Principal AI Architect

Harvey Nash; Birmingham; Remote; GBP 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Benefits package

Job summary

Harvey Nash is seeking a Principal AI Architect to drive AI transformation programmes for enterprise customers across the UK. The role focuses on shaping AI vision, establishing governance and operating models, and delivering AI-powered solutions within the Microsoft ecosystem.

You will collaborate with executives to define strategy, design enterprise-scale architectures, and lead the delivery of agentic AI solutions using Copilot Studio, Azure AI, Power Platform, and data technologies.

Qualifications

• Experience delivering AI-enabled solutions at enterprise scale.
• Proven track record in defining AI strategy, governance and operating models.
• Ability to engage C-suite stakeholders and translate business challenges into AI roadmaps.

Responsibilities

• Define AI target architectures and governance frameworks.
• Lead executive advisory engagements and discovery workshops.
• Architect and govern agentic AI and Copilot solutions using Microsoft technologies.
• Embed security, privacy, and data integration patterns for enterprise AI.
• Provide architectural leadership across AI strategy, governance, and delivery.
• Mentor architects and consultants to grow AI capability across the business.

Skills

Enterprise AI strategy

Executive stakeholder engagement

Architectural leadership

AI governance

AI transformation programs

Pre-sales & solution shaping

Tools

Copilot Studio

Power Platform

Azure AI

AI Foundry

Microsoft Fabric

Job description

Microsoft Partner | Mostly Remote (UK) | Birmingham 1-2 days per month

Competitive Salary + Benefits

A leading Microsoft Partner is looking for a Principal AI Architect to drive AI transformation programmes for enterprise customers across the UK. This is a strategic leadership role focused on helping organisations define their AI vision, establish governance and operating models, and deliver innovative AI-powered solutions using the Microsoft ecosystem.

You'll work closely with executive stakeholders to shape AI strategy, design enterprise-scale architectures, and lead the delivery of agentic AI solutions leveraging Copilot Studio, AI Foundry, Azure AI, Power Platform, and Data & AI technologies.

The Role

As a Principal AI Architect, you'll act as a trusted advisor to customers, helping them identify high-value AI opportunities and build practical transformation roadmaps. You'll provide architectural leadership across AI strategy, governance, security, integration, and delivery, ensuring solutions are scalable, secure, and aligned to business outcomes.

Key responsibilities include:

• Leading AI strategy, discovery workshops, and executive-level advisory engagements.
• Defining AI target architectures, governance frameworks, and operating models.
• Architecting and governing agentic AI and Copilot solutions using Microsoft technologies.
• Establishing security, privacy, data, and integration patterns for enterprise AI adoption.
• Embedding AI engineering best practices, including DevOps, ALM, testing, and deployment governance.
• Supporting pre-sales activities, solution shaping, and AI proposition development.
• Creating reusable frameworks, accelerators, and reference architectures.
• Mentoring architects and consultants while helping grow AI capability across the business.

About You

You'll bring a blend of strategic consulting expertise and hands-on architecture experience, with a strong track record of delivering AI-enabled solutions within the Microsoft ecosystem.

We're interested in people who have:

• Experience leading enterprise AI transformation initiatives.
• Strong architecture expertise across integration, security, governance, and data platforms.
• Experience designing and delivering solutions using Copilot Studio, Power Platform, Azure AI, AI Foundry, or similar Microsoft technologies.
• The ability to engage confidently with C-suite stakeholders and translate business challenges into AI strategies.
• A passion for helping organisations adopt AI responsibly and at scale.
• Azure AI Services and AI Foundry.
• Microsoft Fabric and modern data platform architectures.
• AI governance, monitoring, and responsible AI frameworks.
• Microsoft certifications across Azure, AI, Security, or Architecture disciplines.

Why Join?

This is an opportunity to join a respected Microsoft Partner at the forefront of AI transformation. You'll play a key role in shaping customer strategy, influencing major technology decisions, and building innovative AI solutions that deliver measurable business value.