Director, Prime Minister’s AI Taskforce - Office for the Prime Minister and Cabinet (OPMC)


Company:	Government Recruitment Service
Salary:	£105,000 to £162,500 a year
Hours:	Full-time
Location:	London
Job type:	Permanent
Posting date:	13 Nov 2026
Closing date:	30 Nov 2026

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Summary

About Office for the Prime Minister and Cabinet (OPMC)

The Office for the Prime Minister and Cabinet (OPMC) supports the Prime Minister and Cabinet to ensure the effective running of Government. The OPMC, which includes No.10 and No.10 North alongside our wider policy teams, in partnership with HM Treasury, sets direction for the rest of the Government to deliver.

The OPMC is responsible for:

delivering the objectives of the Prime Minister, the First Secretary of State and the Cabinet through priority setting, translating political mandates into action, running ‘taskforces’ to address policy challenges, and managing critical stakeholder communications;
supporting collective Government, to ensure the effective development, coordination, agreement and implementation of policy;
delivering good growth in every part of the United Kingdom, via No10 North, working with local leaders to drive a place-based approach to policy;
holding departments and organisations to account for delivery of the Government’s priorities and achieving outcomes for citizens;
setting certain policies or providing advice on matters of state, including propriety and ethics, constitution and the Union;
‘rewiring the state’, and leading and reforming a high-performing, efficient and innovative Civil Service, including on people and AI to transform public services, and improving public procurement;
coordinating our approach to cross-departmental alignment on national security, European and global affairs, supporting the National Security Council and the Joint Intelligence Organisation, and leading the Government’s response to crises; and
sponsoring a number of delivery agencies that provide services to the rest of government and enable the delivery of an efficient and effective state.

About The Prime Minister’s AI Taskforce

This is an exceptional opportunity to shape one of the most consequential government missions of our time.

The Prime Minister’s AI Taskforce has been established at the heart of government to drive the UK’s overall AI strategy, accelerate AI adoption across the public sector, and ensure the benefits of AI are realised across the economy and society. The Taskforce is chaired by Lord Patrick Vallance and sits within the Office for the Prime Minister and Cabinet.

Taskforce’s priorities currently include:

accelerating the adoption of AI across public services;
strengthening the UK’s sovereign AI capabilities and capturing the economic opportunities created by AI;
shaping the government’s response to the impact of AI on work, labour markets and society;
ensuring the UK harnesses AI to strengthen national security and defence, while protecting the country from emerging AI-related threats.

Key Responsibilities:

As Director, Prime Minister’s AI Taskforce, your key responsibilities will include:

You will be accountable for a portfolio of priority programmes, deploying people and expertise where they can have the greatest impact through a task-and-finish approach. You will set direction, turn ambitious objectives into practical programmes of work, establish clear outcomes and measures of progress, and maintain momentum across complex organisational dependencies.

The role will involve working at the most senior levels across government and with a broad range of external partners. Depending on the portfolio, these could include Permanent Secretaries and Directors General, public-service organisations, businesses, investors, researchers, trade unions, civil society, regulators, national security partners, local and regional leaders, and international counterparts.
You will need to operate effectively in an environment where priorities are evolving, evidence may be incomplete, and delivery levers are often distributed across multiple organisations. You will also play a full part in the corporate leadership of the Taskforce, helping to build its culture, capability and reputation as a new centre of excellence at the heart of government.

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