Non-Executive Director — Industrial AI Commercial Accountability

Industrial AI requires commercially accountable leadership

Applicants should have senior responsibility for enterprise or industrial technology commercial strategy, with practical exposure to AI-enabled products or data-driven services. They need to understand complex buying processes, product economics and the difference between a successful demonstration and a supportable commercial offering.

Candidates should demonstrate a willingness to question fashionable assumptions and an ability to communicate uncertainty clearly. Prior governance experience is valuable where it reflects collective judgement and appropriate reliance on expert evidence.

Evidence beyond the demonstration

Examine how proposed use cases translate into measurable customer value and whether that value persists outside controlled demonstrations. Review pricing, implementation effort, data dependencies and the cost of ongoing monitoring and support. Challenge revenue forecasts that assume rapid adoption without considering procurement, integration or customer accountability requirements.

Claims, safeguards and ownership

Ask how limitations are communicated in contracts and sales materials. Assess the process for approving consequential claims and determining when human review or operational safeguards are necessary. Ensure management has defined ownership for model performance, supplier changes and incidents affecting customer outcomes.

Investment choices and the director's boundary

The director will also challenge the allocation of investment between experimentation and scalable offerings. Board reporting should distinguish learning activity from commercially validated demand and should make visible the cost of discontinuing or changing an offering already embedded in customer operations.

This is a governance appointment for a leader with industrial technology commercial depth and sufficient AI literacy to challenge business assumptions. It is not a technical research role, and the director must know when independent specialist assurance is required.

The director will participate in wider board duties, oversee material strategic choices and follow unresolved commercial risks. Appointment-specific eligibility, independence and conflicts will apply. Management retains product, sales and operational authority. Success is a board that can distinguish credible commercial opportunity from unsupported claims and approve growth with a realistic account of the responsibilities the product creates.