AI Solutions Architect - Pre-Sales

CGI Group Inc.; City of Westminster; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading technology firm in London is looking for an AI Architect to lead AI architecture across presales engagements. The role involves shaping solutions, collaborating with various teams, and producing high-quality bid responses. Candidates should have strong presales experience, a deep understanding of AI and AIOps, and the ability to effectively communicate complex ideas. This position offers competitive compensation and various benefits designed to foster a supportive workplace culture.

Benefits

Medical benefits

Flexible time off

Pension plan

Share Purchase Plan

Profit Participation Plan

Qualifications

• Strong presales or bid-focused experience.
• Understanding of enterprise infrastructure, cloud, digital workplace, or service management.
• Ability to present and defend solutions.
• Experience leading AI-focused presales or solution engagements.

Responsibilities

• Lead AI-driven presales solutions across GTO.
• Produce high-quality written responses and presentations.
• Work closely with delivery teams for alignment.
• Translate complex AI concepts for stakeholders.
• Identify service improvement opportunities using AI.

Skills

AI and AIOps concepts

Collaboration skills

Communication of AI capabilities

Solution proposal defense

Tools

Grafana

Python

Ansible

PostgreSQL

Kafka

OpenTelemetry

Job description

In this role, you will lead AI architecture across key presales engagements, shaping solutions that demonstrate real business value for clients navigating complex technology landscapes. You will collaborate closely with SMEs across cloud, service management, infrastructure, digital workplace, and operations to design AI‑enhanced offerings that improve experience, drive efficiency and remove operational friction. Working alongside delivery teams, you'll ensure alignment between proposed solutions and our AI and AIOps capabilities, helping clients understand how best to adopt or adapt these technologies.

You will take ownership of bid deliverables, contribute creative solution thinking, and be fully supported by a wider team dedicated to helping you succeed as a trusted AI advocate for CGI.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead & Innovate: Shape AI‑driven presales solutions across GTO, influencing strategy and guiding clients on practical AI adoption.
• Develop & Deliver: Produce high‑quality written responses, bid collateral, and client presentations for major engagements.
• Collaborate & Align: Work closely with delivery teams to ensure proposed solutions align with CGI's AI, AIOps and infrastructure capabilities.
• Advise & Articulate: Translate complex AI concepts into clear, accessible language for stakeholders at all levels.
• Optimise & Automate: Identify opportunities for service improvement, digital friction removal and operational gains using AI and automation.
• Engage & Influence: Build strong relationships with SMEs, architects, and leadership to champion CGI's AI proposition.

Qualifications

To succeed in this role, you should bring strong presales or bid‑focused experience, deep understanding of AI and AIOps concepts, and the ability to design compelling, practical solutions across cloud, infrastructure and operational domains. You should also be confident working with diverse technical teams and able to communicate AI capabilities clearly to clients.

• Experience leading AI‑focused presales, bids or solutioning engagements.
• Strong understanding of enterprise infrastructure, cloud, digital workplace or service management domains.
• Knowledge of AI and AIOps technologies, tools and methodologies.
• Ability to create, present and defend solution proposals.
• Competence with open‑source and monitoring/automation tools (e.g., Grafana, Python, Ansible, PostgreSQL, Kafka, OpenTelemetry).
• Proven ability to translate complex AI concepts into client‑friendly language.
• Strong collaboration skills across multi‑disciplinary teams.

Step into a pivotal role where you will help shape how CGI brings AI‑driven transformation to some of the most complex technology operations in the market. As part of our Global Technology Operations business, you will play a key part in designing forward‑thinking AI solutions that elevate user experience, streamline service delivery, and unlock meaningful productivity gains for clients. Your expertise will influence major presales engagements, guiding organisations as they modernise, automate and innovate at scale. You'll thrive in an environment that encourages curiosity, ownership and collaboration, empowering you to create solutions that directly support CGI's ambition to redefine the future of enterprise technology.

Life at CGI

Life at CGI is rooted in ownership, teamwork, respect and belonging. Here, you'll reach your full potential because you are invited to be an owner from day 1 as we work together to bring our Dream to life. That's why we call ourselves CGI Partners rather than employees. We benefit from our collective success and actively shape our company's strategy and direction.

Your work creates value. You'll develop innovative solutions and build relationships with teammates and clients while accessing global capabilities to scale your ideas, embrace new opportunities, and benefit from expansive industry and technology expertise.

You'll shape your career by joining a company built to grow and last. You'll be supported by leaders who care about your health and well‑being and provide you with opportunities to deepen your skills and broaden your horizons.

Come join our team – one of the largest IT and business consulting services firms in the world.

Discover CGI
London, England, United Kingdom

We are a global business with 91,500 professionals across hundreds of locations worldwide, providing end‑to‑end IT and business process services that drive our clients' businesses. In the UK alone, we have around 6,000 member‑partners working across 19 towns and cities, doing everything from writing complex code to designing sophisticated software solutions. Our approach sets us apart, characterised by our proximity model, international presence, expertise, and operational excellence. We organise our operations within metro markets where our clients have concentrated footprints, empowering our local teams to build trusted, in‑person relationships. As you build your career here, you'll develop your skills, share your insights, and work side‑by‑side with colleagues and clients on innovative solutions that address the most complex issues. Our commitment to ownership, flexibility and being approachable makes us easy to do business with. Join us, and together, as owners, let's turn meaningful insights into action to meet the needs and balance the interests of our clients, shareholders, communities and each other.

Benefits

• Insurance coverage
• Medical benefits
• Pension plan
• Member Assistant Programme
• Check4Cancer
• Flexible time off
• Share Purchase Plan
• Member discounts
• Dental benefits
• Vision benefits
• Profit Participation Plan
• Health and Wellbeing Programme

CGI was recognised in the Sunday Times Best Places to Work List 2025 and has been named a UK 'Best Employer' by the Financial Times. We offer a competitive salary, excellent pension, private healthcare, plus a share scheme (3.5% + 3.5% matching) which makes you a CGI Partner not just an employee. We are committed to inclusivity, building a genuinely diverse community of tech talent and inspiring everyone to pursue careers in our sector, including our Armed Forces, and are proud to hold a Gold Award in recognition of our support of the Armed Forces Corporate Covenant. Join us and you'll be part of an open, friendly community of experts. We'll train and support you in taking your career wherever you want it to go.