Head of AI Research - Lead Frontier AI, Equity

Rise Technical Recruitment Ltd is seeking a Head of AI Research in Central London with a proven track record in leading AI research or applied machine learning teams. You will own the AI research strategy, drive frontier model adoption, and build a high-performing function focused on LLMs, agentic systems and vision models for a heavily regulated financial crime domain.

You will direct research from concept to production, setting governance, evaluation and explainability standards while