https://jobs.co.uk/job/sc-cleared-lead-ai-engineer-ai-adoption-and-governance-hays-specialist-recruitment-limited--3d71dd93-6c9f-4b46-9159-e034ddc2cf2c RSS feed for SC Cleared Lead AI Engineer (AI adoption and Governance) at Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited. en-gb Sat, 03 Oct 2026 06:22:53 GMT https://jobs.co.uk/job/sc-cleared-lead-ai-engineer-ai-adoption-and-governance-hays-specialist-recruitment-limited--3d71dd93-6c9f-4b46-9159-e034ddc2cf2c https://jobs.co.uk/job/sc-cleared-lead-ai-engineer-ai-adoption-and-governance-hays-specialist-recruitment-limited--3d71dd93-6c9f-4b46-9159-e034ddc2cf2c Fri, 02 Oct 2026 11:53:19 GMT Location: London | Salary: 10000-500000 Annual | Type: Permanent | We are looking for a Lead AI Engineer, specialising in AI Adoption and Governance with demonstrable hands-on practice in current AI engineering tooling with proven experience setting standards and guardrails across the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC). Fluent in agentic ways of working including model selection, prompt / harness engineering, agent-tool integration (such as MCP), reusable skill and instruction packaging. The role pairs horizon scanning with practical delivery, spotting emerging capability maps and converting isolated experimentation into reusable, centralised adoption patterns. Initial emphasis on landscape setting, evaluation and standard design, shifting over time towards a forward deployed model. Strong stakeholder management is essential, internally across portfolios, professions and assurance functions, and externally with suppliers and technology providers. This is an influencing role rather than a mandating one, so success depends on evidence, brokering and consensus rather than formal authority over portfolio tooling decisions. This is a senior technical influence role rather than a conventional people-management position. The person should be capable o... Permanent