Pre Sales AI Architect

Pre Sales AI Architect

£100,000-£115,000 base salary + £35,000 Bonus OTE + Benefits

London - Flexible Working Across the UK

Are you passionate about shaping AI opportunities before they’re built? Do you enjoy translating complex client challenges into compelling, technically robust AI solutions?

We’re looking for a Pre-Sales AI Architect to lead AI solution design, shape high-quality tender responses, and scope transformative AI engagements across multiple industries.

This is a high-impact, client-facing role where technical depth meets storytelling, commercial thinking, and strategic influence.

As a Pre-Sales AI Architect, you will:

• Bridge business challenges with scalable AI-powered solutions
• Lead technical responses for AI-related RFPs and competitive tenders
• Scope AI delivery programmes including effort, phases, risks, and assumptions
• Design end-to-end AI architectures across cloud platforms
• Act as a trusted advisor to clients and internal stakeholders

You will directly influence revenue growth by shaping winning proposals that are both innovative and deliverable.

🧠 What You’ll Be Doing

🔎 Shape & Scope AI Opportunities

• Run discovery sessions with stakeholders
• Identify high-value AI use cases aligned to business drivers
• Define delivery phases, resource plans, timelines, and risk frameworks

🏗 Design AI Architectures

• Translate requirements into scalable AI/ML solutions
• Design architectures covering:
• Model development
• Data pipelines
• MLOps and monitoring
• Cloud integration (Azure, AWS, or GCP)
• Validate feasibility with engineering and delivery teams

✍️ Lead Tender & Bid Responses

• Own technical sections of AI RFPs and RFIs
• Develop compelling solution narratives and architecture artefacts
• Define scope, assumptions, estimates, and governance approach
• Balance innovation with realistic delivery

📈 Articulate Value

• Clearly communicate business impact and ROI
• Present complex AI solutions to both technical and non-technical audiences
• Showcase innovation in GenAI, Responsible AI, and emerging architectures (RAG, vector search, embeddings)

✅ What We’re Looking For

• Proven experience in pre-sales, AI architecture, or technical bid writing
• Strong capability in scoping AI/ML programmes and estimating effort
• Deep understanding of:
• Machine learning (supervised & unsupervised)
• Generative AI & LLMs
• Embeddings, vector databases, RAG
• MLOps and model lifecycle management
• Experience with platforms such as:
• Azure ML, AWS SageMaker, Google Vertex AI
• Databricks, LangChain, Hugging Face
• Ability to develop architecture artefacts (HLDs, solution diagrams, delivery models)
• Exceptional writing, storytelling, and stakeholder engagement skills
• Experience in consultancy, systems integration, or AI solution environments is highly desirable
• Strong understanding of data governance, security, and ethical AI

🌍 Why Join?

• Be at the forefront of AI transformation across sectors
• Influence high-value strategic deals
• Work with senior stakeholders on cutting-edge AI use cases
• Flexible and remote working options
• Strong focus on career progression, mentorship, and certifications
• Competitive benefits and wellbeing support