Group AI Leader (Vanguard Program)

Harris International Group is seeking aGroup AI Leaderto lead and coordinate the Vanguard program our accelerated AI initiative spanning 23 Business Units across EMEA India and Israel.

This is alowego highaction leadership rolefocused on execution coordination and momentum rather than hierarchy or theory. The role exists to ensure the Vanguard team and its projects move quickly learn fast and deliver practical outcomes that materially advance AI adoption across the group.

We are deliberately open to candidates fromany leadership level including senior individual contributors provided they bring strong judgment bias to action and the ability to support and enable others.

What Success Looks Like

• Vanguard work is wellcoordinated visible and moving forward

• Business Units feel supported listened to and unblocked

• Progress learnings and outputs are clearly reported upward

• The program adapts quickly as the market and Harris ecosystem evolve

What you will do (Key Responsibilities):

Programme Leadership & Coordination

• Coordinate and schedule the activities of the Vanguard team across23 Business Units

• Act as the central point of orchestration without becoming a bottleneck

• Prioritise progress over perfection particularly ontwodoor decisions

Execution & Tracking

• Track the status of Vanguard projects endtoend

• Produce and maintain:

  • Project status updates

  • Product/output reports

  • Followups to ensure commitments turn into outcomes

• Proactively identify risks delays and opportunities to accelerate learning

Reporting & Communication

• Consolidate results learnings and outputs on aquarterly basis

• Report progress upward in a clear pragmatic decisionoriented manner

• Translate activity into insight: what worked what didnt and what to do next

Business Unit & Stakeholder Engagement

• Work closely with BU leadership to understand their wants needs and constraints

• Reflect those needs into Vanguard priorities and ways of working

• Maintain strong relationships built on trust responsiveness and practical value

External & Internal Ecosystem Engagement

• Engage with Harris and CSI partners to leverage:

  • Expertise

  • Tools and resources

  • Shared learnings from across the wider group

• Stay abreast of AI adoption efforts acrossHarris and CSI and shape how those insights influence Vanguard activity

Market Awareness & Thought Contribution

• Keep up to date with developments in the external AI market

• Provide grounded nonhyped views on:

  • What matters now

  • What we should ignore

  • How trends should influence Vanguard priorities and execution

Operating Style & Values

This role is explicitly designed for someone who:

• Operates withlow ego and high agency

• Has a strong bias to action ontwodoor problems

• Is comfortable failing fast learning and iterating rather than waiting for perfection

• Values enabling others over personal visibility

• Can act as aplayercoachif needed but prioritises looking after the team

What we are looking for (Background & Experience)

We are intentionally flexible on background and seniority. Strong candidates may include:

• Senior leaders looking for a highimpact handson role

• Experienced individual contributors with strong coordination and execution skills

• Product programme or transformation leaders with a record of delivery

Formal AI credentials are not required judgment curiosity and execution matter more than theory.

About Harris Computer

Harris strategy focuses on acquiring software businesses strengthening and managing them well and growing them for the future. Our companies provide mission-critical software solutions to a global customer base across various vertical markets. We are a part of Constellation Software Inc. (TSX: CSU) one of the worlds most active acquirers of software businesses.

At Harris we strive to create a respectful and united environment where all members of our globally diverse community are empowered and have equitable opportunities to succeed.

Benefits

Harris offers an extremely competitive UK employee benefits programme. 5 Personal Days leave entitlement are granted over and above the standard 25 days holiday and bank holidays. Harris also offers all UK employees an annual Lifestyle Reward amounting 325 per annum/pro rata.

Supporting your application

Our recruitment process will comprise of interviews and at times a written exercise an assessment day and/or a presentation. As an equal opportunities employer we want to make sure we do all we can to make this a positive experience for you. When applying please make us aware on your application of any adjustments or additional support we can provide you with before or on the day of an interview.