AI Adoption Manager

AI Tooling Governance \& Adoption Manager Hampshire | 1 or 2 days per week onsite | £70,000 - £80,000 + Benefits AI is moving fast, but most organisations are still figuring out how to govern it effectively. This is an opportunity to take ownership of that challenge. You'll join a business that is investing heavily in AI and be trusted to define how AI tools are selected, governed, adopted, and scaled across the organisation. If you enjoy bringing structure to emerging technology, influencing senior stakeholders, and helping people get real value from AI, this role offers a genuine chance to make your mark. The Company This established international organisation is building its AI capabilities and creating the foundations needed to support responsible, large-scale adoption. With employees across multiple countries, they are focused on ensuring AI tools are used safely, consistently, and effectively across the business. This is a newly created position that sits within a growing AI function and works closely with technology, security, legal, compliance, finance, HR, and executive leadership teams. You'll have the visibility and autonomy to shape how AI is embedded across the organisation. The Role You will be the person responsible for making AI work across the business, not from a technical delivery perspective, but from a governance, adoption, and operational standpoint. Key responsibilities include: * Owning the governance framework for AI tools and ensuring policies, controls, and processes remain fit for purpose. * Leading the selection, rollout, adoption, and ongoing optimisation of AI platforms and tooling. * Managing relationships with AI vendors, licensing agreements, procurement processes, and budgets. * Partnering with security, legal, compliance, and technology teams to assess and manage AI risk. * Driving organisation-wide AI adoption through training, communications, and enablement initiatives. * Developing reporting and dashboards that provide visibility of adoption, value, spend, and risk. * Creating consistent ways of working that allow teams to innovate while remaining compliant and secure. * Supporting the evaluation and scaling of new AI initiatives across the business. Your Skills \& Experience We're particularly interested in people who have genuine experience sitting at the intersection of governance, technology, and business change. You'll likely bring: * Strong experience in AI governance, IT governance, SaaS operations, technology programme management, or a similar function. * Practical experience owning the governance, rollout, and lifecycle management of enterprise technology platforms. * Knowledge of AI tooling, large language models, and the governance considerations that come with enterprise adoption. * Experience managing risk, compliance, policy, security, and vendor relationships. * The ability to engage confidently with CIOs, CTOs, senior leaders, and cross-functional stakeholders. * Experience driving user adoption, organisational change, training programmes, or technology enablement initiatives. * Strong commercial awareness with exposure to budgets, licensing, procurement, and cost management. * Excellent communication skills and the ability to translate complex topics into clear, practical guidance. What They Offer * £70,000 - £80,000 base salary. * Comprehensive benefits package. * A high-profile role with significant ownership and autonomy. * The opportunity to shape AI governance and adoption strategy from the ground up. * Exposure to senior leadership and strategic AI decision making. * Long-term career development within a business making substantial investment in AI. How to Apply If you're passionate about responsible AI adoption and want to play a leading role in shaping how a business uses AI at scale, we'd love to hear from you. Apply with your CV to discuss the opportunity in more detail.