Location: North of London, Hertfordshire - Hybrid working with client visits
Salary: Up to £120,000 DOE
Note: Full UK driving licence required
A growing technology consultancy is seeking an AI Solution Architect to act as the technical authority across client engagements. This is a highly client-facing role, working alongside commercial teams during discovery, design and solution shaping, translating business challenges into scalable, enterprise-grade AI solutions.
You will own end-to-end solution design, shape the organisation's AI reference architectures, and ensure solutions are technically robust, commercially viable and aligned to client outcomes.
Key Responsibilities
* Act as the technical lead across client discovery workshops and solution design engagements
* Work closely with sales and commercial teams to shape AI-led solutions that address real business challenges
* Translate customer requirements into clear, deliverable architectures
* Own and evolve internal AI reference architecture frameworks
* Design scalable, secure and best-practice solutions across the Microsoft AI, data and automation ecosystem
* Provide technical assurance and credibility to senior client stakeholders
* Balance technical excellence with commercial viability and delivery feasibility
* Support pre-sales activity including proposals, bids and client presentations
Required Experience & Skills
* Senior-level experience as a Solution Architect within an MSP, IT services or consultancy environment
* Strong expertise across the Microsoft AI ecosystem, including: Copilot, Copilot Studio, AI Builder, Azure AI
* Experience working with Large Language Models (LLMs) and modern AI architectures, including:
* Designing and deploying LLM-based solutions such as copilots, chatbots and knowledge assistants
* Understanding of prompt engineering, grounding and retrieval-augmented generation (RAG)
* Applying governance, security and ethical considerations in AI deployments
* Strong background across the Microsoft data and automation stack, including: Power BI, Power Automate, Broader Power Platform
* Proven experience designing and owning end-to-end client solutions
* Confident, credible client-facing communicator, comfortable engaging with senior stakeholders
* Strong commercial awareness within services-led organisations
* Ability to translate complex technical concepts into clear business outcomes
* Experience working alongside sales and delivery teams in a consultative environment
Why Join?
* High-impact, strategic senior role shaping AI capability within a growing consultancy
* Exposure to senior stakeholders and complex transformation programmes
* Opportunity to define and evolve AI reference architectures
* Competitive salary up to £120,000 DOE with long-term progression
* Work with cutting-edge Microsoft and AI technologies
* Training and certification support
* Pension scheme
* Private healthcare
* 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays and birthday leave