Head of AI

The Company

A digital consultancy helping businesses grow through marketing data and technology. With its headquarters in Colombo Sri Lanka they help businesses of all sizes around the world generate awareness convert leads and better navigate the internet with performance driven marketing and a focus on ROI. With a multi-disciplinary team across content creative paid media development research and analytics they have helped augment and improve the capabilities of Startups to Fortune 500 organizations across the United States United Kingdom and Australia. Embracing a culture of transparency and equality in the workplace weve built an environment helping Sri Lankas best marketing and creative talent thrive. Our team looks at untangling multivariate problems with an open mind and the willingness to constantly test and learn.

Responsibilities

• Define and execute the organizations AI strategy ensuring alignment with overall business and product goals.
• Lead the design implementation and scaling of enterprise-grade AI and agentic systems across multiple digital platforms.
• Partner with engineering product and data teams to embed AI-driven intelligence into core software solutions.
• Build lead and mentor a high-performing AI team focused on innovation efficiency and measurable business impact.
• Evaluate and adopt emerging AI technologies frameworks and tools (e.g. LLMs multimodal models autonomous agents) to drive innovation and differentiation.
• Establish and enforce AI governance standards focused on ethics bias security data privacy and regulatory compliance.
• Translate complex AI concepts into strategic insights and actionable initiatives for executive and business stakeholders.
• Partner with leadership to identify business opportunities where AI can drive growth automation and customer value.
• Represent the company at AI conferences industry panels and networking events to strengthen our presence in the global AI community.

Requirements

• Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science Artificial Intelligence Data Science or a related discipline (PhD preferred).
• Overall 10 years of experience in the IT industry including 7 years of hands-on experience in AI Machine Learning or Data Science with at least 5 years in a senior leadership role.
• Deep understanding of advanced and emerging AI technologies (e.g. Generative AI LLMs computer vision predictive analytics agentic systems) and their commercial applications.
• Proven success in defining and executing large-scale AI strategies and deploying AI capabilities across multiple business domains.
• Experience establishing AI governance frameworks and ensuring enterprise compliance security and ethical AI standards.
• Strong familiarity with modern AI/ML architectures data pipelines and cloud platforms (AWS Azure GCP).
• Exceptional communication and stakeholder management skills with the ability to translate complex AI concepts into strategic business outcomes.
• Ability to inspire guide and manage a multidisciplinary team in a dynamic results-driven environment.

Benefits

• Great Remuneration
• Flexible Work Arrangement
• Performance Bonus
• Private Health Insurance
• Accelerated Career Growth
• Latest Tech Equipment
• International Exposure
• Exciting Company Events