Group AI Leader (Vanguard Program)

Harris International Group is seeking a Group AI Leader to lead and coordinate the Vanguard program — our accelerated AI initiative spanning 23 Business Units across EMEA, India and Israel.

This is a low‑ego, high‑action leadership role focused on execution, coordination, and momentum rather than hierarchy or theory.

The role exists to ensure the Vanguard team and its projects move quickly, learn fast, and deliver practical outcomes that materially advance AI adoption across the group.

We are deliberately open to candidates from any leadership level, including senior individual contributors, provided they bring strong judgment, bias to action, and the ability to support and enable others.

What Success Looks Like


* Vanguard work is well‑coordinated, visible, and moving forward


* Business Units feel supported, listened to, and unblocked


* Progress, learnings, and outputs are clearly reported upward


* The program adapts quickly as the market and Harris ecosystem evolve

What you will do (Key Responsibilities):

Programme Leadership & Coordination


* Co‑ordinate and schedule the activities of the Vanguard team across 23 Business Units


* Act as the central point of orchestration without becoming a bottleneck


* Prioritise progress over perfection, particularly on two‑door decisions

Execution & Tracking


* Track the status of Vanguard projects end‑to‑end


* Produce and maintain: 
+ Project status updates
+ Product/output reports
+ Follow‑ups to ensure commitments turn into outcomes


* Proactively identify risks, delays, and opportunities to accelerate learning

Reporting & Communication


* Consolidate results, learnings, and outputs on a quarterly basis


* Report progress upward in a clear, pragmatic, decision‑oriented manner


* Translate activity into insight: what worked, what didn’t, and what to do next

Business Unit & Stakeholder Engagement


* Work closely with BU leadership to understand their wants, needs, and constraints


* Reflect those needs into Vanguard priorities and ways of working


* Maintain strong relationships built on trust, responsiveness, and practical value

External & Internal Ecosystem Engagement


* Engage with Harris and CSI partners to leverage: 
+ Expertise
+ Tools and resources
+ Shared learnings from across the wider group


* Stay abreast of AI adoption efforts across Harris and CSI, and shape how those insights influence Vanguard activity

Market Awareness & Thought Contribution


* Keep up to date with developments in the external AI market


* Provide grounded, non‑hyped views on: 
+ What matters now
+ What we should ignore
+ How trends should influence Vanguard priorities and execution

Operating Style & Values

This role is explicitly designed for someone who:


* Operates with low ego and high agency
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