AI Innovation Manager in Farnborough

Pax8 is hiring an AI Innovation Manager across the United Kingdom, Netherlands, Latvia, Germany and Sweden to turn artificial intelligence and automation opportunities into measurable business outcomes across EMEA. Joining the Rapid Innovation Team, you will play a pivotal part in discovery, shaping, alignment, and delivery of these new use cases for AI and automation.

Shape how AI creates real business value - This is an opportunity to sit at the heart of Pax8’s artificial intelligence journey, connecting ambitious business ideas with practical solutions that people genuinely adopt. You’ll help shape a growing innovation capability, influence how teams work and create the frameworks that turn experimentation into sustainable value.

Innovation powered by people: At Pax8, technology and culture go hand in hand. We value curiosity, candid conversations, shared ownership and the confidence to test new ideas.

What you’ll make happen:

• Build a strong pipeline of artificial intelligence and automation opportunities by engaging with teams across Pax8 Europe, the Middle East and Africa.
• Lead interactive mentoring workshops that help colleagues identify challenges, explore ideas and understand where artificial intelligence can make the greatest difference.
• Turn emerging ideas into a clear, prioritised portfolio based on expected impact, strategic relevance and business readiness.
• Establish meaningful leading and lagging indicators so teams can see whether solutions are delivering their intended outcomes.
• Partner with artificial intelligence engineers, product specialists and business leaders to ensure solutions address the right problems.
• Champion adoption after launch, helping teams embed new tools into everyday work and realise lasting value.
• Support and mentor your immediate team members around stakeholder management, solutioning, and prioritising what effectively addresses the problem.
• Develop scalable approaches for opportunity intake, impact measurement, communication and transformation reporting.
• Provide clear updates and business reviews to senior leaders, making complex information easy to understand and act upon.
• Support an outcome-led innovation culture that balances technical possibility with genuine business need.
• Facilitate in-person workshops and collaboration across Europe, with travel expected for approximately 20% of the role.

Your impact:

You’ll create the connection between promising ideas and meaningful results. By introducing clearer prioritisation, stronger success measures and consistent adoption practices, you’ll help Pax8 invest in the right opportunities and enable teams across the business to benefit from artificial intelligence and automation.

Your work will directly influence the value delivered by the Rapid Innovation Team and help establish a repeatable framework for artificial intelligence-led business transformation.

You’ll be a great fit if you have:

• Demonstrated success partnering with business stakeholders to uncover needs, shape opportunities and define valuable outcomes.
• Confidence designing and facilitating workshops that turn broad challenges into focused opportunities.
• Strong qualitative interviewing and discovery skills, including the ability to identify what users need when the initial request may not reveal the underlying problem.
• The ability to translate between business and technical audiences while keeping conversations focused on outcomes.
• Experience applying design thinking, systems thinking, business consulting or product management approaches.
• Experience managing product backlogs, roadmaps or portfolios and making thoughtful prioritisation decisions.
• A data-informed approach to decision-making and the ability to define practical measures of success.
• Proven experience improving business processes through workflow automation, digital products or technology-enabled transformation.
• A strong understanding of digital business models and how automation can create scalable customer and operational experiences.
• Practical artificial intelligence literacy and curiosity about emerging tools and ways of working.
• Fluent written and spoken English. Additional European language skills would be welcomed.
• A collaborative, self-directed working style and comfort operating in a growing, evolving environment.
• A relevant degree or equivalent professional experience. Formal certifications are welcomed but not essential.

Trust, authenticity and how we hire:

At Pax8, we care deeply about building genuine, trust-based relationships — starting with how we hire. To protect our business, our teams, and our customers, we use a range of measures throughout the recruitment process to help confirm authenticity and prevent fraud.

Your experience matters:

We encourage you to apply even if you don't meet 100% of the criteria. We're committed to diverse perspectives, inclusive hiring and sharing your transferrable skills.

Salary and benefits:

The advertised UK salary range is up to £65,000. Compensation for the Netherlands, Latvia, Germany and Sweden will be aligned to the applicable local market.

Work where collaboration comes naturally:

At Pax8, our offices are built with our people in mind and they reflect how we work best. They are all open, welcoming spaces that fuel collaboration, encourage creativity, and make it easy to connect, contribute, and have a little fun along the way.

This position is open across multiple Pax8 locations in the United Kingdom, Netherlands, Latvia, Germany and Sweden. The role follows a hybrid working pattern, with the specific office and attendance expectations confirmed for your country during the recruitment process.

Equal opportunities:

Pax8 are an equal opportunities employer and welcome individuals who are in possession of the appropriate requirements to work within the country you have applied for.