Project Blackbook

Fractional Heads of AI and Product

Project Blackbook

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Location Type: Hybrid

Location: London • United Kingdom

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Salary

💰 £600 - £850 per day

Job Level

Lead

About the role

  • Provide senior leadership across multiple product domains, including finance, supply chain, e-commerce/retail products, and operational workforce tooling (scheduling, clocking-in, timesheets)
  • Lead or sponsor large AI programmes, shaping direction from a business and/or product angle, and ensuring initiatives are structured for real delivery rather than experimentation
  • Advise on org design, governance, and operating model, particularly around AI, product ways of working, and how high-performing organisations structure accountability, decision-making, and delivery

Requirements

  • An independent consultant
  • Consultancy background is preferred
  • Sector experience in retail / supermarkets (preferred), with additional relevance in financial services, consumer, media, or telecoms
  • Director / Head of-level leadership, with proven ability to operate as a fractional leader: setting direction, influencing senior stakeholders, and creating clarity in ambiguous environments
  • Strong AI programme leadership exposure, either: Directly leading AI programmes/functions, or Commissioning them as a key sponsor/customer and driving outcomes across the business
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
AI programme leadershipoperational workforce toolingorg designgovernanceoperating modelproduct ways of workingaccountabilitydecision-makingdelivery
Soft Skills
leadershipinfluencing senior stakeholderscreating clarityoperating in ambiguous environments