Offre d'emploi Chief Artificial Intelligence & Data Officer - Ministry of Defence - SCS2

• Highly respected thought leader and innovator in AI, Data, and Information: Proven expertise operating at the most senior levels across industry and/or government, with a strong track record of setting strategic intent and delivering cutting-edge capabilities across large-scale, complex organisations.

• Experienced leader in fostering agile delivery: Skilled in creating a culture of innovation, collaboration, and accountability to drive organisational success.

• Expertise in digital programme delivery: Demonstrable leadership in managing complex AI, Data, and Information projects, programmes, and portfolios, ensuring measurable outcomes.

• Proven success in large-scale transformation: Complex transformation with an ability to foster a strong culture of delivery and accountability. Skilled in aligning strategy with transformation, operational delivery, organisational design and processes, translating outcomes into action.

• Exceptional stakeholder management and communication skills: Adept at collaborating, influencing, and inspiring confidence at all levels.

• Sound strategic judgement: Skilled in providing strategic advice, constructive challenge, and support to subject matter experts.

Location can be flexible within reason; for example, working or being based at other Defence sites within the UK (subject to line manager agreement and site availability / capacity). All work-related travel and subsistence costs will be reimbursed except when travelling to your base location, in line with departmental policy.

​The nature of this role will require regular travel to London on a weekly basis. If you are not based in London, you will still be expected to travel to London for regular business meetings. This role offers a combination of office and home-based working with regular attendance expected in the office. This is a non-contractual arrangement where all office-based employees will be expected to spend a minimum of 80% of their working time in office, subject to capacity and any required workplace adjustments. Requirements to attend other locations for official business, or work in another MOD office, will also count towards this level of attendance.

The MoD Chief Artificial Intelligence and Data Officer (CAIDO) is an exceptionally high profile, complex and critical role for Defence. It operates as the overall Functional leader for AI, Data & Information requiring a strong, highly skilled, experienced and resilient leader. You will lead, cohere and optimise through a federated functional operating model focusing on driving delivery, enabling strategic advantage, and unlocking productivity through the use of AI, Data & Information capabilities. As the CAIDO, you will demonstrate and drive strategic thinking and thought leadership internally and across government, industry, our partners and allies. The role will spearhead and direct the step change in AI thought leadership, cohered via the Defence AI Centre (DAIC) and coordinate the execution of strategic intent for developing and leveraging world leading AI capabilities. You will also drive the continued development of data and information capabilities to underpin optimised military outcomes, departmental effectiveness, and productivity.

In addition, the role includes accountability as the Director for Digital Business Partnering for all non-military operational demand areas of the organisation. As the CAIDO, you will act as the senior leader for AI, Data, and Information capabilities and communities, ensuring that skills and talent pathways are developed. You will ensure Defence can effectively leverage external market and industry resources through the most efficient models. You will also serve as the overall head of communities of practice for AI, Data, and Information capabilities across the Defence Enterprise, as well as with partners, allies, and industry.