AI & Digital Trust Director

AI & Digital Trust Director Overview

Capgemini Invent is looking for a senior leader who can help clients build confidence in AI, cyber, cloud and broader digital transformation. This role sits at the intersection of strategy, technology and trust, and is aimed at someone who can advise executive stakeholders, shape market-leading propositions and deliver measurable outcomes in demanding, highly regulated environments.

What the role involves

• Leading high-level client engagements that focus on AI assurance, digital trust, cyber resilience, operational technology security, data protection, sovereignty and responsible technology.
• Helping clients define AI and digital trust strategies that align with business priorities, regulatory obligations and their appetite for risk.
• Designing and scaling client-facing offers in areas such as AI governance, responsible AI, OT security, cloud security, sovereignty, readiness for post-quantum cryptography and regulatory preparedness.
• Running complex transformation programmes that combine AI governance, cyber risk, identity, privacy, resilience and operating model change.
• Taking ownership of proposals, RFP responses, client pitches, account growth and the generation of consulting revenue.
• Building, coaching and motivating high-performing consulting teams, while promoting inclusive, collaborative and innovative ways of working.
• Working with Microsoft, cloud providers and other partners to create integrated solutions across AI, cloud, cyber, OT, data, privacy and sovereignty.

Broader contribution to the business

• Supporting business development through proposals, bids, proposition creation, client presentations and events.
• Contributing to practice growth through campaigns, thought leadership, recruitment, internal communities and the development of new offerings.
• Continuing to build your own capability through learning, certifications and development aligned to market demand and career progression.

What Capgemini is looking for

• Deep subject-matter expertise in AI and digital trust, with practical experience in several related areas such as cyber strategy, cloud security, identity, OT security, sovereignty, post-quantum cryptography readiness, privacy, threat intelligence and risk management.
• Proven experience leading business transformation and delivering complex consulting work in regulated or security-critical settings.
• Strong senior stakeholder management skills, along with the ability to build trusted client relationships and lead effectively across a matrix organisation.
• A history of creating propositions, shaping opportunities and generating consulting revenue, with Director-level expectations of around £2 million.
• A consulting background gained either in a major consulting firm or in an industry role that involved substantial consulting delivery.
• Useful professional certifications may include CISSP, CISM, CISA, Microsoft, AWS, Azure or Google credentials, plus qualifications in ISO/IEC 42001, AI risk management, responsible AI, privacy, cloud security or digital trust.

What you can expect from the environment

• A purpose-led culture built around trust, innovation and impact.
• The chance to help shape the future of cybersecurity across sectors and geographies.
• A collaborative setting where your ideas are heard and can influence change.
• Flexibility, autonomy and support to grow your career in a way that works for you.
• A strong commitment to inclusion, with an active approach to making inclusive working a reality.
• Support for work-life balance through hybrid working and flexible working arrangements available to all UK employees.
• Wellbeing support, including trained Mental Health Champions and access to wellbeing apps such as Thrive and Peppy.
• Recognition as a Disability Confident Employer at Level 2, with an interview offered to candidates who declare a disability and meet the minimum essential criteria, provided they opt in during the application process.
• A focus on social impact and sustainability, including efforts to reduce the company’s carbon footprint and improve access to the digital world.
• Recognition as one of the world’s most ethical companies by the Ethisphere Institute for the 10th consecutive year.

Working location and pattern

The role has an office base in London, Manchester or Glasgow. However, the successful candidate must be fully flexible about assignment location, as the work may require time away from home at short notice. Capgemini also states that hybrid working is embedded across the organisation and that flexible working arrangements are available to all UK employees.

Reward

The package includes flexible benefits that can be tailored to personal circumstances, together with a variable pay element linked to grade, company performance and individual performance.

About the wider organisation

Capgemini is a global business and technology transformation partner that uses AI, technology and people to help organisations turn future ambitions into reality. The group operates across more than 50 countries, has a large international workforce and delivers end-to-end services across strategy, technology, design, engineering and business operations, supported by a broad partner ecosystem and deep industry expertise.

Application details

The role is a permanent executive-level position within Capgemini Invent’s Strategy & Transformation community. The posting lists London, Glasgow, Manchester and Newcastle upon Tyne as locations and includes an application route through the company’s online process, with the option to start an application using LinkedIn.

Degree Requirement: Not Specified

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