Want to lead Whitehall's AI strategy? AI experience is not essential
AI and ML
Track record is merely desirable for the person tasked with shaping UK.gov's skills blueprint for 550,000 civil servants
The UK government is hiring someone to help lead its AI strategy for civil servants, and actual AI experience is apparently optional.
The Cabinet Office is advertising for a Head of Strategy and Engagement in its Digital, Data, Innovation and AI team, or DDI & AI, with a salary of up to £83,355 ($113,000). The successful applicant will help shape how roughly 550,000 civil servants acquire the skills needed to survive Whitehall's increasingly enthusiastic embrace of AI.
According to the job ad, the new hire will "lead on the design and delivery of a long-term, high-impact and adaptive vision" for the DDI & AI team, define its strategy, track developments in the sector, and work with experts across government, industry and academia. They'll also lead on policy positions and...
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