Job Description

Edison Smart is supporting a high-growth technology business with the appointment of a Head of AI

This is a senior leadership opportunity for someone with deep expertise across artificial intelligence, machine learning and credit decisioning. The successful individual will take ownership of developing and scaling advanced AI capabilities across lending and credit.

The role requires someone who combines strong technical depth with leadership capability and has experience taking sophisticated machine learning models from development through to production at scale.

The Role

You will take ownership of AI and machine learning capabilities across lending, working closely with senior leadership and cross-functional teams to build intelligent, scalable and commercially effective credit decisioning systems.

Key responsibilities include:

• Own the AI and machine learning strategy across lending and credit decisioning

• Build and deploy production-grade models across credit scoring, underwriting, affordability, default prediction and portfolio risk

• Develop advanced credit models using traditional and alternative data sources

• Lead the development of automated and real-time decisioning systems

• Establish robust frameworks for model evaluation, monitoring, explainability and governance

• Build and develop a high-performing AI and machine learning function

• Work closely with Product, Engineering and Risk teams to take models from experimentation into production

• Drive innovation while ensuring scalability, reliability and responsible AI deployment

What We're Looking For

• Significant experience building AI and machine learning systems within lending or credit environments

• Deep expertise across credit scoring, underwriting, credit risk modelling or automated decisioning

• Proven experience taking machine learning models from research through to production at scale