GenAI & Azure Architecture Client-Facing Consulting Role

We are looking for an AI Architect (Manager or Senior Manager level) to help scale and accelerate our AI and Generative AI (GenAI) offerings. In this role, you will design enterprise-grade AI solutions, guide clients through their GenAI journey, and shape the future of AI adoption across industries. This is a client-facing, architecture-led consulting role with global reach and impact.

You will work closely with solutioning, sales, and delivery teams across regions to architect AI and GenAI solutions using Azure AI Services, Azure OpenAI, Azure AI Search, and Copilot Studio. You will help clients move from experimentation to scalable, business-aligned AI adoption—bringing technical depth, architectural rigor, and trusted advisory to every engagement.

What You’ll Do (All Levels)

AI Architecture & Solution Design

• Lead the design of end-to-end AI and GenAI solutions aligned to client strategy and measurable outcomes.

• Define solution blueprints, reference architectures, and AI roadmaps for scalable, repeatable delivery.

• Translate complex requirements into clear, well-architected solution approaches.

GenAI & Azure Technical Leadership

• Advise on GenAI use cases including conversational AI, copilots, RAG, vector search, and emerging Agentic AI patterns.

• Leverage Azure AI Services, Azure OpenAI, Azure AI Search, and Copilot Studio to shape automation and orchestration.

Client Advisory

• Serve as a trusted advisor to business and technology leaders.

• Lead architecture discussions, design workshops, and solution reviews.

• Shape AI strategy, adoption plans, and future-state operating models.

Sales & Pursuit Support

• Support sales pursuits through solution shaping, estimates, and executive-facing presentations.

• Contribute to PoVs, demos, and proposal development.

Practice & Capability Building

• Contribute to internal accelerators, best practices, and reusable components.

• Mentor team members and support capability uplift in GenAI and Responsible AI.

Additional Responsibilities (Manager)

Managers focus on leading architecture workstreams and delivering high-quality solution designs:

• Lead architecture components within larger programs.

• Deliver solution designs, documentation, and implementation guidance.

• Facilitate workshops, gather requirements, and support stakeholder alignment.

• Contribute to proposals and solution narratives under guidance from senior leaders.

Additional Responsibilities (Senior Manager)

Senior Managers take on broader leadership and strategic responsibilities, including:

Strategic Client Leadership

• Lead executive briefings and influence senior stakeholders.

• Shape multi-year AI roadmaps and value realization frameworks (KPIs, OKRs, ROI).

Enterprise Architecture Ownership

• Own end-to-end architecture across data, integration, security, identity, and model lifecycle.

• Establish standards for RAG, orchestration, agent strategies, and AI governance.

Sales & Growth Leadership

• Lead pre-sales architecture for major pursuits and create industry-aligned reference designs.

• Shape commercial strategy, solutioning, and risk mitigation for large programs.

Delivery Governance

• Oversee architectural integrity across programs, run design reviews, and manage risks and trade-offs.

• Ensure adoption, value tracking, and scaled rollout across complex engagements.

Operating Model & Governance

• Define AI operating models, platform strategy, SDLC/MLOps/LLMOps guardrails, and data access patterns.

• Advise on Responsible AI, security, privacy, and Azure Well-Architected principles

Avanade’s is comprised of two channels to market, direct through Avanade relationships and Indirect through our parent companies of Microsoft and Accenture, known as the Accenture Microsoft Business Group (AMBG). These channels are responsible for developing market relevant capabilities and solutions to help clients resolve critical business and technology issues. Through Practices they provide sales, solutioning and delivery support to Client Groups and Accounts to help us win and sustain long-lasting relationships with our clients. In addition to direct relationships with clients, each channel works closely with Avanade’s most significant partners - Microsoft and Accenture, as well as other alliances - to drive growth of the business and the Practices therein.

Key Responsibilities

The UK Accenture Microsoft Business Group (AMBG) Lead Security Architect is a pivotal role that blends market, sales and solutioning, people, and delivery excellence. Reporting to the UKI AMBG Security Lead, this role owns Solutioning and Delivery of all Microsoft Security work in the AMBG channel, working with some of the largest Enterprise customers in UK and globally. This role is responsible for defining and driving existing and new offerings and capabilities that seize market advantage and business growth, supporting sales development and conversion through solutioning and delivery including supporting and guiding the AMBG Security architects and delivery teams with new solutions and delivery challenges. 

This role is responsible for ensuring the needs of the AMBG channel for Microsoft Security solutions, and delivery are met, to support client accounts and Integrated Go-to-Market Lines of Business and Plays. 

This role is responsible for ensuring that the AMBG channel has the right capabilities, skillsets, and certifications required to deliver client work both today and tomorrow, including demand and opportunity management processes. 

What you’ll do:  

Thought leadership 

Sales, Solutioning, and Delivery 

Create and Evolve GTM Assets and Solutions 

Establish internal and client facing relationships, building a strong network and trust 

Be a brand ambassador, representing AMBG Security in the market and with our clients and partners. 

Avanade seeks a Microsoft Licensing Sales Specialist to generate sales and drive revenue with and through our strategic partner, Microsoft, by deal-shaping our Azure/Cloud/CSP licensing deals, expanding business leads to achieve revenue and partner services, resulting in profit growth.

You will support customer licensing opportunities from lead generation through deal closure. You will develop and execute licensing models and assist in building strong customer relationships. You will enhance customer satisfaction and retention. Join us to make a significant impact on our company's success. Together, we do what matters.

What you’ll do

As the Microsoft Licensing Specialist, you will have demonstrated success in the Partner Ecosystem and Sales roles within Information Technology and the Digital Transformation space. You are a strong Microsoft Licensing professional with deep experience specializing in all Microsoft platforms and their licensing models.

Your Day-to-Day Activities Include…

• Drive Microsoft Licensing by working closely with the Global Partner Ecosystem Team, Regional Ecosystem Leads, and the APAC Partner Ecosystem Sales Leader.

• Maintain area-level relationships with Microsoft Licensing teams and Avanade Sales and Delivery teams.

• Generate licensing opportunities through Avanade services pursuits and partner relationships.

• Embed yourself into the Sales lifecycle and support Sales teams and deal pursuits.

• Support the area-level Microsoft licensing revenue pipeline and Microsoft Azure Resale.

• Lead area CSP initiatives and successfully execute in the APAC.

• Work with Area Solution Area and Offering Leads to validate licensing and inclusion in client proposals.

• Work with the Alliance and Ecosystem COE to establish contacts and SLAs within support teams and to create and update supporting materials.

Summary

Internship – Client Solutions (Data & AI)

We are looking for a motivated AI Intern to support our Data, Analytics, and AI initiatives. During this 6-month internship, you’ll work closely with our Client Solution Leader, data scientists, engineers, and business stakeholders to analyze data, build basic machine learning models, and communicate insights through clear presentations and documentation. As part of a team of AI consultants, you’ll support the delivery of solutions that protect organizations and enable business outcomes. Together we do what matters.

This opportunity is ideal for fresh graduates in 2026 or students in their final semester, graduating in 2026.

Key Responsibilities

• Assist in data exploration, cleaning, and preprocessing for analytics and AI projects
• Ability to prepare for Demos
• Develop and run Python-based scripts for data analysis and experimentation
• Support the design and testing of machine learning models (e.g., regression, classification, clustering)
• Analyze model outputs and help interpret results for business use cases
• Create PowerPoint presentations to communicate insights, findings, and recommendations clearly
• Document code, assumptions, and analytical approaches in a structured manner
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams including data engineers, consultants, and product teams
• Stay updated on emerging trends in AI, machine learning, and analytics