You will help us reinvent how Bezos runs
using AI to build a company where a small team operates like a much larger one.
You’ll go deep into how a core function actually works
the numbers, the operations, the decisions
and rebuild it around AI: automating the routine, sharpening the judgment calls, and freeing the team to do what only humans should.
You’ll sit on the Senior Leadership Team, report directly to the CEO, and have the mandate to change how things are done.
Depending on your strengths, your first mandate could lean toward finance, operations, or the product itself
the common thread is using AI to transform how a core part of the business runs.
Go deep into how a core function works and find where AI genuinely transforms it
what to automate, what to sharpen, what to rethink entirely.
Ship the agents, automations, and tools that change how the work actually gets done. Hands-on, fast, iterative.
Treat the function
and the product
like a product. Obsess over the user and the outcome, ship an MVP, measure it, and iterate.
Decide where AI creates real value vs where it’s a distraction, and prove it in time saved, cost removed, or revenue won.
Own your mandate at SLT level, raise the whole company’s AI fluency, and build a team beneath you as it scales.
Establish how we build with AI
a lightweight, practical standard the rest of the team can follow.

AI-native to the core
you already use AI every day to work faster and think bigger, and you’re genuinely excited to build with it (agents, automations, tools). You don’t need to be a professional software engineer, but you get your hands dirty.
You’ve owned and transformed something
a function, a team, a business, or your own company
and you can prove the impact.
Product mindset
you build for the user and the outcome, not the output. You ship an MVP, get feedback, and iterate, and you prioritise ruthlessly by value.
Exceptional analytical and commercial judgment
you reason from first principles, are fluent with numbers and unit economics, and know where the real value is.
High agency and bias to action
you take an ambiguous mandate and ship the 80% this week rather than plan it for a quarter.
Leadership
ready to own a function at SLT level and build a team in time; you carry the CEO’s and the board’s confidence.
Outstanding communication
you make complex things simple and influence across a business.
Startup temperament
high-energy, low-ego, thrives in ambiguity and a fast pace.

Bonus Points (Nice to Have):

A founding mandate to reinvent how a core part of the business runs, working directly with a founder-CEO (ex-Bain, ex-JPMorgan, ex-Amazon Logistics) who builds AI himself
Real ownership and unusually fast scope
the ceiling on this role is set by what you can deliver, and it comes with an SLT seat
A credible path to building and leading a team as the company scales
An entrepreneurial, fast-paced, genuinely AI-native place to work
Remote-first team, meeting in person a couple of times a month
25 days holiday + 8 bank holidays
Mental health support through Spill, and a free Headspace subscription

Head of Applied AI

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