Pre-Sales Solution Architect AI
Manchester - UK
Job Summary
At ANS were helping organisations unlock the power of Microsoft technologies to transform how they work. As demand for AI and automation continues to accelerate were looking for an experienced AI Business Applications Presales Solution Architect to join our growing Copilot Power Platform Practice.
This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who is passionate about AI business applications and helping customers solve real-world challenges through Microsofts modern technology stack.
Youll work alongside our sales teams customers partners and Microsoft to design innovative AI and low-code solutions that deliver measurable business outcomes. From executive workshops and discovery sessions through to solution design and demonstrations youll play a pivotal role in winning new business and shaping customer transformation journeys.
What Youll Be Doing
- Leading customer discovery AI envisioning and innovation workshops to understand business challenges opportunities and desired outcomes.
- Helping customers identify where AI automation and agentic technologies can create measurable business value.
- Designing innovative solutions using Microsoft 365 Copilot Copilot Studio Power Platform and the wider Microsoft productivity and automation ecosystem.
- Taking customers from aspiration to implementation transforming ideas into strategies prototypes proof of concepts and production-ready solutions.
- Building engaging demonstrations agents and proof-of-concept solutions that help customers visualise what is possible.
- Acting as a trusted advisor to business and technology stakeholders translating business challenges into practical and achievable solutions.
- Supporting customer conversations around AI readiness adoption governance and operating models.
- Working collaboratively with specialists across ANS to identify the most appropriate combination of technologies and services to meet customer objectives.
- Supporting proposals Statements of Work bid responses and customer-facing solution documentation.
- Identifying repeatable use cases solution accelerators and opportunities that can be leveraged across customers industries and sectors.
- Staying current with emerging Microsoft technologies particularly within Copilot Copilot Studio Agentic AI Automation and Business Transformation.
What Were Looking For
Youll be a commercially minded consultant architect or technology strategist who enjoys helping organisations solve complex business challenges through AI automation and digital transformation.
Youll be naturally curious passionate about emerging technology and excited by the challenge of turning early-stage ideas into practical solutions that create genuine business value.
Youll thrive in situations where there isnt a predefined answer and enjoy bringing together the right people expertise and technologies to solve customer challenges.
Essential Experience
- Strong experience in a Presales Solution Architect Consultant or Technical Sales role.
- Excellent knowledge of Microsoft Power Platform and Business Applications technologies.
- Experience designing solutions that solve real business challenges and deliver measurable outcomes.
- Strong stakeholder management and presentation skills.
- Ability to confidently engage with both technical and business audiences.
- Experience working alongside sales teams to develop and win opportunities.
- Passion for AI automation and emerging technologies.
Bonus Points For
- Experience with Microsoft 365 Copilot and Copilot Studio.
- Experience building AI Agents automations prototypes or proof-of-concept solutions.
- Experience with Microsoft Power Platform technologies.
- Understanding of AI governance security compliance and responsible AI principles.
- Experience supporting organisational change adoption enablement or transformation programmes.
- Awareness of Azure AI Foundry Microsoft Fabric and the broader Microsoft AI ecosystem.
- Experience creating reusable accelerators solutions or industry-specific offerings.
- Microsoft certifications relating to AI Agentic AI Copilot Security Governance Automation or Business Transformation.
Why This Role Is Different
This role sits at the intersection of business transformation AI strategy automation and solution architecture.
Youll help customers navigate uncertainty transform ideas into outcomes and shape the future of how organisations use Agentic AI.
You dont need to know everything.
But you do need to have a passion for how everything fits together.
Why ANS
At ANS were on a mission to make the worlds best cloud and digital services available to every organisation. As a Microsoft partner at the forefront of AI innovation were helping customers embrace the next generation of AI-powered productivity automation and agentic experiences enabling them to evolve into the high-performing AI-enabled organisations of tomorrow.
Youll join a business that invests heavily in its people embraces innovation and works at the cutting edge of Microsofts AI ecosystem. This is an opportunity to be part of one of the biggest technology shifts of our generation helping customers navigate AI Automation Copilot and Agentic technologies to solve real business challenges and unlock measurable value.
In return youll get:
- The opportunity to help organisations transform ideas into outcomes through AI Automation and Agentic technologies.
- Access to cutting-edge Microsoft technologies programmes and learning pathways.
- Ongoing learning development and certification opportunities across Microsofts rapidly evolving AI ecosystem.
- The opportunity to shape how customers adopt AI Automation and modern ways of working to drive meaningful business outcomes.
- A collaborative and supportive culture where curiosity innovation and continuous learning are encouraged.
- The opportunity to work alongside specialists across Security Cloud Data Modern Work and Business Applications to deliver transformational solutions.
- Clear career progression within one of Microsofts leading partners.
- Flexible and remote working options.
Ready to Join Us
If youre excited by the potential of AI passionate about innovation and enjoy helping customers solve complex business challenges wed love to hear from you.
Apply today and help organisations turn AI ambition into measurable business outcomes through Copilot Automation and Agentic technologies
Why work for ANS
At ANS weve created a place where everyone can be themselves and we empower our people to get the job done. Openness ambition honesty and passion are what drive us every day. We are bold courageous and innovative and we do it like no other. We invest in our training development health and more we give you the benefits and flexibility to maintain a happy work-life balance.
Were proud of the inclusive fun dynamic environment weve created. Its a safe space that works for dont have to be a techie to work in tech. Bring your authentic self and find your dream role here. Find out more atLinkedIn pages.
Whats in it for you
With fantastic benefits an inclusive culture and a cool office space were your kind of workplace.
Company benefits
- As standard:25 daysholiday plus you can buy up to5 moredays
- A little extra:well give you yourbirthday offand an extracelebration dayfor whatever you want!Tying the knotYou get 5 days additional holiday in the year you get married. Oh and 5volunteer days!
- Private health insurance
- Pension contribution match and 4 x life assurance
- Flexible workingandwork from anywherefor up to 30 days per year (some exceptions)
- Maternity: 16 weeks full pay Paternity: 3 weeks full pay Adoption: 16 weeks full pay
- Company social events get ready for a jam-packed calendar
- Electric car scheme
- 12 days of personal growth development time
ANS are an equal opportunities employer. We encourage diversity and anyone applying for a role at our organisation can be assured that their application will be treated fairly regardless of age disability gender reassignment gender expression marriage and civil partnership pregnancy and maternity race religion or belief and sex or sexual orientation. We sometimes ask for information relating to individuals for equal opportunities monitoring purposes only.
The Benefits
The Benefits
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Private Medical
Pension Scheme
Life Assurance
Volunteer Days
Electric Vehicle Scheme
Personal Development Days
Ride to Work Scheme
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