Programme Director – AI Accelerator & Platform (UK-Focused) at Winnors Remote Staff

Programme Director – AI Accelerator & Platform (UK-Focused)

Location: On-site, Johar Town, Lahore
Type: Full-time
Compensation: Competitive (Lahore market) + performance-based bonus

Role Summary

Winnors is building an AI accelerator focused on resource management, using live operating businesses (care services and transport) as real-world pilot environments, with go-to-market exclusively in the UK. The Programme Director owns the day-to-day execution of the accelerator and platform, ensuring startup teams deliver production-ready AI solutions that integrate into our core platform (ResourceOS) and solve real UK operational and compliance problems. This role exists to remove the founder from daily execution while ensuring outcomes are delivered on time, on budget, and to UK market standards.

Core Objectives of the Role

• Turn UK operational problems into deployed AI solutions
• Run a disciplined, outcome-driven accelerator (not demo-driven)
• Deliver UK-ready pilots with measurable ROI
• Enable partner-led UK distribution (not direct sales)
• Maintain platform coherence and integration discipline

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and deliver UK-focused accelerator cohorts, owning timelines, milestones, and quality standards to ensure startups produce working, deployable AI solutions (not prototypes), while decisively managing under performance.
• Select and manage startup teams through grant-based milestones, enforcing ResourceOS integration standards and ensuring solutions are reusable across multiple UK clients.
• Govern ResourceOS delivery with the Technical Steward by enforcing API-first design, approving integrations and data flows, preventing fragmented builds, and ensuring compatibility with UK care and fleet software ecosystems.
• Run and validate live UK pilots in care and transport environments, ensuring compliance readiness, auditability, measurable ROI, and safe deployments with human-in-the-loop controls.
• Enable UK go-to-market (non-sales) by on boarding channel partners, preparing UK-ready case studies and pilot reports, and providing proof, documentation, and positioning so partners can sell confidently.
• Act as the execution owner for Founder and Board: provide weekly delivery/risk/spend updates, maintain budget discipline, escalate only when needed, and fully shield the founder from day-to-day operations.

Success Metrics (UK-Focused – 12 Months)

The Programme Director will be measured on:

• Number of UK-aligned AI solutions deployed
• Successful UK pilot completions
• ResourceOS integrations completed
• Startup teams graduating from pilots
• UK partner enablement (not sales volume)
• Delivery within budget
• Reduction in founder day-to-day involvement

Required Experience

• 7–12+ years experience in Programme delivery, Startup operations, Platform or product execution
• Experience working with Technical teams or vendors & APIs and integrations
• Strong understanding of Operational workflows (care, logistics, transport, workforce), UK business expectations and delivery standards, Excellent written and spoken English
• Proven ability to operate independently with minimal supervision
• Experience with Accelerators, venture studios, or innovation programmes, UK care, healthcare, transport, or compliance-led sectors, UK-based partners or clients
• Technical background (non-coding acceptable)

Why Join

• Build a UK-first AI platform with global potential
• Work on real operational problems with real data
• High autonomy and leadership responsibility
• Opportunity to shape a new accelerator model
• Long-term growth path as the platform scales
• Competitive salary and benefits package.
• Opportunity to work in a fast-paced and dynamic environment.
• Be part of a growing and successful team.
• Daily provision of lunch, tea, and coffee onsite.