Head of Data and AI UK Based

About StarCompliance

StarCompliance is on a mission to make compliance simple and easy. Trusted globally by enterprise financial institutions, the user-friendly STAR platform empowers organizations to achieve regulatory compliance while safeguarding their integrity and business reputations. Through a customizable, 360-degree view of employee activity, the STAR software enables firms to automate the detection and resolution of potential areas of conflict while streamlining daily workflows and increasing efficiency.

StarCompliance is investing in the next generation of its AI-enabled platform. This role will play a pivotal part in building the data foundations, AI capabilities and engineering practices that enable smarter, more predictive compliance solutions.

The Role

We are looking for a hands-on technical leader who has personally built modern data platforms and production AI solutions, and can lead a team that delivers high-quality software at significantly greater speed through AI-accelerated engineering.

This is not a purely strategic leadership position. You will remain technically involved, writing and reviewing code, shaping architecture, building proofs of concept and making key technical decisions. You will lead the development of a robust data platform, deliver production-grade Generative AI capabilities, and provide technical direction for traditional machine learning initiatives, including risk scoring and predicting decisions from historical patterns.

You will also be responsible for transforming how the team works by embedding AI across the software delivery lifecycle, from requirements and coding through to testing, code review, documentation and operations. Success will be measured not simply by AI tool adoption, but by demonstrable improvements in engineering productivity, delivery speed and quality.

Working closely with the CTO, Product Director, Engineering, Architecture and Security teams, you will help define and deliver StarCompliance’s technical data and AI roadmap while building a high-performing team.