Head of AI Academy

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Our Mission at Janus Henderson is to help clients define and achieve superior financial outcomes through differentiated insights, disciplined investments, and world-class service. We will do this by protecting and growing our core business, amplifying our strengths and diversifying where we have the right.

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Clients Come First - Always | Execution Supersedes Intention | Together We Win | Diversity Improves Results | Truth Builds Trust

If our mission, values, and purpose align with your own, we would love to hear from you!

Your opportunity

Janus Henderson is undertaking a firm-wide AI transformation programme to become the most technologically sophisticated asset manager in the world — an ambition that depends on having the most technologically sophisticated people to match it. The AI Academy is the upskilling and cultural-change pillar of that transformation, sitting alongside the Build and Buy workstreams.

In its first six months, AI Academy 2.0 has reached enterprise scale. Following a firm-wide launch during Careers Week, adoption has increased to around 86% and monthly prompt volumes have quadrupled. Firm-wide AI 101 completion sits above 90%, a network of departmental champions now covers every business unit, a cohort of 200-plus advanced users is in place, and the programme is supported by a refreshed Academy homepage, a Use Case Library, an embedded Responsible AI framework, and a regular communications cadence.

The Head of AI Academy owns this function and leads its next phase. Reporting to the Head of AI Enablement, you will take end-to-end ownership of the Academy — its strategy, curriculum, proficiency pathways, champion networks, platform, community, measurement and governance — and the small central team and specialist contributors that deliver it. The strategic challenge has shifted from access to depth: moving the firm from broad enablement to role-based capability, advanced-tool proficiency and stronger guardrails, and positioning the Academy as the adoption layer for the firm’s next horizon of AI — the enterprise tools it is building and buying as well as those still to come.

This is a leadership role at the intersection of capability building, stakeholder engagement, AI literacy and change enablement. You will be equally comfortable setting curriculum direction, coaching a network of departmental champions, influencing senior stakeholders and executive sponsors, and holding the firm to a credible, evidence-led view of what “good” adoption looks like. You will operate within the AI Academy framework alongside the AI Enablement Partner function, the champions and power users, and partner closely with Technology, our build partner (Percepta), AI Governance, Risk, Compliance and Learning & Development.

Own and evolve the AI Academy strategy and operating model

Own the AI Academy strategy end-to-end as the upskilling and cultural-change pillar of the firm’s AI transformation, keeping it tool-agnostic and aligned to the firm’s ambition and horizons.
Evolve the operating model that combines decentralised business ownership, local capability, embedded delivery (AI Enablement Partners) and central pathways, standards, advanced training and community.
Move the programme from broad access to depth of use — role-based capability, repeatable workflows and stronger guardrails — and set the roadmap for Tier 2 and Tier 3 advanced pathways.

Lead the proficiency pathways and curriculum

Own and continuously improve the three-tier proficiency journey and the learning that underpins it.
Direct the core curriculum, including AI 101 (tool-agnostic foundations) and Copilot 101 (hands-on, department-specific delivery), and relaunch and run the advanced programme for power users.
Build advanced, role-specific content that closes the training ceiling advanced users report — prompting craft, Copilot Studio and agent design, Excel and productivity depth, and hallucination and governance guardrails.

Lead the Air Traffic Controller and Fighter Pilot networks

Lead and grow the ATC network (departmental AI leads) and the Fighter Pilot cohorts, running the train-the-trainer model that cascades capability into every team.
Set standards, protected-time expectations and ways of working for the networks, and secure line-manager accountability for the agreed ATC time commitment.
Coach, develop and recognise champions, and build the community and peer learning that keeps them engaged and effective.

Own the Academy platform, content and community

Own the AI Academy homepage and its sections — Overview, Learning Pathways, Community & News, Department Guidance and Responsible AI — as the single, trusted home for AI enablement.
Own the Use Case Library and Prompt Library, driving contribution, curation and reuse of proven patterns across departments, and consolidate AI training material into one channel and one brand.
Run the communications cadence — including the AI newsletter and the innovation community feed — and improve its relevance, engagement and discoverability.

Measurement, scorecard and reporting

Own the adoption dashboard and the Academy’s contribution to the ExCo scorecard, and evolve metrics from licence assignment and active use toward proficiency and depth of engagement.
Run structured user research (for example the quarterly interview corpus) to map demand, pain points and training needs, and prioritise the roadmap on the evidence.
Report progress, risks and decisions into the firm’s AI transformation governance, distinguishing clearly between prerequisites (access) and outcomes (value).

Responsible AI, governance and enterprise adoption

Embed the firm’s Responsible AI principles — Own the Output, Review Before Sharing, No Sensitive Data, Judgement First, Approved Tools Only, Usage Monitored — across all Academy content and pathways.
Partner with AI Governance, Technology, Security, Risk and Compliance so that tools taught and patterns shared stay within the firm’s data-privacy, security and responsible-AI posture.
Position the Academy as the adoption layer for the firm’s next horizon — enabling the safe, effective take-up of enterprise tools and agents the firm builds and buys, and leading the change management that goes with them.

Leadership and cadence

Lead the central Academy team and specialist contributors (delivery, content and community), setting direction, standards and a high bar for quality.
Chair the Academy governance forum and the monthly ATC catch-up, and represent the Academy in the firm’s AI transformation leadership forums.
Carry out other duties as assigned.

What to expect when you join our firm

Hybrid working and reasonable accommodations
Generous Holiday policies
Private Medical Insurance
Life Insurance Cover
Paid volunteer time to step away from your desk and into the community
Support to grow through professional development courses, tuition/qualification reimbursement and more
Maternal/paternal leave benefits and family services
Complimentary subscription to Headspace, Apple Health, Strava
All employee events including networking opportunities and social activities
Annual SZÉP Card allowance

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