Forward Deployed AI Engineering Director

About Indicium AI

Indicium AI was Anthropic’s first European launch partner - and sits among a handful of organisations globally trusted by Anthropic to deploy Claude at enterprise scale. We are also one of the first four OpenAI partners in the UK, and Databricks Ventures has invested in our business and holds a seat on our board. Our engineers have access to the latest AI tools and models, partner technical teams, and early capability previews that the wider market does not.

We are deploying production AI systems into the world's most complex organisations across Financial Services, Energy, and Healthcare. We exist to make AI a genuine competitive advantage for our clients, not in a presentation but in production.

The Role

This is a technical leadership role at the centre of our Forward Deployed AI Engineering practice. Reporting to the CTO, you will lead a team of Forward Deployed AI Engineers who embed directly with our most strategic clients to ship production AI systems that solve real business problems.

You will own how we show up in the market - from the quality of individual engagements to the patterns and playbooks that let the practice scale. This means managing hands-on technical delivery in enterprise, shaping architecture on complex engagements, developing vertical fluency across the team, and partnering with Sales to shape the pipeline. It is a player-coach role: your primary impact will come from the people you hire, the standards you set, and the culture you create - but you will stay close enough to the work to review architectures, unblock production issues, and pair with your team when it matters.

You will work directly with clients at the most senior level, with Anthropic teams, and with Indicium AI leadership to define the direction of our AI engineering practice. The best FDE leaders we have seen do not just run a team - they define what good looks like, and they build the organisation that delivers it consistently.

What You Will Do

• Lead, hire, and develop a high-performing team of Forward Deployed AI Engineers - setting a high bar for technical talent, client instincts, and delivery quality
• Own the technical and operational bar for AI engineering engagements - reviewing SOWs, shaping architecture on complex deployments, and ensuring your team ships production-grade systems
• Build the playbooks and repeatable patterns that turn one-off successes into a scalable , long term customer engagements
• Manage hands-on technical delivery in enterprise - you are comfortable moving fluidly between strategic conversations with C-suite stakeholders and debugging sessions with your engineers
• Develop vertical fluency across the team in Financial Services, Energy, and Healthcare - ensuring credibility with domain-expert clients
• Partner with Sales to shape pipeline, scope engagements, and identify expansion opportunities within existing accounts