CTO AI Business Solutions

Salary: £61, per year

• Significant experience operating in a senior technology leadership or CTO-level role within the Microsoft ecosystem.
• Strong understanding of Dynamics 365 and Power Platform, with clear insight into how Copilot, Copilot Studio and Azure AI extend and transform those platforms.
• Experience shaping AI-enabled solutions beyond proof of concept, with a focus on scale, governance and commercial viability.
• Demonstrated experience influencing revenue growth through executive engagement, solution strategy or market-facing technology leadership.
• Confidence engaging with senior customers, Microsoft and partners on AI strategy, architecture and transformation outcomes.
• Ability to connect Microsoft AI capability to business value, growth and differentiation, not just technical possibility.
• Balance of strategic technology vision, architectural credibility and commercial pragmatism.

• Own and evolve the technology and AI strategy for the AI Business Solutions practice, spanning Dynamics 365, Power Platform, Copilot, Copilot Studio and Azure AI.
• Define the long-term technology roadmap for the practice, ensuring sustained relevance across industry priorities and Microsofts evolving AI platform.
• Define how AI-augmented workflows, copilots and agent-based patterns are designed, governed and scaled across customer solutions.
• Establish architectural and AI design principles that ensure solutions are secure, compliant and aligned with Microsoft best practice.
• Align capability investment and technical roadmap to practice growth priorities and Microsoft ecosystem strategy.
• Guide structured evaluation of emerging Dynamics, Power Platform and Microsoft AI capabilities and determine how they are incorporated into standard solution patterns and offerings.
• Act as a senior adviser to executive customers on AI-enabled Business Applications transformation.
• Engage at C-suite level to shape technology-led transformation agendas and position us as a strategic Microsoft partner.
• Partner with Sales and Practice leadership to shape and influence flagship pursuits and strategically significant bids.
• Build senior relationships across Microsoft field and engineering teams, contributing to roadmap discussions, co-sell strategy and joint customer engagement.
• Represent us externally as a credible Microsoft AI and Business Applications leader.
• Provide technology leadership across strategically important bids and flagship pursuits.
• Own and evolve technical governance across the practice, including architectural review processes, quality gates and engineering standards.
• Provide oversight and escalation support on high-impact or technically complex programmes.
• Ensure consistent application of best practice across delivery teams.
• Lead our AI-first narrative, ensuring Copilot and agent-based capabilities are embedded into repeatable, product‑like offerings.
• Partner with practice leadership to embed IP and accelerator‑led approaches into standard offerings, improving repeatability, speed to value and commercial resilience.
• Shape the development of accelerators, patterns and delivery models that leverage Microsoft AI to improve speed, quality and margin.
• Contribute to industry‑focused go‑to‑market propositions by defining the technical differentiation behind them.
• Collaborate with other Kainos practices to align on responsible AI, data and platform strategy.
• Lead and develop the senior technical leadership community across the practice.
• Define capability strategy across Dynamics, Power Platform and AI‑aligned skills.
• Ensure certification and skills investment keeps pace with Microsofts evolving AI ecosystem.
• Support recruitment and development of senior technical roles, providing strategic technical stewardship.