Principle AI & Automation Lead (Fixed-Term Role)
This is a fixed-term contract role until the end of 2026.
Does this sound like you?
You are a hands-on, cross-functional leader who thrives at the intersection of strategy and execution. With a commercial mindset and a track record of delivering AI or automation solutions, you enjoy identifying high-value problems and turning them into working products. You are someone who goes beyond advisory roles to build, ship, and scale solutions that drive real adoption and measurable business impact.
What you’ll be doing (in a nutshell):
In this role, you’ll be our AI transformation lead, responsible for embedding AI into the very fabric of how we work. You will identify the highest-value opportunities for automation across Product, Finance, People, and Customer Service, moving quickly from pilot to production. Your focus will be on driving genuine behavior change, setting internal standards, and ensuring we scale AI responsibly and effectively. This is not a research or advisory role. You are expected to build, ship, iterate, and scale.
Day-to-day you can expect to:
Identify and prioritize AI use cases with clear ROI and business value
Design and implement AI-enabled workflows and automation solutions
Partner with Engineering, DevOps, and Data teams to integrate pilot solutions into production
Run training and coaching sessions to upskill teams across the company on AI tools like Claude, Skills on Claude, Copilot to increase adoption and scale AI usage
Create playbooks and repeatable patterns to embed AI into daily workflows
Establish guardrails and standards for responsible AI usage and data compliance
Monitor productivity improvements and iterate on solutions based on performance data
To be successful, you'll have:
A proven track record of delivering AI or automation solutions with measurable impact
Hands-on experience with modern AI tools and workflows like Claude Code, Cowork, Codex, Skills, Building Agents & Subagents and ChatGPT
Excellent communication skills with the ability to influence stakeholders and manage change
A commercial mindset focused on efficiency, cost savings, and ROI
Strong cross-functional collaboration skills to work across diverse business units
An understanding of responsible AI usage, risk management, and regulatory requirements
A detail-oriented approach to ensuring the reliability and usability of deployed solutions
Bonus points if you bring:
Experience working in a fast-moving scale-up or private equity-backed environment
Familiarity with low-code automation tools to speed up delivery
Experience building internal AI capability programs or playbooks from scratch
Why Perkbox?
It's an exciting time to join us at such a pivotal moment. We recently launched our Bulgarian operations with a bold mission to build a high-performing and inspired team. Our goal is to foster a workplace defined by growth, genuine collaboration, and a sense of purpose.
With more than 20 years of experience across public, private, SME and corporate sectors, Perkbox are now supporting over 4 million employees across 7,500 organisations. From access to expert mental health services to help with the cost of everyday essentials, our expanded range of benefits and wellbeing tools meets people where they are - at work and beyond.
We’re redefining what employee benefits can be. And we’re just getting started.
The Interview Process
Our interview process involves 4 main stages:
Application
Short call with a member of the TA team
45-minute video call with Hiring Manager and one other team member
Final Interview and task with two members of the team
Our average process takes around 2-3 weeks, but we will always work around your availability. You will have the chance to speak to our recruitment team at various points during your process. If you have any specific questions ahead of this, please contact dimitar.kondakov@perkbox.com
We’re committed to being an inclusive employer and creating a fair workplace for all. We encourage applications from candidates across all backgrounds, circumstances, ages, disabilities, ethnicities, religions or beliefs, gender identities, or sexual orientations
We're happy to offer reasonable adjustments during our hiring process. Just let us know, and we'll make it work for you. Your comfort and success matter to us!
- Locations
- Bulgaria
- Remote status
- Fully Remote
About Perkbox
In 2025, Perkbox and Vivup came together under one name: the new and evolved Perkbox. That move created the UK’s first fully unified employee experience platform – a single place where organisations can care for, connect with, and celebrate their people.
Today, more than 7,500 organisations – from the NHS to leading private sector businesses – trust us to support 4 million employees worldwide. We’re raising the bar for what employee benefits can be – and together, we’ll redefine what work feels like!