Director, Group AI

AI is at the heart of Sky’s future. As we accelerate our enterprise‑wide AI ambition, we are reshaping how the business works, from unlocking commercial growth opportunities to transforming everyday workflows through agentic AI.

Sky is investing heavily in the people, platforms and governance needed to scale AI responsibly and at pace, with clear frameworks, playbooks and training that help teams adopt AI safely and confidently. With company‑wide engagement programmes, strategic partnerships and a growing focus on high‑impact use cases across every function, this is a pivotal moment.

Joining Group AI now means shaping standards, driving adoption and influencing senior leaders across one of Europe’s most dynamic media and technology organisations, with the remit and backing to create real, measurable impact.

Department Overview:

The Group AI team owns Sky’s enterprise‑wide AI ambition, strategy and roadmap to deliver meaningful business value. The team works closely with senior stakeholders to embed AI into the fabric of how Sky operates, manages key external AI partnerships and ensures alignment with Comcast/NBCU.

The Role:

The Director Group AI leads the group‑level portfolio and operating model that accelerates applied AI across Sky. This role shapes enterprise standards, drives adoption, partners closely with senior leaders and ensures that AI initiatives deliver sustained commercial impact.

What you’ll do:

AI Portfolio Leadership

• Own the enterprise AI portfolio, ensuring alignment to Sky’s strategic ambition and collaborating with the Transformation team
• Lead portfolio intake, prioritisation and governance, ensuring the right initiatives are accelerated.

Agentic AI Operating Model

• Drive adoption of agentic AI solutions to transform ways of working and unlock commercial advantage
• Define enterprise frameworks, standards, guardrails and enablement models
• Partner with Technology teams on platform design, infrastructure, tooling and vendor strategy.

Corporate Functions Partnering

• Act as a strategic AI partner to Corporate Function Leadership Teams
• Shape, challenge and guide AI plans, remove blockers and accelerate delivery and adoption.

Enterprise Alignment & Delivery

• Partner with Sky Data to ensure business and data/AI roadmaps are fully aligned
• Drive value realisation through business case methodology, prioritisation discipline and benefits tracking.

Leadership & Influence

• Collaborate with senior leaders across Sky and external partners
• Build and lead high‑performing teams that thrive in a dynamic, fast‑paced environment.

Minimum Requirements:

Strategy & Consulting Expertise

• Significant experience solving complex, strategic business problems in a high‑performance environment, such as top‑tier global consulting or equivalent roles.

Corporate and Enterprise Exposure

• Meaningful experience working within a complex corporate environment, navigating matrixed structures and influencing across diverse stakeholder groups.

Applied AI Experience

• Exposure to AI in a strategic or applied context - whether via AI‑focused consulting engagements or driving AI adoption within across an organisation or at enterprise-level.
• Understanding of AI value levers, operating models and organisational enablers.

Programme Leadership

• Experience leading complex, cross‑business programmes that require coordination across multiple functions, stakeholders and delivery teams
• Strong delivery instincts with the ability to bring structure, clarity and pace to ambiguous environments.

What you’ll bring:

Communication & Stakeholder Skills

• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills
• Proven success partnering with senior stakeholders, influencing decision‑making and aligning cross‑functional groups
• A collaborative, pragmatic style that builds trust quickly.

Leadership Behaviours

• Ability to develop and inspire high‑performing teams
• Comfortable operating in a fast‑paced, constantly evolving environment
• Highly accountable with a bias for action and strong commercial judgement.

Success Measures:

• Adoption and utilisation of AI across functions
• Realised business value and commercial impact
• Speed and quality of delivery
• Organisational compliance with AI frameworks and guardrails
• Confidence of senior stakeholders in the Group AI function.

The Rewards:

There's a reason people can't stop talking about #LifeAtSky. Our great range of rewards really are something special, here are just a few:

• Hybrid and Flexible working
• Sky Q, for the TV you love all in one place
• The magic of Sky Glass at an exclusive rate
• A generous pension package
• Private healthcare
• Discounted mobile and broadband
• A wide range of exclusive Sky VIP rewards and experiences.

How you'll work:

We know the world has changed, and we want to offer our employees the chance to collaborate at our unique office spaces, whilst enjoying the convenience of working from home.

We've adopted a hybrid working approach to give more flexibility on where and how we work. You'll find out more about what this means for this role during the recruitment process.

Your office base: 

Osterley

Our Osterley Campus is a 10-minute walk from Syon Lane train station. Or you can hop on one of our free shuttle buses that run to and from Osterley, Gunnersbury, Ealing Broadway and South Ealing tube stations. There’s also plenty of bike shelters and showers. 

On campus, you’ll find 13 subsidised restaurants, cafes, and a Waitrose. You can keep in shape at our subsidised gym, catch the latest shows and movies at our cinema, get your car washed and even get pampered at our beauty salon.

Inclusion:

We are a Disability Confident Accredited Employer, and welcome and encourage applications from all candidates. We will look to ensure a fair and consistent experience for all, and will make reasonable adjustments to support you where appropriate. Please flag any adjustments you need to your recruiter as early as you can.

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.

Why wait?

Apply now to build an amazing career and be part of a brilliant team. We can’t wait to hear from you.

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Just so you know: if your application is successful, we’ll ask you to complete a criminal record check. And depending on the role you have applied for and the nature of any convictions you may have, we might have to withdraw the offer.