AI Knowledge Lead in London

About Euromonitor: Euromonitor International leads the world in data analytics and research into markets, industries, economies and consumers. We provide truly global insight and data on thousands of products and services; we are the first destination for organisations seeking growth. With our guidance, our clients can make bold, strategic decisions with confidence.

About the role: Reporting to the Director of Gen AI, the AI Knowledge Lead will be Euromonitor's foremost authority on AI knowledge systems — holding formal sign-off power over the tools, skills, and integrations that the entire organisation builds on. This is an exciting, newly created role at the start of a significant journey. You will define best practice from the ground up, establishing the frameworks and canonical skill catalogue that will shape how Euromonitor uses AI for years to come. The emphasis and scope of the role will grow as our agentic expertise deepens and AI capability spreads across the business.

Although not a fully technical role, this is equally an opportunity for a senior builder who has a solid understanding and governs as a consequence of deep expertise, and for a governance and standards leader who can get hands-on when it counts. What unites both profiles is genuine command of the technology and the vision to see where it is heading.

This is a rare opportunity to define a discipline from first principles at a globally recognised intelligence brand. The full job specification — including detailed responsibilities and indicative time allocations — is available on request at the first stage of the process. If you are motivated by impact, intellectual challenge, and the chance to leave a lasting mark on how a world-class organisation uses AI, we would love to hear from you.

What you'll be doing:

• Knowledge architecture and AI systems (~25%)
  • Develop and maintain deep expertise in the agentic entity set underpinning Euromonitor's AI capabilities: tool calls, connectors, APIs, MCP (Model Context Protocol), native and custom integrations, and computer and browser use.
  • Build in-depth command of system instructions and skills architecture — including how skills are invoked directly and indirectly, and how they can be chained into reliable end-to-end workflows.
  • Architect retrieval frameworks that ground AI outputs in verified, properly attributed Euromonitor data, designed to be platform- and framework-agnostic.
• Governance, standards, and the AI skill catalogue (~35%)
  • Own and maintain Euromonitor's canonical AI skill catalogue — the quality-assured library of tools and integrations available across the organisation.
  • Apply a rigorous strategic value test: every skill must encode a proprietary Euromonitor way of working or draw from Euromonitor-specific data sources; generic capabilities that agents can replicate on the fly do not qualify.
  • Set contribution standards, version control, and deprecation policies — and embed proportionate security standards into the review process in partnership with Information Security.
• Organisational AI enablement and culture-building (~25%)
  • Drive the cultural change needed to embed AI capability across all functions, designing the enablement architecture that allows teams at different levels of technical maturity to adopt AI confidently.
  • Identify, sponsor, and develop AI champions across the business — the long-term carriers of AI culture at Euromonitor.
  • Deliver proof-of-concept reference implementations that demonstrate best practice in design, documentation, and integration.
• Cross-functional collaboration (~15%)
  • Serve as the expert voice on AI knowledge quality and system design in product planning, roadmap, and senior leadership forums.
  • Partner with Product, AI Engineering, and Research to ensure knowledge architecture decisions support Euromonitor's commercial and product ambitions.

What you'll bring:

• Deep practical understanding of how agentic AI platforms and large language models work — including system instruction design, skills architecture, tool calling, RAG, and connector protocols such as MCP.
• Hands-on experience building or architecting AI skills and workflows, with a clear grasp of how skills can be chained for reliable end-to-end automation.
• Experience curating shared tool libraries or platform standards, with the judgement to distinguish genuinely proprietary capabilities from generic ones.
• Confident communication — able to write rigorous technical documentation, exercise formal catalogue authority with peers, and present strategic rationale to senior leadership.
• Familiarity with knowledge and metadata management principles, regardless of specific platforms encountered.

Who you are:

• You are energised by building something from scratch in a fast-moving domain.
• You see governance as a product of deep expertise, not a constraint on innovation.
• You are equally comfortable setting an architectural standard and rolling up your sleeves to build a reference implementation.
• You track the AI landscape with genuine curiosity — not just how the tools work today, but where they are going.

What you'll get:

• The opportunity to step into a brand new role and build something exciting from scratch.
• Career growth opportunities as the role evolves significantly.
• Be part of a truly global company with regular communication across all of our 16 global offices.
• The ability to establish brand new frameworks and be an integral part of Euromonitor's history.

Benefits:

• We seek individuals who act with integrity.
• We look for candidates who are curious about the world.
• We feel that as a community, we’re stronger together.
• We seek to enable people to feel empowered.
• We welcome candidates who bring strength in diversity.

International: not only do we have a very multinational workforce in each office but we communicate across our 16 offices worldwide on a daily basis. Hardworking and sociable: our staff know how to work hard and know also how to enjoy themselves! We pride ourselves on creating an appropriate work-life balance, with flexible hours and regular socialising including frequent after work meet ups, summer and Christmas parties and a whole range of other groups to be involved with.

Committed to making a difference: We believe that people are looking for something worthwhile in a company beyond the workplace. Our extensive Corporate Social Responsibility Programme gives each member of staff two volunteering days a year in addition to holidays. It gives all new starters a donation amount on joining us which they can give to a charity of their choice. It sees us reaching out into the local community with our mentoring, group volunteering, and fundraising initiatives as well as supporting international charities through our website sales, matching staff sponsorship fundraising, and carbon offsetting all our flights.

Excellent benefits: we offer competitive salaries, generous holiday allowances, hybrid working and, in many offices, a Core Hours policy allowing flexible start and finish times to each day.

Opportunities to grow: we offer extensive training and development opportunities at all levels. The vast majority of our Managers and Directors have been promoted from within and many have moved across departments as well as upwards. We pride ourselves on identifying and rewarding talent.

Equal Employment Opportunity Statement: Euromonitor International does not discriminate in employment on the basis of race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, political affiliation, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, disability and genetic information, age, membership in an employee organization, or other non-merit factor.