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Applied AI Transformation Manager - Europe

Cognition cognition.ai Open · verified Oct 22, 2026
On-site London Full-time Manager AI Engineering

At a glance

Manager-level AI Engineering role at Cognition. London · full-time · no salary stated · we estimate £77,500–£137,500.

Estimated pay

Cognition has not published a salary for this role. The figure below is our estimate, not theirs.

£77,500 – £137,500
What the middle half of mid-level AI engineering roles in London paid, among postings that did state a salary.
Worked out from 7 postings that stated pay, median £90,000. Last updated Oct 22, 2026.
RoleAI Engineering
SeniorityManager
LocationLondon
WorkplaceOn-site
EmploymentFull-time
PostedMay 29, 2026 · 4mo ago
Role brief

aimlroles summary, based on the employer's posting.

What you'll do

  • Find and size customer opportunities for productivity gains and financial impact, then track whether the value is realized
  • Coordinate program delivery with customer teams and Cognition account partners, keeping rollout and operations on course
  • Give customer and internal teams a clear view of implementation progress, usage measures and value results
  • Lead onboarding and deployment for thousands of engineers, and build account centers of excellence with tailored enablement

What you bring

  • A computer science or electrical engineering undergraduate degree, plus software engineering internship or full-time experience
  • Three to five years at a Big Three strategy consultancy, with technology strategy and value realization experience
  • A record of developing client relationships and setting targets for measurable business value

Who this fits

This manager role suits a technically oriented advisor who can work with senior customer leaders and run complex delivery programs. The position is based onsite in London.

From the employer

We are an applied AI lab building end-to-end software agents.

We're the makers of Devin, the first AI software engineer.

Our team is extremely talent-dense. Among our founding team, we have world-class competitive programmers, former founders, and leaders from companies at the cutting edge of AI including Scale AI, Palantir, Cursor, Waymo, Tesla, Lunchclub, Modal, Google DeepMind, and Nuro.

Building Devin is just the first step—our hardest challenges still lie ahead. If you’re excited to solve some of the world’s biggest problems and build AI that can reason on real-world tasks, apply to join us.

About the Role

Applied AI Transformation Managers are technically oriented strategic advisors and operators who ensure value alignment to our customer's most strategic projects and drive program delivery across several strategic accounts. You’ll be responsible for identifying strategic opportunities for our customers to realize value from Cognition’s platform and ensuring strong value capture and reporting. You will support delivery of enterprise wide programs to implement agentic AI, specifically by designing and building the operating model and delivery model for agentic AI.

You’ll act as a trusted advisor to senior and functional leaders, designing value realization targets and delivering transformation programs. This role embeds with a select set of Cognition’s strategic accounts for upfront strategy work through in-depth program management and delivery. You will be on the frontlines of supporting customers turning productivity gains and quantifiable financial impact. You will pioneer the playbook for how the world’s largest enterprises get value from AI Agents.

In this role, you will:

  • Work with customer leadership to identify, quantify and report value targets for productivity gains and financial impact

  • Ensure seamless operations and delivery for the overall customer program, in close partnership with the Cognition account team

  • Ensure everyone at customer and Cog has visibility on playbook implementation, consumption metrics and value metrics

  • Maintain great relationships and customer trust via delivery

  • Oversee onboarding and rollout to thousands of engineers, ensuring successful deployment

  • Apply world class analytical and technical program management skills to support customer executives and teams, particularly with value realization and tracking

  • Build centers of excellence within accounts and empower them through tailored enablement programs

Requirements for the role:

  • Computer science or EE undergrad

  • SWE intern or full time work experience

  • 3-5 years at a big 3 strategy consulting firm with a strong background in value targeting and realization and technology strategy as well as a proven track record building and expanding client relationships

  • Ideally 2+ years experience at a startup in a customer facing role preferred

  • Thrive in ambiguous, fast-changing environments—you move quickly and grow quickly

  • Demonstrated ability to learn exceptionally fast

You might excel if you…

  • have successfully been a part of complex enterprise teams, especially sourcing and managing account growth

  • have worked as a software engineer, SE, technical account manager or other technical role

  • previously founded a startup or were early stage at a high growth startup

  • are a competitive, highly ambitious person who loves working in high-intensity environments

Our Commitment

Equal Opportunity. Cognition is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of any protected characteristic under applicable law. We are committed to providing reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities throughout the hiring process - please let us know if you need any. Cognition also considers applicants with criminal histories consistent with the SF Fair Chance Ordinance and similar local laws.

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