Head of AI jobs in 2026 — required skills, demand trends, and top hiring cities
As of 2026-07-24, Skillenai has indexed 32 job postings with the title “Head of AI” over the past 90 days. The skill mentioned most often is LLMs, with demand up 220% vs the prior 4 weeks.
Last updated · 90d ending 2026-07-24
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+How many Head of AI jobs are being posted in 2026?
Skillenai has indexed 32 job postings with the title “Head of AI” over the 90 days ending 2026-07-24, with demand up 220% vs the prior 4 weeks.
+What skills do Head of AI jobs require?
Across Head of AI postings indexed by Skillenai over the 90 days ending 2026-07-24, the skills mentioned most often are LLMs, machine learning, agentic AI, Production Development, evaluation frameworks.
+Which cities are hiring the most Head of AI?
As of 2026-07-24, Head of AI postings indexed by Skillenai are concentrated in Helsinki, Kyiv, Uk, Boston, Espoo.
+Is Head of AI a good career path right now?
Skillenai indexes 32 Head of AI postings over the 90 days ending 2026-07-24, with demand up 220% vs the prior 4 weeks. The skill mentioned most often in Head of AI postings is LLMs, so building it gives the strongest signal that an applicant matches the role.
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Weekly Head of AI postings — last 90 days
Skills most often required for Head of AI
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| LLMs | 8 | 25.0% |
| machine learning | 8 | 25.0% |
| agentic AI | 5 | 15.6% |
| Production Development | 5 | 15.6% |
| evaluation frameworks | 5 | 15.6% |
| experimentation | 5 | 15.6% |
| Autonomous agents | 5 | 15.6% |
| research | 5 | 15.6% |
| Production-grade Machine Learning | 3 | 9.4% |
| AI strategy | 3 | 9.4% |
| vector databases | 2 | 6.3% |
| LLM | 2 | 6.3% |
| Prototype development | 2 | 6.3% |
| AI | 2 | 6.3% |
| AI enablement | 2 | 6.3% |
Top metros hiring Head of AI
| Name | Postings | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Helsinki | 2 | 6.3% |
| Kyiv | 2 | 6.3% |
| Uk | 2 | 6.3% |
| Boston | 1 | 3.1% |
| Espoo | 1 | 3.1% |
| Prague | 1 | 3.1% |
| Shanghai | 1 | 3.1% |
| Utrecht | 1 | 3.1% |
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How this was computed
Counts derive from the Skillenai jobs index over the 90 days ending 2026-07-24, matching postings whose canonical role is “Head of AI”. Pages refresh weekly (or daily for the top-50 most-posted roles).
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The demand, skills, and geo numbers on this page come from the same Skillenai labor market index that powers our API. Use it for compensation benchmarking, hiring-competition analysis, and skill-adoption tracking.
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