Edwardswan recruit AI leaders, AI managers and AI engineers for organisations in the UK and globally.
The UK’s first specialist AI management search firm. We recruit the engineers who build AI. We headhunt and recruit the leaders and managers required to govern, orchestrate, and manage it. We call this the “human in the loop!”
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As organisations rapidly deploy AI agents to execute complex, multi-step workflows autonomously, a critical operational vulnerability has emerged: the human workforce required to govern, orchestrate, and optimise these systems.
Strategic Leadership
Orchestration & Delivery
Risk & Assurance
Engineering
✦ Machine Learning Engineer (MLE)
✦ MLOps / AI Platform Engineer
✦ Data Engineer (AI/ML Focus)
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Engineering recruitment focuses on technical builders; Edward Swan focuses on the “Human in the Loop”—the leaders who govern, orchestrate, and risk-manage those systems.
Roles include Chief AI Officer (CAIO), AI Governance Director, and AI Agent Product Managers.
Humans provide the ethical oversight, strategic alignment, and operational accountability that autonomous agents cannot generate on their own.
While headquartered in the UK, we conduct global searches for AI leaders across EMEA, North America, and APAC.
Governance acts as a “go-fast” button by reducing algorithmic risk and ensuring compliance, allowing for faster deployment of AI tools.