Partner Scientist, Sovereign Lanaguage Modelling

Overview

The Alan Turing Institute is seeking a Partner Scientist for Sovereign Language Modelling within its Fundamental Research Directorate. This full-time, permanent position is based on site in the United Kingdom, with a working week of 36 hours. Applications on a secondment basis at 0.8 full-time equivalent are also considered. The role provides scientific and strategic leadership for a high-priority research area aimed at strengthening national resilience and supporting the safe deployment of artificial intelligence in areas of public value.

What you get

The position offers an annual salary ranging from £96,000 to £115,000, which is pro-rated for secondment applications based on the commitment. In addition, the role includes benefits such as flexible working and family-friendly policies.

Requirements

Applicants must be internationally recognised research leaders in Natural Language Processing or Machine Learning. Candidates need deep, hands-on expertise in areas including model training, reinforcement learning and post-training, distillation and model compression, agentic systems, efficient inference, and distributed training. The role requires a sustained record of research contributions, experience setting strategic research direction, leading complex collaborations, and translating research into real-world impact. Applicants should also have proven experience leading research software and infrastructure at scale, securing external funding, and communicating complex technical work to diverse audiences.

Key dates

The closing date for applications is 2026-11-22.