AI Implementation Team Lead - Contract
🇿🇦 South Africa
Consulting
Python
AWS
GCP
Azure
Machine Learning
Design
Project Management
AI Implementation Team Lead - Contract
from 🇿🇦 South Africa
Our Philosophy
At Realm Digital, we imagine, then build. We are passionate about technology and all things digital.
Our mission is to deliver excellent technology, excellently by offering innovative technology and digital solutions to our clients by partnering with them.
Our Core Values:Â
Customer experience is everything Â
We stick to our commitments Â
We communicate openly, honestly and regularlyÂ
We strive to be better every dayÂ
We deliver excellence, always Â
We are in this together Â
Our team is our greatest asset
Purpose:
We are looking for an AI Implementation Team Lead for a 6-month contract (with the option to extend to 12 months) who can lead a client-facing AI initiative from discovery through to build. Read on to find out more about the role and the candidate we are looking for.
Tasks include:
Discovery & Planning
Run stakeholder interviews and map priorities during an initial discovery phase.
Produce a clear findings report that the client's leadership can act on.
Help the client decide on the highest priority area to build first.
Delivery & Build
Take the agreed priority from design through to a working build.
Structure delivery in phases, with clear deliverables at agreed milestones.
Ensure technical documentation is created and kept up to date throughout.
Team & Client Leadership
Lead a small technical team (2 to 4 people) through a time-boxed delivery.
Translate business priorities into a technical plan, and technical constraints back into business terms, for the client's leadership.
Act as the client's primary technical point of contact for the engagement.
Our Tech Stack includes (but is not limited to):
LLM integration (prompt engineering, RAG, agentic workflows, tool use)
Python
Cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP)
API integration and orchestration frameworks
Our Ideal Candidate has the following skills and experience:
Essential
Has led at least one production LLM/AI implementation end-to-end, from discovery to deployment
Practical, hands-on experience with LLM integration patterns: prompt engineering, RAG, agentic workflows, tool use, or fine-tuning
Experience running a discovery phase: stakeholder interviews, prioritisation, and producing a clear findings report
Experience leading a small technical team (2 to 4 people) through a delivery-focused, time-boxed engagement
Comfortable working independently in a consulting or client-facing context
Advantageous (Not Essential)
Experience in fintech or payments
Experience presenting findings and recommendations directly to a CTO or executive sponsor
Experience structuring phased or milestone-based contracts
Qualifications
Relevant degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (advantageous but not mandatory).
Demonstrated experience will be considered above formal qualifications for this role.









