AI & Power Platform Solution Architect - Presales

ANS Group; Manchester; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible and remote working options

Ongoing learning and certification

Clear career progression

Job summary

ANS Group in Manchester is seeking an experienced AI Business Applications Presales Solution Architect to join our Copilot + Power Platform Practice. You’ll design AI and low-code solutions that deliver measurable business outcomes alongside sales teams, partners, and Microsoft.

From workshops and discovery through to solution design and demonstrations, you’ll help win new business and shape customer transformation journeys, focusing on Copilot, Studio, and the Microsoft ecosystem.

Qualifications

• Strong experience in a Presales, Solution Architect, Consultant, or Technical Sales role.
• Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Power Platform and Business Applications technologies.
• Experience designing solutions that solve real business challenges and deliver measurable outcomes.
• Strong stakeholder management and presentation skills.
• Ability to confidently engage with both technical and business audiences.
• Experience working alongside sales teams to develop and win opportunities.
• Passion for AI, automation, and emerging technologies.

Responsibilities

• Leading customer discovery, AI envisioning and innovation workshops to understand business challenges, opportunities and desired outcomes.
• Helping customers identify where AI, automation and agentic technologies can create measurable business value.
• Designing innovative solutions using Microsoft 365 Copilot, Copilot Studio, Power Platform and the wider Microsoft productivity and automation ecosystem.
• Taking customers from aspiration to implementation, transforming ideas into strategies, prototypes, proof of concepts and production-ready solutions.
• Building engaging demonstrations, agents and proof-of-concept solutions that help customers visualise what is possible.
• Acting as a trusted advisor to business and technology stakeholders, translating business challenges into practical and achievable solutions.
• Supporting customer conversations around AI readiness, adoption, governance and operating models.
• Working collaboratively with specialists across ANS to identify the most appropriate combination of technologies and services to meet customer objectives.
• Supporting proposals, Statements of Work, bid responses and customer‑facing solution documentation.
• Identifying repeatable use cases, solution accelerators and opportunities that can be leveraged across customers, industries and sectors.
• Staying current with emerging Microsoft technologies, particularly within Copilot, Copilot Studio, Agentic AI, Automation and Business Transformation.

Skills

Presales experience

Power Platform

Stakeholder management

Presentation skills

AI knowledge

Sales collaboration

Emerging tech

Tools

Copilot Studio

Power Platform

Microsoft 365 Copilot

Job description

ANS Group in Manchester is seeking an experienced AI Business Applications Presales Solution Architect to join our Copilot + Power Platform Practice. You’ll design AI and low-code solutions that deliver measurable business outcomes alongside sales teams, partners, and Microsoft.

From workshops and discovery through to solution design and demonstrations, you’ll help win new business and shape customer transformation journeys, focusing on Copilot, Studio, and the Microsoft ecosystem.