AI Architect

We are growing our consulting team, and looking for an experienced AI Architect to lead the design and delivery of secure, scalable and responsible AI solutions across enterprise and public‑sector programmes. This role combines hands‑on technical expertise with strong architectural leadership, shaping end‑to‑end AI solutions from early discovery through to production delivery and scale.

You will act as a trusted advisor to clients and internal teams, defining AI architectures, setting standards and guardrails, and ensuring AI is applied where it delivers real business value.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and own end‑to‑end AI client-specific solution architectures, including Generative AI, Agents and traditional ML.
• Define and maintain enterprise AI architecture patterns, reference architectures, and reusable building blocks within the Microsoft ecosystem.
• Lead AI governance, security and Responsible AI by design, ensuring solutions meet regulatory, ethical and organisational standards.
• Provide architectural oversight across delivery teams, ensuring quality and scalability.
• Support pre‑sales and discovery, shaping solution approaches and technical estimates and delivery roadmaps.
• Advise stakeholders on AI feasibility, trade‑offs, risks and long‑term sustainability.
• Build hands-on prototypes, reference implementations and reusable accelerators to remain close enough to the code to set credible technical direction and unblock delivery teams.