Agentic AI architect in City of London

Location: London, United Kingdom (Hybrid)

Role Overview

We are seeking a Senior Agentic & Generative AI Consultant who is a recognized thought leader and hands-on practitioner in modern AI systems. This individual will play a pivotal role in shaping AI-led transformation for enterprise clients, leading complex deals, architecting solutions, and translating cutting-edge AI capabilities into measurable business outcomes. This role requires a rare combination of deep technical expertise, strategic thinking, and client-facing leadership. The successful candidate will work closely with business leaders, architects, and delivery teams to design and deliver agentic, generative, and enterprise-scale AI solutions, while also influencing AI strategy and go-to-market motions.

Key Responsibilities

• AI Strategy & Thought Leadership
  • Act as a senior thought leader in Agentic AI and Generative AI, shaping client conversations, executive briefings, and AI transformation roadmaps.
  • Advise C-suite and senior stakeholders on AI strategy, operating models, governance, and responsible AI adoption.
  • Contribute to internal AI points of view, reference architectures, accelerators, and best practices.
  • Stay ahead of industry trends in agentic systems, foundation models, orchestration frameworks, and enterprise AI platforms.
• Deal Leadership & Solutioning
  • Lead AI-led deal pursuits, including opportunity shaping, solution design, estimations, and executive presentations.
  • Own the end-to-end solution architecture for complex AI engagements, from discovery through implementation.
  • Partner with sales, industry leaders, and delivery teams to craft compelling AI value propositions and business cases.
  • Act as a trusted advisor during client evaluations, PoCs, and pilots.
• Hands-on Technical Leadership
  • Design and guide the implementation of Agentic AI systems, including multi-agent architectures, tool-using and reasoning agents, human-in-the-loop workflows, and orchestration and memory patterns.
  • Lead solution design using Generative AI and LLM ecosystems, including prompt engineering and prompt pipelines, RAG (Retrieval Augmented Generation) architectures, and model fine-tuning and evaluation strategies.
  • Provide technical oversight and mentoring to engineering and data science teams.
• Enterprise AI Delivery & Governance
  • Design AI solutions that integrate with enterprise systems (e.g., ERP, CRM, digital platforms, data platforms).
  • Ensure solutions align with security, compliance, data privacy, and responsible AI principles.
  • Define AI operating models covering lifecycle management, monitoring, cost optimization, and scalability.

Required Skills & Experience

• Core Experience
  • 15+ years of experience in technology consulting, digital transformation, or advanced analytics.
  • 5+ years of hands-on experience in AI / ML, with strong recent focus on Generative AI and Agentic AI.
  • Proven experience leading complex enterprise deals and large-scale solutioning efforts.
• Technical Expertise
  • Strong hands-on experience with Large Language Models (LLMs) and GenAI platforms, agentic frameworks and orchestration patterns, RAG pipelines, vector databases, and embeddings.
  • Experience across major AI ecosystems (e.g., cloud AI platforms, open-source LLM tooling).
  • Solid understanding of data engineering, APIs, and enterprise integration patterns.
• Consulting & Leadership Skills
  • Strong client-facing presence, capable of leading executive-level discussions.
  • Ability to translate complex AI concepts into clear business value narratives.
  • Experience mentoring senior architects, engineers, and consultants.
  • Comfortable operating in ambiguous, fast-evolving AI landscapes.

Nice to Have

• Experience with enterprise platforms (e.g., ERP, digital experience platforms, CRM, or industry-specific systems).
• Exposure to regulated industries (financial services, healthcare, public sector, etc.).
• Publications, speaking engagements, or visible contributions to the AI community.
• Experience shaping AI Centers of Excellence (CoEs) or enterprise AI operating models.

What We Offer

• Opportunity to shape and lead AI transformation for global enterprises.
• Work at the forefront of Agentic and Generative AI innovation.
• High impact role with visibility across senior leadership and marquee clients.
• Competitive compensation and benefits.
• Flexible working model based in London.