Pre Sales AI Architect

Summary

Join Version 1 as a Pre-Sales AI Architect and play a pivotal role in shaping and securing new AI opportunities. You will bridge the gap between complex customer challenges and AI-powered solutions, acting as a trusted advisor to internal teams and clients. Responsibilities include leading discovery sessions, designing scalable AI architectures, driving sales and proposal success, communicating value, collaborating across functions, and tracking emerging technologies. This highly consultative role requires a strong blend of technical expertise, business acumen, and communication skills. You will contribute to successful bid strategies and proposals, directly supporting sales growth. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in AI/ML solution design and a proven ability to align business problems with AI-powered solutions in cloud environments.

Requirements

• Strong experience in AI/ML solution design, with a focus on pre-sales, consulting, or client-facing roles
• Proven ability to align business problems with AI-powered solutions in cloud environments (Azure, AWS, or GCP)
• Deep knowledge of AI/ML techniques (e.g., GenAI, supervised/unsupervised learning, LLMs, MLOps, embeddings, vector search)
• Hands-on experience with modern AI tools/platforms such as Databricks, LangChain, Azure ML, and Hugging Face
• Skilled in developing technical artefacts (e.g., HLDs), estimating effort/cost, and contributing to winning proposals
• Exceptional communication and presentation skills; able to influence technical and non-technical stakeholders
• Experience collaborating in bid teams or with account executives, ideally in a consultancy or solutions environment
• Awareness of data governance, security standards, and ethical AI considerations
• Versatility to adapt solutions across industries such as public sector, utilities, health, and finance

Responsibilities

• Shape and Translate Client Needs into AI Solutions
• Lead discovery sessions to uncover business drivers, pain points, and AI opportunities
• Map business requirements to AI/ML use cases and define value-focused solution strategies
• Design Scalable AI Architectures
• Architect end-to-end AI/ML solutions including model design, data pipelines, MLOps, and cloud integration
• Leverage platforms like Azure ML, AWS SageMaker, Google Vertex AI, Databricks, Hugging Face, and LangChain
• Drive Sales and Proposal Success
• Lead technical contributions to RFPs/RFIs, creating compelling narratives, architecture diagrams, and cost estimates
• Shape bid strategy and differentiation using innovations in GenAI, LLMs, NLP, and computer vision
• Communicate Value and Inspire Confidence
• Present complex technical solutions to business audiences in clear, value-driven terms
• Build demos or PoCs that validate solution design and inspire client trust
• Collaborate Across Functions
• Partner with data scientists, engineers, and delivery teams to ensure solutions are feasible, scalable, and aligned with client needs
• Support commercial modeling alongside sales, legal, and pricing teams
• Track Trends and Advise on Emerging Technologies
• Monitor advances in AI (e.g., RAG, vector databases, prompt engineering, Responsible AI)
• Educate internal stakeholders and apply emerging tools to strengthen proposals

Benefits

• Share in our success with our Quarterly Performance-Related Profit Share Scheme, where employees collectively benefit from a share of our company's profits
• Strong Career Progression & mentorship coaching through our Strength in Balance & Leadership schemes with a dedicated quarterly Pathways Career Development programme
• Flexible/remote working, Version 1 is tremendously understanding of life events and people’s individual circumstances and offer flexibility to help achieve a healthy work life balance
• Financial Wellbeing initiatives including; Pension, Private Healthcare Cover, Life Assurance, Financial advice and an Employee Discount scheme
• Employee Wellbeing schemes including Gym Discounts, Bike to Work, Fitness classes, Mindfulness Workshops, Employee Assistance Programme and much more
• Generous holiday allowance, enhanced maternity/paternity leave, marriage/civil partnership leave and special leave policies
• Educational assistance, incentivised certifications, and accreditations, including AWS, Microsoft, Oracle, and Red Hat
• Reward schemes including Version 1’s Annual Excellence Awards & ‘Call-Out’ platform
• Environment, Social and Community First initiatives allow you to get involved in local fundraising and development opportunities as part of fostering our diversity, inclusion and belonging schemes