Cloud Platforms Capability Lead

Overview

As Platforms Capability Lead, you will shape and govern the capability strategy for a key area at Kainos, ensuring it remains coherent and commercially relevant across sectors. You will drive innovation, client value, and thought leadership while nurturing a strong, diverse team. You’ll collaborate with senior clients, partners, and industry forums to raise Kainos’ profile and deliver measurable outcomes in an AI-first platform world. This is a leadership role focused on strategic impact, people development, and durable capabilities that scale.

Responsibilities

• Set and evolve a capability strategy that drives thought leadership, innovation, and growth aligned to sector and BU strategies.
• Define and maintain Services and Accelerators tailored to sector needs with reusable collateral.
• Deliver external thought leadership and raise the capability's profile.
• Align capability support with sector-led pursuits and sales with senior advisor input.
• Build and sustain relationships with senior and C-level stakeholders across clients and industry forums.
• Shape long-term talent and skills strategy to meet sector demand and future needs.
• Collaborate with BU Operations and Talent Acquisition to deliver workforce plans.
• Lead capability-wide learning and development aligned to market and technology trends.
• Foster professional identity, belonging, and continuous improvement within the capability.
• Establish and promote standards, patterns, methodologies, and best practices.
• Evolve capabilities and practices to adopt an AI-first approach aligned to strategy.
• Identify and manage capability risks and succession plans with escalation when needed.

Key requirements

• Experience leading within a technology professional services organisation with client-facing services and growth outcomes.
• Experience defining and executing strategy across a technology capability or service portfolio across multiple teams.
• Proven ability to influence growth through market engagement, partnerships, or new service offerings.
• Leadership track record with outcome-driven thought leadership, innovation, and talent development.
• Credibility in both technical and commercial aspects within the relevant capability area.
• Ability to develop senior relationships and represent Kainos professionally.
• People-oriented leadership with a vision for capability strategy and implementation plans.
• Strong decision-making, collaborative approach, and focus on best outcomes for Kainos.
• Evidence of driving initiatives that improve team capability or performance.

• leadership
• stakeholder management
• communication
• platform engineering
• AI-first strategy
• capability strategy

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