Copilot Architect

Lead Business AI Architect

Location: UK – Remote

Employment Type: Permanent

The Role

We are looking for an experienced Lead Business AI Architect to design and shape AI-powered business solutions across the Microsoft ecosystem.

This role will sit at the intersection of business requirements, solution architecture and AI delivery, working closely with internal stakeholders to understand business challenges and translate them into scalable solutions using Microsoft Copilot, Copilot Studio, Power Platform, Microsoft 365 and Microsoft Foundry.

You will act as a senior technical authority for business AI solutions, defining solution designs, architecture patterns and technical standards while supporting engineering teams through implementation.

Compared with a hands-on engineering role, this position will have a greater focus on solution design, stakeholder engagement, architecture governance and technical direction.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the architecture and solution design of AI-powered business solutions across Copilot Studio, Power Platform, Microsoft 365 Copilot and Microsoft Foundry.
• Engage directly with internal business teams to understand requirements, pain points and opportunities for AI and automation.
• Translate business requirements into clear technical architectures, solution designs and delivery roadmaps.
• Run discovery and design workshops with business stakeholders, Product Owners and technical teams.
• Define high-level and detailed solution designs for Copilot, AI agent, workflow automation and business application use cases.
• Design integration approaches across Microsoft 365, Power Platform, Azure and wider enterprise systems.
• Establish reusable architecture patterns, standards and best practices for AI and automation solutions.
• Provide technical leadership and guidance to AI Engineers throughout solution delivery.
• Review engineering designs and implementations to ensure alignment with agreed architecture and quality standards.
• Ensure solutions meet requirements around security, compliance, data governance and responsible AI.
• Advise stakeholders on the suitability, limitations and trade-offs of different Microsoft AI technologies.
• Support prioritisation and feasibility assessment of new AI use cases across the organisation.
• Collaborate with enterprise architects, security teams and technology leadership to ensure solutions align with wider technology strategy.
• Help shape the organisation's longer-term approach to Microsoft AI and intelligent automation.

Skills & Experience

We are looking for someone with experience across a combination of the following:

• Strong solution architecture experience across Microsoft Power Platform, Microsoft 365 or Azure.
• Hands-on knowledge of Copilot Studio, Microsoft 365 Copilot or generative AI technologies.
• Experience designing solutions using Microsoft Foundry, Azure OpenAI or Azure AI services.
• Strong knowledge of Power Apps, Power Automate and Dataverse.
• Experience designing low-code and AI-enabled solutions within enterprise environments.
• Strong understanding of integrations, APIs, data flows, identity and enterprise application architecture.
• Experience producing architecture documentation, solution designs and technical standards.
• Strong stakeholder management skills, with experience working directly with business teams and senior internal customers.
• Ability to facilitate discovery workshops and translate non-technical business requirements into technical solutions.
• Experience providing technical direction to engineers or development teams.
• Strong understanding of security, governance and compliance considerations within Microsoft cloud environments.

Desirable Experience

• Microsoft Power Platform Solution Architect certification such as PL-600.
• Experience delivering enterprise-wide Copilot or AI adoption programmes.
• Experience architecting AI agents, automated workflows or business process solutions.
• Knowledge of Microsoft Purview, Entra ID and wider Microsoft security and governance tooling.
• Experience establishing Power Platform or AI governance frameworks.
• Experience with Centres of Excellence or enterprise low-code adoption programmes.
• Familiarity with responsible AI principles and AI governance.
• Experience working within large or complex enterprise organisations.

What You’ll Get

This is an opportunity to play a key role in shaping how a large organisation adopts and scales Microsoft AI technologies.

You will work directly with business stakeholders to identify opportunities for AI and automation, then design the solutions and architecture required to bring those ideas into production.

The role offers significant influence across Copilot Studio, Power Platform, Microsoft 365 Copilot and Microsoft Foundry, combining solution architecture, internal consulting and technical leadership at the forefront of enterprise AI adoption.