head of AI Engineering Permanent - Manchester Hybrid with a focused on-site presence Join a pioneering 5yr+ TechBio company at the intersection of AI, synthetic biology, and industrial biotechnology. You will lead the building of an AI engineering platform connecting computational design, experimental validation, and real-world commercial outcomes. Reporting directly to the CEO, sitting on the management team, and engaging with the Board. This is a hands-on leadership role with genuine scope to shape the company''s long-term technical position. The tasks of a Head of AI Engineering will include: Build and lead the AI engineering team; hiring, coaching, designing, delivering. Contribute hands-on in coding, architecture, and technical problem-solving. Define and build the AI platform connecting data, models, workflows, and learning loops. Design and deploy agentic AI capabilities that improve scientific workflows and platform intelligence. Build the software foundations for autonomous closed-loop experimentation linking computational design and lab validation. Partner with leadership to translate challenges into scalable AI systems. Shape technical strategy, hiring, and engineering standards as company scales. To progress as a successful Head of AI Engineering, you will require: 5+ years leading engineering, ML, or AI teams at Director or equivalent level. Deep expertise in AI/ML; model architectures, training, evaluation, and production deployment. Strong software ..... full job details .....