Head of Technology – AI Business Solutions

Head of Technology – AI Business Solutions

Kainos, Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom

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Kainos’ AI Business Solutions Practice helps customers transform their organisations using Microsoft Dynamics 365, Power Platform and emerging AI capabilities including Copilot and Copilot Studio. As the practice continues to expand, we are strengthening our leadership team by appointing a Head of Technology.

This role is the senior technical leader for the practice. You will set and evolve the technical direction for Dynamics 365, Power Platform and Copilot, provide architectural leadership across pre‑sales and delivery, and help shape how we design modern, secure and scalable solutions using Microsoft technologies. You will work closely with the Practice Director and other practice leaders to ensure our technical vision, engineering standards and offerings continue to meet customer expectations and align with Microsoft’s roadmap.

You will also lead how the practice adopts AI‑first design principles across Dynamics, Power Platform and Copilot Studio, ensuring our solution approaches keep pace with the rapid evolution of Microsoft's AI ecosystem and reflect responsible, scalable engineering practice.

A key part of the role is developing technical capability. You will lead our community of architects and engineers, provide technical mentorship, and shape the technical skills and practices that underpin our future growth. You will also act as a trusted adviser to senior customers and partners, helping them make confident technology decisions and adopt Business Applications and AI capabilities effectively.

This role is suited to someone with deep expertise in Dynamics and Power Platform, a strong architectural foundation and a passion for developing people, capability and technical excellence at scale.

Technology Strategy & Direction

• Set the technical direction for the Business Applications Practice, ensuring our approach reflects customer needs and stays aligned with Microsoft’s roadmap.
• Define and maintain architectural standards, reference models, integration patterns, and security guidelines across Dynamics 365, Power Platform and Azure services.
• Provide clear guidance on how emerging Microsoft capabilities, including Copilot, Copilot Studio, Fabric and data/AI services, should be evaluated and adopted.
• Shape and evolve reusable patterns and delivery approaches that improve consistency, quality and scalability across our portfolio.
• Define how AI capabilities across Copilot, Copilot Studio, Fabric and Foundry are incorporated into standard design patterns, technical architectures and delivery methods.

People & Capability Leadership

• Provide technical mentorship to architects and engineers, supporting growth in solution design, architecture and engineering excellence.
• Lead capability uplift across Dynamics, Power Platform, integration and AI‑aligned skills, ensuring the practice remains current with certification and best practice.
• Foster an inclusive, collaborative technical community that promotes knowledge sharing and continuous learning.
• Support hiring for senior technical roles by defining required technical competencies and participating in technical assessments where needed.
• Provide technical oversight for the design and lifecycle of accelerators, reusable components and managed service elements, ensuring they align to Microsoft priorities and strengthen our commercial and delivery differentiation.

Customer & Partner Engagement

• Act as a senior technical adviser to customers,…