Overview
As Architect of Data and AI, you will lead and shape BearingPoint’s Microsoft Data & AI capability in the UK. You will steer enterprise programmes from discovery to value delivery and act as a trusted adviser to senior stakeholders, shaping pragmatic data, analytics, and AI roadmaps. This role blends hands-on delivery with strategic leadership, enabling growth through scalable delivery approaches and strong Microsoft co-sell collaboration. You’ll work across boardrooms, presales, and delivery governance to elevate client outcomes and the practice’s market position. The opportunity emphasizes building a high-performing team, repeatable accelerators, and impactful client proof points in a fast
Pay / Benefits
- Private health and dental insurance
- Pension contributions
- Annual bonuses
- Gym membership support
- Professional subscriptions
- Paid maternity and paternity leave
Responsibilities
- Lead major Microsoft Data & AI programmes from discovery to value realisation
- Translate business priorities into pragmatic data, analytics and AI roadmaps for senior stakeholders
- Provide executive oversight and delivery assurance across complex programmes
- Create repeatable delivery approaches, governance standards and quality controls
- Identify, qualify and progress Data & AI opportunities with UK sector and account leaders
- Lead presales activities including discovery, solution shaping, estimates, proposals, bids and executive workshops
- Build propositions around Microsoft Fabric, Power BI, modern data platforms, analytics, AI and responsible AI adoption
- Develop relationships with Microsoft sellers and partners to support co-selling and joint go-to-market activity
- Contribute to revenue growth, pipeline quality and commercial performance of the Microsoft practice
- Define and execute the UK Data & AI capability plan and balance delivery with growth
- Recruit, mentor and develop consultants and create career pathways
- Establish reusable accelerators, reference architectures, demonstrations and sales collateral
- Coordinate with wider UK and international teams to bring the best capability to clients
- Promote an inclusive, collaborative and high-accountability culture
Key requirements
- Significant experience leading enterprise data, analytics or AI consulting engagements in professional services, SI or technology
- Proven leadership of client programmes with accountability for delivery and commercial outcomes
- Hands-on understanding of Microsoft Fabric including architecture, data engineering, lakehouse/warehouse patterns, governance and security
- Deep Power BI expertise including semantic models, governance and enterprise reporting
- Practical knowledge of AI and generative AI, including use-case identification and responsible AI
- Broad knowledge of Azure data ecosystem (Azure Data Factory, Synapse, Databricks, Azure SQL, Purview, Power Platform)
- Proven presales capability with discovery, design, estimates, proposals and executive presentations
- Commercial acumen balancing client value, delivery feasibility, risk and profitability
- Excellent written and verbal communication with ability to influence executives
- Experience building teams, propositions or consulting capability in a growth environment
- Desirable: sector experience (utilities, government, financial services) and Microsoft certifications
- Executive stakeholder management
- Strategic thinkings/vision
- Collaborative leadership
- Microsoft Fabric
- Power BI
- Azure Data Factory
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