AI Implementation Team Lead - Contract

Our Philosophy

At Realm Digital, we imagine, then build. We are passionate about technology and all things digital.

Our mission is to deliver excellent technology, excellently by offering innovative technology and digital solutions to our clients by partnering with them.

Our Core Values: 

• Customer experience is everything  

• We stick to our commitments  

• We communicate openly, honestly and regularly 

• We strive to be better every day 

• We deliver excellence, always  

• We are in this together  

• Our team is our greatest asset

Purpose:

We are looking for an AI Implementation Team Lead for a 6-month contract (with the option to extend to 12 months) who can lead a client-facing AI initiative from discovery through to build. Read on to find out more about the role and the candidate we are looking for.

Tasks include:

Discovery & Planning

• Run stakeholder interviews and map priorities during an initial discovery phase.

• Produce a clear findings report that the client's leadership can act on.

• Help the client decide on the highest priority area to build first.

Delivery & Build

• Take the agreed priority from design through to a working build.

• Structure delivery in phases, with clear deliverables at agreed milestones.

• Ensure technical documentation is created and kept up to date throughout.

Team & Client Leadership

• Lead a small technical team (2 to 4 people) through a time-boxed delivery.

• Translate business priorities into a technical plan, and technical constraints back into business terms, for the client's leadership.

• Act as the client's primary technical point of contact for the engagement.

Our Tech Stack includes (but is not limited to):

• LLM integration (prompt engineering, RAG, agentic workflows, tool use)

• Python

• Cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP)

• API integration and orchestration frameworks

Our Ideal Candidate has the following skills and experience:

Essential

• Has led at least one production LLM/AI implementation end-to-end, from discovery to deployment

• Practical, hands-on experience with LLM integration patterns: prompt engineering, RAG, agentic workflows, tool use, or fine-tuning

• Experience running a discovery phase: stakeholder interviews, prioritisation, and producing a clear findings report

• Experience leading a small technical team (2 to 4 people) through a delivery-focused, time-boxed engagement

• Comfortable working independently in a consulting or client-facing context

Advantageous (Not Essential)

• Experience in fintech or payments

• Experience presenting findings and recommendations directly to a CTO or executive sponsor

• Experience structuring phased or milestone-based contracts

Qualifications

• Relevant degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (advantageous but not mandatory).

• Demonstrated experience will be considered above formal qualifications for this role.