Head of Research - AI FinTech - London

🚀 HEAD OF RESEARCH | AI FINTECH | £180K + EQUITY | LONDONOliver Bernard have recently partnered with a high-growth AI fintech start-up who are looking for a Head of Research to lead a small, highly technical team.This is not a traditional management role, you’ll be hands-on with the research while also owning the technical direction and helping take models into production.🧠 What you’ll be doing:Lead and mentor a small research teamBuild and fine-tune models, including LLMs + supervised fine-tuningSet the research agenda and turn research into production-grade AISolve challenges around scale, reliability, cost and latencyDevelop smaller, use-case-specific models to process millions of cases each monthHelp build AI systems for a highly regulated environment, where hallucinations simply aren't an option🎯 What they’re looking for:PhD essentialStrong hands-on research backgroundProven experience building models and fine-tuning LLMsComfortable bridging research ↔ productionMLOps/deployment experience is a bonus, but not essentialSomeone who thrives in a high-ownership, early-stage environment📍 London | Hybrid💰 Up to £180K + Equity🚀 Series A | Small technical team | Huge ownershipApply below for more information.