Chapter Lead - AI Engineering

At Air New Zealand, innovation and excellence power our journey. As we continue to lead the aviation industry with cutting-edge technology, we're seeking an experienced and inspiring AI Engineering Chapter Lead to help shape and drive our AI capabilities.

About the Role

The AI Engineering Chapter Lead will play a pivotal role in advancing our AI engineering practices, fostering innovation, and growing technical excellence across our teams. You'll lead a chapter of passionate individuals developing solutions that directly impact customer experience, operational efficiency, and strategic initiatives.

Key Responsibilities:

• Champion AI best practices and methodologies across multiple agile teams.
• Mentor, grow, and empower chapter members, fostering a culture of learning, experimentation, and continuous improvement.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to design, deploy, and scale AI products and services.
• Set standards and frameworks for AI engineering including the use of generative AI
• Identify opportunities for leveraging generative AI to enhance business processes and customer outcomes.

Your Background:

• Proven leadership experience in AI Engineering, Machine Learning, software engineering, or related fields.
• Expertise in deploying scalable AI and ML systems into production environments.
• Strong understanding of modern AI technologies, including Generative AI, NLP, Computer Vision, and AI Ops.
• Experience with cloud-based AI services (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud Platform).
• Exceptional people leadership, coaching, and mentoring skills.
• Ability to communicate complex AI concepts clearly to technical and non-technical stakeholders.

Why Air New Zealand?

• Be part of a visionary team driving industry-leading innovation.
• Opportunity to work on high-impact projects shaping the future of travel.
• Supportive, collaborative, and inclusive environment committed to your growth.
• Competitive compensation package, flexible working, and outstanding benefits.

Join us and lead AI innovation to new heights. If you're passionate about transforming the future through AI, we'd love to hear from you!