AI Solution Architect

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CAPABILITY / JOB FAMILY GROUP :
Artificial Intelligence

JOB FAMILY : AI Engineering

JOB PROFILE TITLE :

AI Solution Architect

MANAGEMENT LEVEL :
Manager

JOB PROFILE DESCRIPTION

As an AI Solution Architect in Actonomy,you’llbe the technical lead on our customer-facing Frontier AI projects, responsible for the successful delivery ofhigh qualityAI solutions built on Actonomy’sproducts.

You’lllead a team of Forward Deployed Engineers working hands-on inside customer environments to turn ambitious AI ideas into production reality.

It’sa role that combines engineering,consulting and product thinking, soyou’llbe as comfortable in front of a customer as you are in the code.

As a technical leader,you’llwork with senior stakeholders to agree architectural principles and strategic direction, develop customer relationships and account management, and feed what you learn on the ground back into our product direction.

You’llmanage,coachand develop a small number of staff, with a focus on performance and career development, whilst advising onnew technologies and approaches to AI and helping the people around you learn,develop and grow.

Your key responsibilities will include:

• Leading Frontier AI projects –You’llbe the technical lead on customer engagements, owning the solution end to end and guiding a team of Forward Deployed Engineers to deliver it.

• Working directly with customers –You’llwork with customers and senior stakeholders to understand their business problems and desired outcomes, andagree architectural principles and strategic direction.

• Deploying and integrating –You’lloversee the deployment,configuration and integration of Actonomy’sproducts within customer environments, and resolve the technical challenges that arise during rollout.

• Leading your team –You’llprovide technical direction,support and line management to a team of Forward Deployed Engineers, helping them make the right decisions and grow.

• Closing the product loop –You’llgather user feedback and translate customer needs into product improvements, working closely with our Product and Engineering teams.

• Building reusable assets –You’llcreate reusable deployment patterns and implementation assets that make each engagement faster and better than the last.

• Driving adoption and value –You’llsupport customer adoption and value-realisationactivitiesso customers get real, lasting value from AI in their day-to-day work.

• Staying at the frontier –You’llstay current with developments in AI, Microsofttechnologiesand the Actonomyplatform, and share that knowledge with your team and customers.

MINIMUM (ESSENTIAL) REQUIREMENTS

• Proven experience leading the delivery of production AI solutions across different sizesand shapes of challenge (e.g. an AI service, a multi-team programme, a customer platformdeploymentor a complex integration).

• Experience acting as the technical lead on customer-facing projects, ideally deploying software products or platforms within customer environments.

• Significant hands‑on experience with Python and public cloud platforms, particularly Azure, including SaaS and PaaS offerings.

• Hands‑on experience building and deploying with modern AI, including…