This is a senior leadership role within a central technology enablement team, responsible for shaping how AI solutions are designed at the earliest stages of major opportunities.
As an AI Solution Architecture & Delivery Director, you will lead a team of senior architects supporting high-impact AI opportunities across the firm. You'll translate complex business requirements into scalable, delivery-ready AI architectures, helping teams move faster by reducing rework, increasing reuse of proven solutions and ensuring designs are grounded in delivery reality from the outset.
You will act as a trusted technical leader, working with senior client and internal stakeholders to guide architectural decisions, challenge assumptions and build confidence in proposed solutions. Success in this role will be measured through improved solution quality, faster decision-making and stronger conversion from idea to delivery.
This is an opportunity to shape how AI solutions are conceived and delivered across a wide range of industries and use cases, driving both technical excellence and long-term business value.
Lead and develop a high-performing team of senior AI solution architects.
Shape AI solutions at the earliest stages of opportunities to ensure they are scalable, secure and delivery-ready.
Define and embed standard AI architecture patterns and reference designs.
Drive the reuse of proven solution components, demonstrations and prototypes across teams.
Reduce the time taken to move from opportunity to validated technical solution.
Act as the senior technical authority in complex AI solution discussions.
Improve the quality, consistency and robustness of technical proposals and solution designs.
Partner closely with engineering and delivery leaders to ensure architectural designs align with implementation capability.
Engage with senior stakeholders to provide technical leadership, challenge assumptions and guide key architecture decisions.
Proven experience leading solution architecture or technical delivery teams.
A strong background designing enterprise-scale AI and data-driven solutions.
Experience translating early-stage concepts into scalable technical architectures.
The ability to balance commercial urgency with sound architectural decision-making.
Experience influencing senior stakeholders without direct authority.
Confidence engaging with both technical and non-technical audiences.
Experience defining, implementing and enforcing architecture standards and best practices.
Strong collaboration skills across business, architecture and engineering teams.
A passion for helping organisations adopt AI solutions that are scalable, practical and deliver real business value.
