Senior Data & AI Solution Architect (Pre-Sales & Delivery)

Oliver James; Dublin; On-site; EUR 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Oliver James is assisting a growing technology and transformation consultancy expanding its Irish practice by hiring a senior solution consultant to work across pre-sales and delivery.

This client-facing role defines the right solution to business problems, then remains accountable for it being delivered as designed, combining solution architecture, commercial shaping and hands‑on proofs of concept and pilots.

Qualifications

• Consulting background with delivery and sales responsibility.
• Substantive data/AI expertise across architecture, analytics, and MLOps.
• Experience engaging senior client stakeholders and executive teams.
• Commercial judgement on margins, risk and deliverability.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical discovery with clients to define the underlying business problem and constraints.
• Design target solutions across data platform, analytics and applied AI — including feasibility, build-versus-buy and delivery approach.
• Own the technical content of proposals, bids and client presentations.
• Scope, design and lead proofs of concept and pilots structured to produce a clear commercial decision.
• Provide architectural assurance through delivery, ensuring the solution delivered reflects the solution sold.
• Develop reusable propositions, accelerators and estimating models from engagement experience.

Skills

Data & AI expertise

Executive stakeholder engagement

Solution design

Commercial acumen

Job description

Oliver James is assisting a growing technology and transformation consultancy expanding its Irish practice by hiring a senior solution consultant to work across pre-sales and delivery.

This client-facing role defines the right solution to business problems, then remains accountable for it being delivered as designed, combining solution architecture, commercial shaping and hands‑on proofs of concept and pilots.