Senior Director, AI Solutions

London. Posted 4 months ago

The role

This Senior Director will lead AI Solutions across the UK and Europe. You will identify practical AI use cases, lead proof-of-concepts, and work with engineering teams to deliver scalable solutions for clients.

What you will do

Lead senior client conversations across the C-Suite and private equity sponsors
Act as the day-to-day senior point of contact for AI engagements
Identify practical AI use cases across finance, reporting, and operations
Design and lead AI proof-of-concepts, prototypes, and demos
Work with engineering, data science, and analytics teams to build solutions
Lead distributed teams across the UK, US, and Hyderabad
Advise on AI patterns across various enterprise platforms
Support business development and origination activity
Coach and mentor junior team members
Contribute to reusable AI frameworks and tools

Required qualifications

Significant experience in applied AI, machine learning, data science, analytics engineering, automation or AI-enabled transformation
Strong understanding of generative AI, LLMs, RAG, agents, workflow automation, prompt engineering, evaluation and AI solution design
Experience designing or delivering AI proof-of-concepts, prototypes, demos or production solutions
Familiarity with platforms such as Azure OpenAI, Microsoft Fabric, AWS Bedrock, GCP Vertex AI, Snowflake Cortex, Databricks, Anthropic Claude, OpenAI and related enterprise tooling
Understanding of the data foundations required for AI, including structured data, unstructured data, semantic layers, vector search, permissions and governance
Knowledge of safe and scalable AI delivery, including identity, access, environments, observability, evaluation, auditability and responsible AI controls
Experience working with senior clients and translating technical concepts into commercial language
Track record of tying AI and data work to commercial and operational outcomes
Ability to manage distributed technical teams
Commercial confidence to support business development

Nice to have

Consulting, transformation, private equity-backed or CFO-related experience

About the company

Accordion is a private equity value creation partner that provides financial consulting rooted in data, technology, and AI. The firm is headquartered in New York with 11 offices around the globe.