Enterprise AI Architect: Copilot & Governance

Clarion Housing; United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 64,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Clarion Housing Group is offering a fixed-term role through June 2027 to help shape the future of AI at Clarion. The role is hybrid, with a base location at one of our offices across England; applicants must reside in England or Wales.

The salary is £70,398-£87,998 per annum for a London base or £64,043-£80,054 nationally, with up to 10% above the advertised range considered in exceptional circumstances. The role is 36 hours per week, with flexible options considered.

Qualifications

• Recognised Microsoft AI certifications or equivalent experience.
• Proven track record architecting and delivering enterprise-grade AI and Copilot solutions.
• Understanding of operationalising AI governance and managing data protection, hallucination and bias risks.
• Knowledge of foundations across data, identity, security and compliance.
• Experience working with Risk, Legal, Data Protection and Info Security on AI impact assessments.
• Strong knowledge of Microsoft 365 Copilot, Copilot Studio, Purview, sensitivity labelling, DLP, Entra ID and tenant boundary controls.
• Programming literacy in PowerShell and Python; familiarity with prompt engineering and agent design.
• Eligibility to work in the UK; visa sponsorship not available.
• Must reside in England or Wales for duration.

Responsibilities

• Help establish the foundations for safe, responsible and scalable AI adoption.
• Work with Digital Governance to implement AI standards, controls and assurance.
• Apply requirements across data readiness, identity and security controls, licensing, compliance and user enablement.
• Ensure AI solutions are secure-by-design, well engineered and aligned with enterprise architecture.
• Prioritise AI demand toward high-value opportunities, including Copilot adoption and emerging agentic AI use cases.
• Reduce duplication, unmanaged experimentation and AI sprawl.
• Mentor and grow AI engineering capability within the Modern Workplace team, fostering responsible innovation, curiosity and continuous improvement.
• Work with Modern Workplace architecture and engineering teams to deliver AI as part of a well-governed Microsoft 365 estate.
• Partner with Digital Governance, Commercial, Risk, Legal, Data Protection and Information Security to build confidence in AI adoption.

Skills

Microsoft AI certifications

Enterprise AI delivery

AI governance

Copilot knowledge

PowerShell

Python

Prompt engineering

Agent design

Data protection & security

Tools

Copilot Studio

Purview

Entra ID

Job description

Clarion Housing Group is offering a fixed-term role through June 2027 to help shape the future of AI at Clarion. The role is hybrid, with a base location at one of our offices across England; applicants must reside in England or Wales.

The salary is £70,398-£87,998 per annum for a London base or £64,043-£80,054 nationally, with up to 10% above the advertised range considered in exceptional circumstances. The role is 36 hours per week, with flexible options considered.