In this role you lead Advania UK’s internal AI Factory, turning business opportunities into AI solutions using Microsoft technology. You will own the architecture, governance, and delivery of AI applications, agents and automations that drive measurable outcomes. You’ll lead a small AI engineering team and collaborate with senior leaders to accelerate AI transformation. Your work enables a community of AI innovators while ensuring secure, scalable, and maintainable solutions.
Pay / Benefits
Hybrid working
Salary up to 90,000
Benefits package (details not specified)
Responsibilities
Design and build AI applications, agents, automations and dashboards tailored to business challenges
Own end-to-end architecture of internal AI estate including security, cost, observability, DevOps and source control
Conduct discovery sessions with stakeholders to translate needs into feasible use cases with value hypotheses
Provide day-to-day technical direction, designs reviews, and skill development for the team
Implement governance across Copilot Studio, Power Platform, Azure DevOps, and Azure hosting environments
Define and run the AI estate support model including monitoring, incident response, and change management
Enable wider maker community with templates, standards, datasets and tools
Support prioritisation of the use-case portfolio and advise leadership on sequencing by value
Report progress and risks to CTO and senior stakeholders; present team work to executives
Maintain awareness of Microsoft AI roadmap and incorporate advances into the internal estate
Key requirements
Proven experience delivering production AI solutions (not just POCs)
Strong agent-building experience in Copilot Studio and Microsoft Foundry
Solid software engineering foundations (web app and API development; Python, C#, or TypeScript)
Experience with Azure DevOps or GitHub Actions; CI/CD and IaC
Knowledge of MCP development and secure data exposure to agents
Practical knowledge of RAG and Azure AI Search
Understanding of Copilot Studio and Power Platform governance
Fluent use of agentic coding tools (e.g., GitHub Copilot)
Ability to engage with senior leaders, translate business needs into technical options, and communicate clearly
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