Introduction 

Join Avanade UK’s Software Engineering Practice as a hands-on AI Application Architect, helping design intelligent, agentic, cloud-native application designs. You will apply advanced AI techniques to accelerate every phase of the delivery lifecycle - from analysis and design to build, test, deploy, and operate - driving transformation across complex enterprise legacy portfolios.

This role operates across solution architecture, Agentic platform innovation, and commercial deal shaping, with a focus on building and scaling agentic engineering capabilities across the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC).

Role Overview

As part of a growing Software Engineering Practice, you will focus on modern application architecture while pioneering the use of agentic AI in real delivery scenarios.

You will collaborate closely with other Practices on direct deals, leading during solutioning phases as well as during critical delivery phases. Whether modernising legacy systems or building greenfield solutions from scratch, you will apply agentic AI to transform how projects are executed end-to-end.

This is a unique opportunity to influence Avanade’s architecture direction, elevate engineering productivity, and lead high-impact initiatives across our client base.

What you’ll do

• Lead C-Level application modernisation strategy discussions, workshops and executive briefings.
• Act as a trusted advisor to senior stakeholders, influencing decisions and driving digital transformation initiatives.
• Design and Lead Proof of Value work for application transformation clients.
• Provide SME capabilities on application remediation, technologies and transformation, both infrastructure and software as well as application integration.
• Validate Solution approach for modernisation projects, own deliverability of the technical and functional solution, ensuring correctness and achieve sign off.
• Collaborate with delivery, sales, and partner teams to shape proposals and ensure successful execution.
• Provide technical leadership to delivery teams and mentor solution architects.
• Lead assessments and transformation of legacy environments defining modernisation strategies (refactor, replatform, replace, etc).
• Establish modernisation frameworks and enforce architectural standards across programs

• Apply AI agents across all delivery phases: analysis, design, build, test, deploy, and operations.

• Drive AI adoption cross-practice and cross-region, enabling AI-driven solution roadmaps.

• Develop accelerators, reference architectures, and reusable assets for agentic AI patterns.

• Guide engineering, data, and DevOps teams on AI automation and pipeline integration.

• Travel occasionally for high-value client engagements.

AI Solutions Architect

Summary

Our talented Data & AI Practice is made up of globally recognized experts—and there’s room for more analytical and ambitious data professionals. If you’re passionate about helping clients make better data-driven decisions to tackle their most complex business issues, let’s talk. Take your skills to a new level and launch a career where you can truly do what matters.

As an AI Solutions Architect within our Data & AI Practice, you’ll leverage a client-centric approach to translate our clients’ business strategy into solutions and services that lead to successful, impactful outcomes. You’ll engage in solutioning and support on the most strategic opportunities, intervene in high-risk complex deliveries, and contribute to shaping the strategic direction around Data and AI architecture. Together we do what matters.

Key Responsibilities

• As an AI Solutions Architect assigned to a client project, you will work closely with delivery teams and client stakeholders to provide technical leadership, shape deals and propositions, drive architectural decisions, create plans and roadmaps, and produce design artifacts.

• Assist clients in their journey to Microsoft Azure or leverage their existing investment in it. You can expect a significant focus on applying cloud architectural patterns and migration strategies.

• Play a key role in Avanade's sales process with responsibility for shaping high-level solution designs, estimates, and contractual details for client proposals in collaboration with other subject matter experts.

• Engage in early conversations with clients and sales teams, support origination and deal qualification activities, and become a trusted advisor.

• Prepare and represent solutions in Deal Reviews and play an active role in Orals, Client Presentations, and negotiation discussions with key client stakeholders.

• Complete pricing activities using standard solution architecture processes, estimating methods, and modelling tools to drive quality and consistency.

• Ensure solutions are both deliverable and commercially viable while identifying and mitigating technical and delivery risks.

• Translate complex technical solutions into business outcomes for executives, customers, sales teams, and wider technical audiences.

• Provide coaching and mentoring to technical teams and support the growth of Avanade's AI and Data community.

Introduction:

Want to drive customer value with AI and turn your ideas into human impact? So do we. 

At Avanade, we are breaking apart the traditional process of setting strategies and goals first, then finding technologies to achieve them. In the age of AI and rapid digital transformation, there’s no time for that linear process. We partner with clients to accelerate value by being ambitious, imaginative – and fast. We believe “big” and deliver personally. We relentlessly challenge, encourage, support our client partners and each other. 

Come join us:

As the strategic and experience consulting arm of Avanade, our Advisory & Experiences practice ensures enterprise technology investments deliver real business results. We combine deep Microsoft expertise with strategic vision and human understanding to transform how organizations apply technology to accomplish their goals. Our approach is comprehensive yet practical: we develop strategies rooted in business objectives, design systems that humans actually want to use, and enable our clients to implement real solutions that drive measurable outcomes—from operational efficiency to productivity gains, sustainable growth, and breakthrough innovation. 

What you’ll do:

Within Organizational Change Management (OCM), we guide clients through the journey from awareness to adoption for critical Artificial Intelligence, Enterprise Resource Planning, Customer Relationship Management, and Microsoft 365 transformations. Our consultants help our clients realize the full value of their Microsoft technology investments, aligning stakeholders around shared visions, developing and implementing tailored change strategies, leading communications and engagement efforts, assessing change impacts, and designing training programs that upskill workforces and drive sustained adoption. We measure what matters—tracking progress, surfacing insights, and adjusting strategies to ensure lasting impact. Microsoft is our medium, and we are masters of our craft—bringing unmatched product knowledge, strategic insight, and human-centered delivery to every engagement.

Como Consultor(a) Project Management Sênior, você terá um papel estratégico na liderança de uma frente de delivery voltada para soluções de Inteligência Artificial Generativa. Esta posição será responsável por garantir a execução eficiente das iniciativas, promovendo alinhamento entre negócio e tecnologia, governança de projetos, gestão financeira e acompanhamento de resultados.

Sua atuação será fundamental para assegurar o sucesso das entregas, a mitigação de riscos e a geração de valor para os clientes da Avanade, contribuindo diretamente para iniciativas de inovação e transformação digital.

Faça parte de uma equipe que está liderando projetos inovadores em tecnologias emergentes, dados e Inteligência Artificial. Aqui, você terá a oportunidade de atuar em iniciativas estratégicas, colaborar com profissionais altamente qualificados e contribuir para a transformação digital de grandes organizações.

Together we do what matters.

Saiba mais sobre alguns dos nossos benefícios: 

• Vale refeição ou alimentação
• Cartão Multibenefícios (até Consultor(a) Sênior)
• Convênio médico e odontológico
• Certificações e treinamentos
• Seguro de vida
• Previdência privada
• Avababy: acompanhamento da gestação e kit para novos pais e mães
• Participação nos resultados da empresa
• Wellhub
• Auxílio creche
• Mentoria de carreira
• Política de Birthday Off (um dia de folga no mês do seu aniversário)
• Sessões de bem-estar
• Para cargos gerenciais: veículo corporativo, estacionamento e auxílio combustível
   

Responsabilidades

• Liderar a execução da frente de delivery, garantindo qualidade, prazos e compromissos assumidos;
• Acompanhar diariamente as atividades do time por meio de dailies e reuniões operacionais;
• Elaborar e apresentar reports executivos sobre evolução do projeto, status, riscos, dependências e próximos passos;
• Identificar, acompanhar e atuar na resolução de impedimentos e riscos;
• Coordenar indicadores e métricas de delivery utilizando ferramentas como CDP e MyWizard;
• Realizar o acompanhamento financeiro da frente, incluindo CCI, Sold x Delivered, forecast e controle de timesheets;
• Gerenciar stakeholders e promover alinhamento entre áreas de negócio e tecnologia;
• Apoiar o planejamento de capacidade, alocação de recursos e definição de prioridades;
• Preparar materiais para fóruns de governança, comitês e reuniões executivas;
• Garantir a aplicação de boas práticas de gestão de projetos e delivery.