AI Platform Lead

Pax8

2d•$110,000 - $15,700•Hybrid

About The Position

Join Pax8 as an AI Platform Lead, where you’ll shape how AI agents, tools, and workflows connect to our systems and data — turning ambition into production‑ready capability across the business. This is a hybrid role, based in Farnborough, UK. Why this role is different This is a rare opportunity to sit at the centre of Pax8’s AI journey. You’ll design and own the platform layer that makes AI usable, trusted, and scalable across every department. As Pax8 grows into an agentic organisation, you’ll grow alongside the technology — setting standards, shipping real platforms, and seeing your work adopted daily by teams worldwide. Few roles offer this level of ownership, visibility, and long‑term impact: you’re not joining a mature platform — you’re creating the foundation others will build on for years to come. Life at Pax8 At Pax8, culture is not a side note — it’s core to how we operate. We’re a fast‑growing, cloud‑first organisation where innovation, autonomy, and collaboration are part of everyday work. You’ll join a global community that values curiosity, momentum, and building things that matter. Learn more about our culture and mission on Pax8.com and through our people stories. 🌱Our Culture & Ways of Working At Pax8, culture isn’t a buzzword — it’s how we work, lead, and grow together. Explore more about who we are: Learn about our people, values, and purpose: Pax8 and our people Our EMEA 2025 journey: Pax8 2025 Year in Review See why we’re recognised as a Great Place to Work and Marketplace Channel of the Year 2025 Our amazing Partners and Vendors: Pax8 Partners and Vendors in EMEA Honoured as Award Recipients at Beyond 2025 The FOMO is Real: Pax8 Beyond 2025 You would be joining a rapidly growing team and the Marketplace Channel of the Year 2025https://mspchannelawards.com/winners/2025 About Pax8 Our mission is to build the managed intelligence marketplace and empower small businesses to do more with smarter technology. We are a fast‑growing, dynamic, and high‑energy organisation with a start‑up feel, allowing you to make a meaningful impact on the business. Culture is also important to us, and at Pax8, it's business, and it IS personal. We are passionate, creative, and unconventional. We work hard, keep it fun, and expect the best! We Elev8 each other. We Advoc8 for our partners. We Innov8 continuously. We Celebr8 life. Pax8 is the technology marketplace of the future, linking partners, vendors, and small to midsized businesses (SMBs) through AI-powered insights and comprehensive product support. With a global partner ecosystem of over 35,000 managed service providers, Pax8 empowers SMBs worldwide by providing software and services that unlock their growth potential and enhance their security. Committed to innovating cloud commerce at scale, Pax8 drives customer acquisition and solution consumption across its entire ecosystem. Our purpose is to help every small business turn their dreams into reality through the power of technology. Culture is important to us, and at Pax8, its business, and it IS personal. We embody Compassionate Candour by aiming to assist others with candid, actionable feedback. We Seek to Understand by being open, curious, and committed to learning. We believe in We Before Me, actively collaborating and seeking out diverse perspectives to ensure a win for Team Pax8. Our team takes pride in Do What You Say, taking ownership, honoring commitments, prioritizing, and delivering on promises. We encourage everyone to Light Up Learning by being brave and trying new ideas, embracing vulnerability, and sharing failures so everyone can learn. Finally, we are Driven by Passion, connecting personal passion to Pax8's mission, and remaining resilient in the face of adversity and uncertainty in pursuit of our goals. At Pax8, we are passionate, creative, and humorously offbeat. We work hard, keep it fun, and expect the best!

Requirements

Substantial experience designing and operating developer‑facing platforms or integration ecosystems
Proven capability building reliable APIs, services, or platform layers consumed by multiple teams
Strong understanding of AI‑enabled tooling, agent workflows, and how systems expose data safely
Demonstrated skill in setting standards, governance, and patterns that achieve adoption through quality
Confidence partnering cross‑functionally, translating business needs into technical platform capabilities
A mindset for enablement — you enjoy helping others succeed through the platforms you build

Responsibilities

Own the AI platform roadmap — defining how AI tools and agents connect securely and reliably to Pax8 systems
Design and build platform integrations that expose core data and services through governed, reusable interfaces
Create reusable agent skills that encode operational knowledge into composable building blocks
Set standards and guardrails so teams can move fast while staying secure and compliant
Make the platform observable by default, with clear telemetry, reliability metrics, and adoption insights
Enable adoption across the business, partnering with engineering, AI enablement, security, and product teams