AI Transformation Coach

You've rolled out AI at work and got people actually using it, which is the hard part. Now you want to do something different with it.

At iO-Sphere you'd coach working professionals to roll out AI in their own organisations, and get good at it.

What you'd do

Your learners are working professionals in HR, operations, marketing and finance who are working out where AI fits in their business. They're on a 15-month apprenticeship, learning alongside their jobs, and they bring you work from their own organisations, like an agent they're building for their team or a business case for a new tool, and you coach them on it. Much of the programme is business analysis, mapping how the work gets done today and working out where AI will help. They finish with a portfolio of workplace projects and a nationally recognised qualification.

You keep the same learners for the whole programme. You'll also coach teams on our commercial AI training and career changers on our bootcamps.

That's your main area, but most of our coaches cover more than one, so if you also know business analysis or data analytics, we'll use it.

Your week

• Running your live sessions. Each cohort has a two-hour session online at the same time every week, during working hours. You're leading it on camera, so you need to be good at holding a room and making it a session people want to turn up to. Full-time, that's usually three or four of these a week, plus other delivery on our commercial AI training and bootcamps as needed.
• Onboarding new learners, including their information, advice and guidance (IAG) at the start of the programme.
• Looking after a caseload of around 40 learners if you're full-time (pro rata if you're part-time), and noticing early when someone's stuck.
• A one-to-one with each learner every month about their work and how they're getting on.
• A review every quarter with each learner and their manager.
• Feedback on their work within 48 hours.
• Keeping good records. We're a regulated provider, and learners' qualifications depend on the evidence.

Your live sessions are fixed. Most of the rest you can fit around your week. If you're part-time, we agree your days up front and build your cohorts around them. And because we're a startup, there'll be other things to pick up as we grow, so we'd expect you to help where it's needed.

Why you'd want it

You'll work across a dozen different organisations at once, and your learners bring in whatever they're trying this week, so you stay close to what's new.

You'll watch people go from unsure of themselves to the person their organisation turns to on AI. That never gets old. We're rated 4.8 on Google, and that's because of our coaches.

And we're a startup at an inflection point. 2027 is when we scale, with new programmes and a bigger team. We haven't finished working out how we coach, and we want your ideas. If you see a better way to teach something, we'll actually do it.

Who you are

You've used generative AI, agents or automation on business problems and got them into everyday use, and you keep up with new tools because you enjoy it. We don't ask for a set number of years, and we hire from junior to senior. You're good in front of a group. You can explain something complicated to someone from a different background without talking down to them. You take ownership, you're organised, and you're comfortable in a fast-moving environment.

You don't need teaching experience. Our coaches came from places like Accenture, Dialpad, Black Swan Data, BT and Three, and we'll teach you to coach. We pay for the Level 3 Award in Education and Training and support you with observation and feedback while you settle in.

You do need to really want to coach, because that's most of your week. If that's what you want to do, we want to hear from you.

About iO-Sphere

We train people in data and AI by having them do the work. Over 1,000 people have trained with us, and companies including PwC, BAE Systems, Dunelm, Motorway and CBRE send their teams to us. We're one of the UK's fastest-growing data and AI training companies, and a small, tight-knit team that takes ownership, sets a high bar and has a lot of fun.

What the role must achieve

1. 1Learners build real capability and use it in their jobs, with workplace projects that show it.
2. 2Live sessions people want to turn up to, with attendance and learner feedback to show it.
3. 3Every learner is onboarded properly, with their information, advice and guidance (IAG) at the start, then has a monthly one-to-one and a quarterly review with their employer, on time and recorded.
4. 4Work gets feedback within 48 hours, and anyone who's stuck is spotted early and helped to get moving again.
5. 5Learners finish with portfolio evidence that holds up, and records that stand up to inspection.

What you'll need

We shortlist against these, scored the same way for everyone:

• Hands-on experience applying generative AI, agents or automation to real business problems
• Experience leading change: getting people and teams to adopt new tools or ways of working
• Able to explain technical ideas clearly to people from non-technical backgrounds
• The unrestricted right to work in the UK
• Available at least two days a week

Good to have, but not needed:

• Experience running live sessions, workshops or talks
• Business analysis or change management experience
• Experience coaching, training or mentoring others
• Apprenticeship or adult education delivery
• The Level 3 Award in Education and Training, or willingness to complete it (funded)