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Director of AI

Brighton College · Brighton

Pay not listed · posted 6 Oct 2026Apply on Reed ↗

What this job really involves

Leads a school’s AI programme across curriculum and staff, open to teaching and non-teaching candidates.

The ad’s duties fit the usual pattern for Head of AI roles. In practice that tends to mean:

  • Set the AI strategy and choose the first priorities.
  • Decide what to buy, what to build and who builds it.
  • Own AI governance, risk and policy with legal and IT.
  • Lead or coordinate a small team of enablement and implementation people.
  • Report value and risk to the board.

Who it suits

Senior leaders from transformation, operations, data or innovation who can set direction and govern risk.

Why it’s on Second Wave AI Jobs

AI in title

The job title names AI, and AI is the main purpose of the role. Brighton College isn’t an AI company. How we choose jobs.

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