Senior Manager - AI Product Innovation in London

At Capgemini Invent, we believe difference drives change. As inventive transformation consultants, we blend our strategic, creative and scientific capabilities, collaborating closely with clients to deliver cutting-edge solutions. Join us to drive transformation tailored to our client's challenges of today and tomorrow, informed and validated by science and data, superpowered by creativity and design, all underpinned by technology created with purpose.

Join our AI Strategy team and be part of the future of AI consulting. We are redefining how organisations adopt and scale AI by embedding Generative AI, agentic systems, and copilots into every aspect of how they operate, compete, and create value.

We are looking for experienced Strategy and AI leaders with strong commercial acumen, individuals who understand AI technologies and can translate them into enterprise-wide transformation. You will lead engagements from strategy through to execution, enabling the shift toward AI-enabled enterprises whilst contributing to the growth of our AI Strategy practice.

YOUR ROLE

If you are passionate about creating impactful AI solutions that solve real-world problems, this is the role for you. You should apply if you have a strong background in AI delivery, experience designing innovative products, and a collaborative mindset that fosters learning.

You will be responsible for defining and executing the vision and strategy for AI products and services – driving value creation for organisations and users. You should apply if you have previous experience in AI development, a deep understanding of the market dynamics and challenges, and are confident leading and collaborating with cross-functional teams of AI experts and business partners.

• Identify opportunities for emerging technologies to transform organisation, create value and solve real problems.
• Lead Innovation sessions to accelerate idea generation through strategic discovery and horizon scanning - using design thinking to generate potential solutions.
• Test ideas through rapid experimentation and proof of value generation, being unafraid to fail fast.
• Turn ideas into product definitions that solve the root cause of pain points, continuously iterating with real users to ensure user focussed design.
• Re-imagine operations and/or introduce new capabilities by integrating AI products into existing processes.
• Set up, run and scale AI innovation capabilities by building the right culture and operating model with a focus on sustainability.

YOUR PROFILE

As a Manager/Senior Manager in the AI Product Innovation team you’ll set the direction, driving forward our business, model our values and behaviours, lead by example, and coach and develop more junior members of the team. Key expectations from this role include:

• A strong understanding of AI products and their applications in various domains and industries.
• Experience in leading, shaping and delivery of complex AI projects across multiple workstreams.
• Ability to lead teams to design and execute pilots to test and validate AI solutions, and proven ability to operationalise these AI solutions.
• Excellent communication, storytelling and collaboration skills with internal and external stakeholders.
• A growth mindset and a passion for learning and experimenting with new technologies.
• Experience with agile methodologies and tools for AI product lifecycle management.
• Hands on experience with Design Thinking principles and user-centred design.
• Ability to define and communicate a clear and compelling vision and strategy for an AI product portfolio.
• Experience scoping and developing proposals for new AI opportunities.
• Experience with the commercial management of a project, including costing and resourcing.
• Experience managing and upskilling others, championing personal development and capability development.

WHAT YOU’LL LOVE ABOUT WORKING HERE?

Our team drives business transformation by designing the organisations of the future, delivering end-to-end blueprint for AI-enabled enterprises. We are at the cutting edge of the 4th industrial revolution and are uniquely placed to leverage the broad, market-leading capabilities of Capgemini Group.

We work across a wide range of industries, delivering outcomes that make a real impact on society. You’ll have the freedom to experiment, innovate and shape your own career path, supported by mentoring from our leading experts in data and AI.

We are delighted to have received the “Glassdoor Best Places to work UK’ accolade for 5 consecutive years.

NEED TO KNOW

At Capgemini we don’t just believe in inclusion, we actively go out to making it a working reality. Driven by our core values and Inclusive Futures for All campaign, we build environments where you can bring your whole self to work.

We aim to build an environment where employees can enjoy a positive work-life balance. We embed hybrid working in all that we do and make flexible working arrangements the day-to-day reality for our people. All UK employees are eligible to request flexible working arrangements.

Employee wellbeing is vitally important to us as an organisation. We see a healthy and happy workforce as a critical component for us to achieve our organisational ambitions. To help support wellbeing we have trained ‘Mental Health Champions’ across each of our business areas. We have also invested in wellbeing apps such as Thrive and Peppy.

Capgemini is proud to be a Disability Confident Employer (Level 2) under the UK Government’s Disability Confident scheme. As part of our commitment to inclusive recruitment, we will offer an interview to all candidates who declare they have a disability and meet the minimum essential criteria for the role.

CSR: We’re also focused on using tech to have a positive social impact. So, we’re working to reduce our own carbon footprint and improve everyone’s access to a digital world. It’s something we’re really serious about. In fact, we were even named as one of the world’s most ethical companies by the Ethisphere Institute for the 10th year. When you join Capgemini, you’ll join a team that does the right thing.

Whilst you will have London, Manchester or Glasgow as an office base location, you must be fully flexible in terms of assignment location, as these roles may involve periods of time away from home at short notice.

We offer a remuneration package which includes flexible benefits options for you to choose to suit your own personal circumstances and a variable element dependent on grade and on company and personal performance.

ABOUT CAPGEMINI

Capgemini is an AI-powered global business and technology transformation partner, delivering tangible business value. We imagine the future of organizations and make it real with AI, technology and people. With our strong heritage of nearly 60 years, we are a responsible and diverse group of over 420,000 team members in more than 50 countries. We deliver end-to-end services and solutions with our deep industry expertise and strong partner ecosystem, leveraging our capabilities across strategy, technology, design, engineering and business operations.