Senior Power Platform Architect & AI Governance Lead

Methods; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Methods is seeking a Technical Architect to operate across services, programmes and portfolios, guiding the use of Power Platform, Copilot Studio, approved AI services, Azure and pro-code integration patterns. You will shape guardrails, reference architectures and assurance activities to manage risk.

The role provides professional leadership, coaching architects and delivering timely, evidence-based decisions across multidisciplinary teams and suppliers.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience leading technical architecture for large digital services.
• Ability to govern cloud-based ecosystems, APIs and integration patterns.
• Strong architecture governance, risk-based assurance, decision records and ownership controls.
• Experience working with Microsoft product suite and enterprise-scale deployments.

Responsibilities

• Define and maintain reference architectures, principles, standards and reusable patterns.
• Chair or lead design assurance, record significant decisions and manage risks and debt.
• Advise leaders on architectural options, costs and constraints for services and platforms.
• Shape platform and supplier choices with cross-functional stakeholders.

Skills

Technical architecture

Power Platform

Azure

AI governance

Enterprise architecture

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Cloud integration

Education

Relevant architecture certifications

Tools

Power Platform

Copilot Studio

Microsoft 365

Azure

Job description

Methods is seeking a Technical Architect to operate across services, programmes and portfolios, guiding the use of Power Platform, Copilot Studio, approved AI services, Azure and pro-code integration patterns. You will shape guardrails, reference architectures and assurance activities to manage risk.

The role provides professional leadership, coaching architects and delivering timely, evidence-based decisions across multidisciplinary teams and suppliers.