Faculty

About Faculty At Faculty, we transform organisational performance through safe, impactful and human-centric AI. With more than a decade of experience, we provide over 350 global customers with software, bespoke AI consultancy , and Fellows from our award winning Fellowship programme . Our expert team brings together leaders from across government, academia and global tech giants to solve the biggest challenges in applied AI. Should you join us, you'll have the chance to work with, and learn from, some of the brilliant minds who are bringing Frontier AI to the frontlines of the world. This is a new, senior-level position created due to rapid growth and increased demand. The ideal candidate will be an established technology leader with a strong background in AI and machine learning, particularly within the financial services sector. You will balance technical expertise with commercial and strategic leadership, driving the development and delivery of high-caliber AI solutions for our clients, which include banks, asset managers, insurers, and law firms. Your role will be to lead and mentor a team of world-class data scientists and machine learning engineers, and you will work with the business unit leadership to develop a differentiated technical vision for the business unit. What you'll do: Technical Leadership and Delivery Provide hands-on technical guidance for complex, high-priority projects (40% of your time). Lead the development and delivery of advanced AI solutions and ensure technical excellence across the business unit. Advise on solution architecture, advanced modelling and engineering best practices. Identify and implement new tools and processes to enhance delivery quality. Team Leadership and Strategy Define and champion the technical vision for our professional and financial services clients. Lead recruiting, team structure, and professional development for technical staff. Collaborate with the Business Unit Director on commercial strategy and project resourcing. Business Development Act as a technical authority in client meetings to secure and expand market opportunities. Create and share technical thought leadership through conferences, articles, and other media. Identify new market opportunities and technologies. Who we're looking for An experienced technology leader with a track record of successfully leading AI/ML strategy and project delivery. Strong understanding of MLOps, with experience deploying commercially valuable AI applications in financial services. Experience leading full-stack technology teams, with a solid grasp of systems architecture and engineering fundamentals. Knowledge of the financial services landscape, including commercial drivers and the ability to articulate how AI can accelerate business outcomes. Strong communication skills, with the ability to explain complex technical information to both internal and external stakeholders. A proven interest in and ability to mentor and develop team members. A pragmatic and outcome-focused mindset, balancing big-picture strategy with real-world execution. What we can offer you: The Faculty team is diverse and distinctive, and we all come from different personal, professional and organisational backgrounds. We all have one thing in common: we are driven by a deep intellectual curiosity that powers us forward each day. Faculty is the professional challenge of a lifetime. You'll be surrounded by an impressive group of brilliant minds working to achieve our collective goals. Our consultants, product developers, business development specialists, operations professionals and more all bring something unique to Faculty, and you'll learn something new from everyone you meet.

About Faculty At Faculty, we transform organisational performance through safe, impactful and human-centric AI. With more than a decade of experience, we provide over 350 global customers with software, bespoke AI consultancy , and Fellows from our award winning Fellowship programme . Our expert team brings together leaders from across government, academia and global tech giants to solve the biggest challenges in applied AI. Should you join us, you'll have the chance to work with, and learn from, some of the brilliant minds who are bringing Frontier AI to the frontlines of the world. About This Role We are seeking a dynamic and driven individual to lead our work with clients in the asset management, wealth management, private equity, and capital market sector. In this role, you will be responsible for the impactful application of AI in this sector and enhancing our impact with investors and investment managers. This position involves developing sector strategies, enhancing our client proposition, and fostering strong relationships with C-suite stakeholders. You will report to the Director for Financial Services and play a key role in the Financial business unti within the Applied AI division. Role Specific Responsibilities: Revenue Growth: Achieve or exceed revenue targets by acquiring and effectively serving institutional investor and investment banking clients, including wealth managers, asset managers, hedge funds, and private equity firms. Sector Strategy: Develop and implement a strategy for growing our business with investment industry, aligning with the wider strategy for the Financial Services Business Unit and Faculty Client Proposition Development: Enhance our value proposition to investors by creating an efficient and insightful approach to due diligence and related activities used to inform investing in public and private markets related to AI Account Planning: Design and execute a strategic approach to engaging the investment industry, expanding beyond technical due diligences to delivering AI software solutions within investment firms and the companies they invest in Delivery Enablement: Ensure the successful delivery of high-quality outcomes for clients in the investment industry by providing effective oversight on projects and programs, through a structured, repeatable approach to their delivery Client Management: Foster strong relationships with C-suite stakeholders, acting as a trusted advisor Thought Leadership: Build our profile in the investment management industry by delivering original and creative insights about AI through high-profile speaking engagements and publications Skills and Experience Required: Industry Experience: Intimate understanding of the institutional landscape and strong personal connections with the investment industry gained through prior roles in asset management, investment banks, PE firms, or similar Skilled at Valuation: Capable of applying appropriate techniques to quantify financial value from AI software and data sources, ideally underpinned by relevant qualifications such as the CFA Rapid Researcher and Learner: Adept at swiftly identifying and absorbing information on new technologies sufficiently to discuss them effectively with executives and convey their relevance to capital market and private capital firms Commercial Nous: Proven ability to achieve commercial targets, evidenced by sales within/to financial services firms Delivery Excellence: Track record of delivering complex projects within tight deadlines, preferably including technical due diligences for PE firms or other institutional investors and/or AI transformation Compelling Communicator: Skilled at crafting clear, confident, concise, and impactful presentations to executives in the financial services industry Collaborative Leader: Builds authentic relationships with colleagues, building trust and inspiring followership, capable of leading delivery teams effectively AI Enthusiasm: Possesses a broad and nuanced view of the key opportunities and challenges facing both the buy and sell side, with good intuition and palpable excitement as to where AI can be used to address them What we can offer you: The Faculty team is diverse and distinctive, and we all come from different personal, professional and organisational backgrounds. We all have one thing in common: we are driven by a deep intellectual curiosity that powers us forward each day. Faculty is the professional challenge of a lifetime. You'll be surrounded by an impressive group of brilliant minds working to achieve our collective goals. Our consultants, product developers, business development specialists, operations professionals and more all bring something unique to Faculty, and you'll learn something new from everyone you meet.

About Faculty At Faculty, we transform organisational performance through safe, impactful and human-centric AI. With more than a decade of experience, we provide over 350 global customers with software, bespoke AI consultancy , and Fellows from our award winning Fellowship programme . Our expert team brings together leaders from across government, academia and global tech giants to solve the biggest challenges in applied AI. Should you join us, you'll have the chance to work with, and learn from, some of the brilliant minds who are bringing Frontier AI to the frontlines of the world. About the Role We're looking for a full-stack Senior Software Engineer to work in our Customer Development team on our ground-breaking Frontier platform. Your role will focus on scaling our Decision Intelligence offering - providing AI capabilities across high-impact decisions. This comes with genuinely interesting technical challenges, with huge space for creativity and influence. We're actively seeking a senior full-stack engineer to deliver our cutting-edge product, Frontier, to new clients. As we continue to expand our platform's reach, you'll have the unique opportunity to build a scalable AI focussed product, remain close to live customer feedback whilst leading the way in technical best practices. In this role, you'll be immersed in hands-on work, tackling complex real-world challenges using state-of-the-art technology. From optimising multinational supply chain logistics to reducing time-to-market for clinical trials and supporting sustainability goals in various industries, Frontier empowers organisations to make informed decisions through AI-driven insights. Join us on this exciting journey of transforming decision-making with AI and machine learning, revolutionising how businesses thrive utilising Decision Intelligence. What you will be doing: At the heart of Decision Intelligence for each customer lies one or more Computational Twins (CT). A CT is a digital representation of an existing business process in which decisions are made. Our platform enables a CT to show historical process performance, model future behaviour and simulate decisions As a Senior Full Stack Engineer in the Customer Development team, you'll lead the technical delivery of customer-facing projects, working as part of small, cross-functional teams. You'll collaborate directly with customers and their engineering teams to understand their systems and data, and help integrate Frontier into their workflows. This often includes extending or adapting our frontend, backend, and infrastructure-as-code components, as well as supporting the creation of Computational Twins that model complex real-world systems. You'll play a hands-on role in shaping how Frontier is deployed and scaled in production environments, ensuring it delivers real impact from day one. Your responsibilities will include: Serve as a strong technical contributor within a cross-functional Delivery Squad, working alongside Engineers, Product Designers, Data Scientists, and a Delivery Manager to deliver impactful customer solutions. Mentor and support the growth of more junior engineers in the team Collaborate across the wider Frontier engineering organisation to implement new features, resolve issues, and improve the product's user experience. Build and extend the product using one or more of our primary languages - Python & TypeScript. Experience with Infrastructure as Code and Rust are also useful. Work directly with customer stakeholders, including end users and engineering teams, to integrate Frontier into existing systems, data sources, and workflows. What we are looking for: Full-stack engineering experience with Python, Typescript and React Experience with PostgreSQL. Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines (ideally with GitLab). Strong understanding of system architecture and design. Experience championing automated testing strategies across various levels of the test pyramid. Experience working with cross-functional teams of engineers. Experience collaborating with Product Managers and Product Designers to ensure delightful customer experiences. Expertise in Docker with deployment on Kubernetes, preferred An understanding of the AI value chain Experience with startup-centric fast-paced work, sometimes introducing creative approaches to difficult problems. What we can offer you: The Faculty team is diverse and distinctive, and we all come from different personal, professional and organisational backgrounds. We all have one thing in common: we are driven by a deep intellectual curiosity that powers us forward each day. Faculty is the professional challenge of a lifetime. You'll be surrounded by an impressive group of brilliant minds working to achieve our collective goals. Our consultants, product developers, business development specialists, operations professionals and more all bring something unique to Faculty, and you'll learn something new from everyone you meet.

About Faculty At Faculty, we transform organisational performance through safe, impactful and human-centric AI. With more than a decade of experience, we provide over 350 global customers with software, bespoke AI consultancy , and Fellows from our award winning Fellowship programme . Our expert team brings together leaders from across government, academia and global tech giants to solve the biggest challenges in applied AI. Should you join us, you'll have the chance to work with, and learn from, some of the brilliant minds who are bringing Frontier AI to the frontlines of the world. The role: As a Product Manager in the Financial Services team at Faculty, you will be focused on serving the needs of our customers across banking, insurance, capital markets, and financial infrastructure - applying AI to help them solve complex challenges in areas like risk management, fraud prevention, compliance, customer experience, and operational efficiency.This role demands strong analytical skills, curiosity, and the ability to work in fast-moving, highly regulated environments. You'll help tackle important industry challenges in markets shaped by rapid technological change, evolving regulation, and competitive pressures.Leveraging your understanding of AI software product delivery, you'll play a key role in shaping product approaches, working closely with customers and internal teams to deliver high-impact outcomes. You can expect hands-on delivery responsibility, significant customer interaction, and opportunities to contribute to Faculty's growth from your first day. What you'll be doing: Working with multidisciplinary teams to design, develop, and deliver AI-powered products from discovery through to deployment, participating in agile ceremonies and ensuring delivery quality. Managing delivery for one or more products or projects, balancing competing priorities while maintaining quality and impact. Collaborating with financial services stakeholders to understand their goals, regulatory context, and operational needs, helping shape phased delivery approaches that deliver measurable value. Building strong relationships with customer stakeholders, earning trust through delivery excellence and a growing mastery of how AI can solve their hardest problems. Contributing to Faculty's product management community , sharing learnings, helping to define good practices, and supporting a culture of product excellence. Supporting account growth by identifying opportunities, contributing to proposals, and working alongside commercial teams. Learning from and working with senior product managers, developing your skills in stakeholder engagement, product strategy, and delivery leadership. What we're looking for: A successful candidate will have demonstrable experience in AI and/or software product management, with preference for candidates with domain knowledge in financial services - such as banking, asset management, insurance, payments, or fintech.To succeed in this role, you'll need demonstrable experience in some of the following: 3-6 years of Product Management experience, delivering digital products in an agile environment. Consultancy experience is a plus, but we also welcome applicants from product-led organisations or financial institutions. Experience contributing to the full product lifecycle - from discovery and requirements gathering to delivery and iteration - in collaboration with engineers, designers, and data scientists. Exposure to AI/ML product delivery, with enough understanding of data science and engineering principles to work effectively with technical teams and spot potential risks or dependencies. Strong communication and stakeholder engagement skills, able to build credibility and influence decisions through structured reasoning and data-driven insights. Familiarity with feature prioritisation and trade-offs , balancing customer needs, commercial outcomes, and technical feasibility. A collaborative, proactive approach with the ability to work in ambiguous situations and adapt to changing priorities. A growth mindset and appetite to learn, with a willingness to be coached and developed into a senior product leader. What we can offer you: The Faculty team is diverse and distinctive, and we all come from different personal, professional and organisational backgrounds. We all have one thing in common: we are driven by a deep intellectual curiosity that powers us forward each day. Faculty is the professional challenge of a lifetime. You'll be surrounded by an impressive group of brilliant minds working to achieve our collective goals. Our consultants, product developers, business development specialists, operations professionals and more all bring something unique to Faculty, and you'll learn something new from everyone you meet.

About Faculty At Faculty, we transform organisational performance through safe, impactful and human-centric AI. With more than a decade of experience, we provide over 350 global customers with software, bespoke AI consultancy , and Fellows from our award winning Fellowship programme . Our expert team brings together leaders from across government, academia and global tech giants to solve the biggest challenges in applied AI. Should you join us, you'll have the chance to work with, and learn from, some of the brilliant minds who are bringing Frontier AI to the frontlines of the world. Why now? We're experiencing rapid growth and are looking for a Senior Product Manager to provide leadership and delivery excellence to our growing product team. And be at the forefront of high impact and mission critical AI transformation programmes that aim to improve society and public services in the UK. The role: As a Senior Product Manager in the Government & Public Services team at Faculty, you will be focused on serving the needs of our customers across a range of complex problems in National Security, Education, Law enforcement, Public services and AI Safety. This is an intellectually demanding role that requires strong analytical skills, exceptional judgement, and the ability to thrive in ambiguity. You'll be solving complex and sensitive problems, often for the first time and in fast-changing environments, and you'll need to do so with discretion and integrity. Leveraging your experience of AI software product delivery methodologies, you'll play a leading role in influencing the product development approach and mindset within the business unit. You can expect high levels of delivery responsibility, customer exposure, and business development involvement from day one, as well as the opportunity to contribute directly to our growth plans. What you'll be doing: Leading multidisciplinary teams to develop products from discovery through to live deployment. You will be the driving force and core of the team, leading agile ceremonies such as sprint planning, stand ups, retrospectives, backlog refinement. Accountable for the delivery of multiple products, managing multiple priorities and projects simultaneously. Working side-by-side with stakeholders to understand their strategic goals and needs, shaping and scoping work to design phased approaches that deliver meaningful, value-adding products. Building trusted and enduring relationships. You'll be comfortable working with senior stakeholders, building trust through delivery excellence and an increasing mastery of how Al can be put to work to solve our customers' hardest problems. Playing a key role in growing and shaping the product community at Faculty. You'll be responsible for setting delivery standards, defining best practices, and fostering a culture of product excellence. Supporting the development of individuals in Faculty's delivery teams, providing coaching on areas for improvement and opportunities to develop as to maximise their potential. What we're looking for: A successful candidate will have demonstrable experience of AI and/or software product management, with strong preference to candidates that hold domain experience and knowledge in the Government & Public Services arena. To succeed in this role, you'll need demonstrable experience in some of the following: 8+ years of Product Management experience, with demonstrated experience and owning and delivering digital products across all aspects of the product lifecycle in an agile approach. Experience within a consultancy is preferred, but we also welcome applicants from product-led organisations or government departments. Strong track record of product development from the ground up. Skilled at bringing clarity and structure to ill-defined problems - breaking down complex scopes into phased approaches that explore the problem space, define strategy, and deliver early proofs of concept toward long-term solutions. Experience delivering AI/ML products, with a solid understanding of the challenges involved in AI delivery. While not an AI/ML specialist, you have a solid command of data science techniques and engineering principles, able to spot technical dependencies and contribute to technical solution design. Exceptionally strong stakeholder management and ability to influence decision makers through data driven insights, with demonstrated experience of managing multiple stakeholders with competing priorities. Experience of delivering to the Government Service Standard, employing Design Thinking principles and employing agile delivery approaches is highly desirable. Strong experience of feature trade off, driven by robust prioritisation approaches. Experience of leading multi-disciplinary teams. Accountable for defining the product vision and goals, aligning teams around a shared direction, and fostering a collaborative, inclusive, and creative working environment. A natural curiosity and drive, with a passion for continuous learning and a commitment to always doing your best work. Experience mentoring and developing junior team members. Helping them grow their skills and progress in their careers. What we can offer you: The Faculty team is diverse and distinctive, and we all come from different personal, professional and organisational backgrounds. We all have one thing in common: we are driven by a deep intellectual curiosity that powers us forward each day. Faculty is the professional challenge of a lifetime. You'll be surrounded by an impressive group of brilliant minds working to achieve our collective goals. Our consultants, product developers, business development specialists, operations professionals and more all bring something unique to Faculty, and you'll learn something new from everyone you meet.

About Faculty At Faculty, we transform organisational performance through safe, impactful and human-centric AI. With more than a decade of experience, we provide over 350 global customers with software, bespoke AI consultancy, and Fellows from our award winning Fellowship programme. Our expert team brings together leaders from across government, academia and global tech giants to solve the biggest challenges in applied AI. Should you join us, you'll have the chance to work with, and learn from, some of the brilliant minds who are bringing Frontier AI to the frontlines of the world. About the role We're seeking an exceptional Lead Product Manager to lead our squad focused on delighting decision makers. In this role you will shape the future of how enterprise users interact with AI-powered decision intelligence across their organisation. You'll be at the forefront of Faculty Frontier TM - our ambitious vision to create the first enterprise-grade platform that unifies decision intelligence with AI Agents. You will work on highly complex and consequential problems across the real economy, with particular focus on healthcare and life sciences. This is a unique opportunity to work at the cutting edge of AI, owning both our AI Agent capabilities and the Decision Hub - the primary interface through which decision makers use Frontier. You'll translate breakthrough capabilities in agent orchestration, simulation, and optimisation into products that revolutionise how Fortune 500 companies make their most critical decisions. What you'll be doing Own the product strategy for Frontier's Delight squad, encompassing AI agents and the Decision Hub user experience Design and deliver intuitive, powerful interfaces that make sophisticated AI capabilities accessible to enterprise decision-makers - from C-suite executives to operational managers and frontline staff Define the future of human-AI collaboration in enterprise decision-making, creating a UX that builds trust and confidence in the measurable business value of decisions Lead the development of our specialist agent framework, balancing autonomy with control, and ensuring AI assistance augments rather than replaces human judgement Architect product capabilities that scale across diverse enterprise contexts through thoughtful configuration rather than endless customisation - understanding deeply how to build flexible systems that remain maintainable and upgradeable Work closely with enterprise customers in life sciences, healthcare, and other industries to understand how they want to interact with AI in their most critical decision processes Partner with world-class engineers, data scientists, and designers to deliver experiences that abstract the immense technical sophistication and complexity of Frontier into elegant, intuitive, and ultimately delightful interfaces for business users Drive product discovery through customer research, rapid prototyping, and data-driven experiments in settings where decisions have real-world consequences worth millions Collaborate with our commercial team to demonstrate how superior user experience becomes a competitive differentiator in the Decision Intelligence Platform category Who we're looking for Essential experience: 5+ years of product management experience, with at least 3 years working in complex B2B or enterprise software products Proven track record of creating exceptional user experiences in technically sophisticated products - you understand how to make complexity feel simple and intuitive Deep understanding of platform product strategy - you know the critical difference between configuration and customisation, and can formulate product hypotheses that lead to highly reusable, configurable systems rather than a sprawl of bespoke solutions Knowledge of how AI/ML capabilities translate into user-facing features, with the ability to bridge technical possibilities and user needs Experience navigating enterprise sales cycles and working directly with customers who expect consumer-grade experiences as well as a configured, tailored experience Strong analytical skills with the ability to make data-informed decisions whilst operating in ambiguous, fast-moving environments Excellence in written and verbal communication - able to inspire engineers, advocate for users, and educate customers You'll stand out if you have: Experience building AI-powered products, particularly those involving machine learning, data science, LLMs, agents, or conversational interfaces Strong design sensibility with the ability to collaborate effectively with designers and challenge design decisions when needed Customer obsession with deep enthusiasm for understanding the different needs of different buying centres and user groups across enterprise accounts Understanding of enterprise decision-making and how software and AI can augment human judgement Strong bias-to-action, knowing when to dig deeper and seek truth vs. when to rely on intuition and experience to make a quick decision and maintain momentum Experience in life sciences, healthcare, or other regulated industries where user interfaces must balance power with compliance Technical depth to understand the underlying AI/ML architecture and how it constrains or enables product features Track record of building products that successfully abstract technical complexity for non-technical users Knowledge of modern frontend technologies and what's possible in web-based interfaces What makes this role special Direct impact: Your work will define how pharmaceutical executives plan clinical trials, how healthcare administrators optimise patient flow, and how enterprise leaders make billion-pound decisions with AI assistance Platform thinking at scale: Rare opportunity to build a platform that serves diverse, complex use cases across industries whilst maintaining product coherence and quality Innovation at the frontier: You'll be creating entirely new interaction paradigms for enterprise AI - not making incremental improvements to existing workflows User delight in enterprise: Join a team focused on bringing consumer-grade product and design thinking to enterprise software where it can have massive real-world impact AI-native design: Shape what it means to build truly AI-native enterprise experiences, not just traditional software with AI bolted on What we can offer you: The Faculty team is diverse and distinctive, and we all come from different personal, professional and organisational backgrounds. We all have one thing in common: we are driven by a deep intellectual curiosity that powers us forward each day. Faculty is the professional challenge of a lifetime. You'll be surrounded by an impressive group of brilliant minds working to achieve our collective goals. Our consultants, product developers, business development specialists, operations professionals and more all bring something unique to Faculty, and you'll learn something new from everyone you meet.

About Faculty At Faculty, we transform organisational performance through safe, impactful and human-centric AI. With more than a decade of experience, we provide over 350 global customers with software, bespoke AI consultancy , and Fellows from our award winning Fellowship programme . Our expert team brings together leaders from across government, academia and global tech giants to solve the biggest challenges in applied AI. Should you join us, you'll have the chance to work with, and learn from, some of the brilliant minds who are bringing Frontier AI to the frontlines of the world. About the role We believe AI can, and should, improve the lives of every citizen. This influential position is the most senior technical authority in our Government and Public Services division. We'll look to you to direct the overall technical strategy alongside assembling, and managing, highly skilled teams to deliver truly innovate solutions for our customers. Please note that due to the nature of our current project requirements, applicants must either hold, or be eligible to hold, SC clearance. With some few exceptions, this usually requires having been permanently resident in the UK for the last 5 years. What you'll be doing: Technical Delivery Providing oversight of highly complex technical work, supporting and steering delivery teams when needed Identifying products, tools and processes to improve/enhance our ability to deliver quality Advising on matters of solution architecture, advanced modelling and engineering by bringing your own extensive technical background of developing both infrastructure and modelling software in resource-constrained settings Leadership Building a team focused on best-in-class technical excellence and delivery by setting standards, defining ways of working and championing best practice Overseeing the professional development and learning for technologists in the team Co-owning the overall strategy for the Government & Public Services business unit incl. designing team structure, managing budgets, coordinating staffing and recruitment and managing performance Business Development Identifying new technical markets to pursue/ technologies to build and equally, potential customer and partners opportunities within those markets Working with Business Directors, and the commercial team to land and expand market opportunities Delivering as the technical authority in meetings with senior client stakeholders Who we're looking for: To be successful in this role, you'll have the ability to balance commercial, technical and strategic needs across multiple large-scale projects at a time, specifically in the Government & Public Services space. Beyond that, our priority is someone who is highly motivated to work within the public services space, and has a passion for delivering solutions to some of the world's most interesting problems through the delivery of safe, impactful and human-led AI. Government experience is an asset, but not a requirement. In particular you'll: Be an established technology leader with a track record of leading both the strategy and the delivery of projects in the AI / Machine Learning space Have the ability to communicate complex, technical information to internal and external stakeholders Come from a hands-on background with real-world deployment experience of machine learning or AI applications in production and architecting hardware/software systems Show strong commercial aptitude, with the ability to maximise commercial, technical and strategic needs during end-to-end scoping of a project Have worked with, or in, full-stack technology teams and understand system architecture, design and good engineering fundamentals What we can offer you: The Faculty team is diverse and distinctive, and we all come from different personal, professional and organisational backgrounds. We all have one thing in common: we are driven by a deep intellectual curiosity that powers us forward each day. Faculty is the professional challenge of a lifetime. You'll be surrounded by an impressive group of brilliant minds working to achieve our collective goals. Our consultants, product developers, business development specialists, operations professionals and more all bring something unique to Faculty, and you'll learn something new from everyone you meet.

About Faculty At Faculty, we transform organisational performance through safe, impactful and human-centric AI. With a decade of experience, we provide over 300 global customers with software, bespoke AI consultancy , and Fellows from our award-winning Fellowship programme . Our expert team brings together leaders from across government, academia and global tech giants to solve the biggest challenges in applied AI. Should you join us, you'll have the chance to work with, and learn from, some of the brilliant minds who are bringing Frontier AI to the frontlines of the world. About the role As a Senior Research Scientist at Faculty you will contribute to Faculty's success by performing novel scientific research in the area of AI safety that progresses scientific understanding through external publications and Faculty's commercial ambition to build safe AI systems. This is a great opportunity to join a small, high agency team of machine learning researchers and practitioners applying data science and machine learning to business problems in the real world. What you'll be doing Your role will evolve alongside business needs, but you can expect your key responsibilities to include: Research Leadership: Own and drive forward themes and areas of interest demonstrated by high-impact AI research. Contribute to the wider vision for Faculty's research effort in AI safety through team contributions to the research agenda. Support Faculty's positioning as a leader in AI safety through thought leadership and stakeholder engagement. Research Agenda Development: Shape our research agenda by identifying impactful research opportunities and balancing scientific and practical priorities. Interface with the wider business to ensure alignment between the R&D team's research efforts and the company's long-term goals with a specific focus in the AI safety and commercial projects in the space. Team Management and Mentorship: Guide and mentor junior researchers in the team, fostering a collaborative and innovative culture across a wide range of AI Safety-relevant research topics. Technical Contributions: Lead technical research within the AI Safety space; some examples of AI safety research we've worked on include developing novel attacks against models, fine-tuning models for additional safety (e.g. knowledge unlearning), increasing self-consistency of language models and uncertainty estimation. Support the delivery of evaluations and red-teaming projects in high-risk domains, such as CBRN and cybersecurity, with a focus on government and commercial partners. Who we are looking for A track record working with high-impact AI research, evidenced by top-tier academic publications (ideally in top machine learning or NLP conferences ACL/Neurips, ICML, ICLR, AAAI) or equivalent experience (e.g. within model providers labs). Deep domain knowledge in language models and AI safety, with the ability to contribute well-informed views about the differential value, and tractability, of different parts of the traditional AI Safety research agenda, or other areas of machine learning (e.g. explainability). Practical experience of machine learning, with a focus on areas such as robustness, explainability, or uncertainty estimation. Advanced programming and mathematical skills with Python and experience with the standard Python data science stack (NumPy, pandas, Scikit-learn etc.). The ability to conduct and oversee complex technical research projects. A passion for leading and developing technical teams; adopting a caring attitude towards the personal and professional development of others. Excellent verbal and written communication skills. The following would be a bonus, but are by no means required: Commercial experience applying AI safety principles in practical or high-stakes contexts. Background in red-teaming, evaluations, or safety testing for government or industry applications. We welcome applicants who have academic research experience in a STEM or related subject. A PhD is great, but certainly not necessary. What we can offer you: The Faculty team is diverse and distinctive, and we all come from different personal, professional and organisational backgrounds. We all have one thing in common: we are driven by a deep intellectual curiosity that powers us forward each day. Faculty is the professional challenge of a lifetime. You'll be surrounded by an impressive group of brilliant minds working to achieve our collective goals. Our consultants, product developers, business development specialists, operations professionals and more all bring something unique to Faculty, and you'll learn something new from everyone you meet.

About Faculty At Faculty, we transform organisational performance through safe, impactful and human-centric AI. With a decade of experience, we provide over 300 global customers with software, bespoke AI consultancy , and Fellows from our award winning Fellowship programme . Our expert team brings together leaders from across government, academia and global tech giants to solve the biggest challenges in applied AI. Should you join us, you'll have the chance to work with, and learn from, some of the brilliant minds who are bringing Frontier AI to the frontlines of the world. About the role As a Lead Research Scientist at Faculty, you will be leading scientific research, and other researchers, in the area of AI safety that progresses scientific understanding. You will contribute to both external publications, and Faculty's commercial ambition to build safe AI systems. This is a great opportunity to join a small, high agency team of machine learning researchers and practitioners applying data science and machine learning to business problems in the real world. What you'll be doing Your role will evolve alongside business needs, but you can expect your key responsibilities to include: Research Leadership: Lead the AI safety team's research agenda, setting priorities and ensuring alignment with Faculty's long-term goals. Conduct and oversee the development of cutting-edge AI safety research, with a focus on large language models and other safety-critical AI systems. Publish high-impact research in leading conferences and journals (e.g., NeurIPS, ACL, ICML, ICLR, AAAI). Support Faculty's positioning as a leader in AI safety through thought leadership and stakeholder engagement. Research Agenda Development: Shape our research agenda by identifying impactful research opportunities and balancing scientific and practical priorities. Interface with the wider business to ensure alignment between the R&D team's research efforts and the company's long term goals with a specific focus in the AI safety and commercial projects in the space. Team Management and Mentorship: Build and lead a growing team of researchers, fostering a collaborative and innovative culture across a wide-range of AI Safety-relevant research topics. Provide mentorship and technical guidance to researchers across diverse AI safety topics. Technical Contributions: Lead hands-on contributions to technical research. Collaborate on delivery of evaluations and red-teaming projects in high-risk domains, such as CBRN and cybersecurity, with a focus on government and commercial partners. Who we are looking for A proven track record of high-impact AI research, evidenced by top-tier academic publications (ideally in top machine learning or NLP conferences ACL/Neurips, ICML, ICLR, AAAI) or equivalent experience (e.g. within model providers labs). Deep domain knowledge in language models and AI safety, with the ability to contribute well-informed views about the differential value, and tractability, of different parts of the traditional AI Safety research agenda, or other areas of machine learning (e.g. explainability). Practical experience of machine learning, with a focus on areas such as robustness, explainability, or uncertainty estimation. Advanced programming and mathematical skills with Python and an experience with the standard Python data science stack (NumPy, pandas, Scikit-learn etc.). The ability to conduct and oversee complex technical research projects. A passion for leading and developing technical teams; adopting a caring attitude towards the personal and professional development of others. Excellent verbal and written communication skills. The following would be a bonus, but are by no means required: Commercial experience applying AI safety principles in practical or high-stakes contexts. Background in red-teaming, evaluations, or safety testing for government or industry applications. We welcome applicants who have academic research experience in a STEM or related subject. A PhD is great, but certainly not necessary. What we can offer you: The Faculty team is diverse and distinctive, and we all come from different personal, professional and organisational backgrounds. We all have one thing in common: we are driven by a deep intellectual curiosity that powers us forward each day. Faculty is the professional challenge of a lifetime. You'll be surrounded by an impressive group of brilliant minds working to achieve our collective goals. Our consultants, product developers, business development specialists, operations professionals and more all bring something unique to Faculty, and you'll learn something new from everyone you meet.