ai associate director - ai solutions & architecture

About the role

Method has partnered with a digital consulting firm investing heavily in its AI and client‑facing technology capabilities. As the business continues to evolve its AI offering, they are looking to hire an Associate Director to help shape, design, and deliver enterprise AI solutions across a growing portfolio of clients. This role combines strong technical understanding of modern AI technologies with the ability to engage confidently with senior client stakeholders, translating business challenges into practical AI solutions and supporting both pre‑sales activity and delivery execution.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead technical discovery sessions with clients to understand business challenges, operational processes, and AI opportunities.
• Design and architect AI‑enabled solutions across generative AI, LLMs, agentic workflows, automation, and enterprise integration.
• Support RFPs, proposals, and pre‑sales engagements by defining solution approaches, technical architecture, delivery models, and implementation plans.
• Work closely with consulting and engineering teams to ensure solutions are practical, scalable, secure, and aligned to client requirements.
• Translate complex technical concepts into clear business‑focused recommendations for senior stakeholders.
• Provide hands‑on input into AI implementation projects, including solution design, workflow architecture, tooling decisions, and platform selection.
• Support the development of repeatable AI‑enabled offerings, accelerators, and frameworks across the consulting practice.
• Act as a trusted advisor to clients throughout discovery, design, and early delivery phases.
• Stay current on emerging AI technologies, enterprise adoption trends, governance considerations, and market developments.

Technical Focus Areas

• Agentic AI and enterprise LLM applications
• Retrieval‑Augmented Generation (RAG) architectures
• AI agents and workflow orchestration
• AI solution architecture and systems integration
• Azure OpenAI, AWS Bedrock, GCP Vertex AI, or similar platforms
• Enterprise AI governance, scalability, and deployment considerations
• AI‑enabled automation and operational transformation

Skills & Experience

• Experience delivering AI, data, or digital transformation solutions within a consulting or professional services environment.
• Strong understanding of agentic AI, LLMs, and modern AI solution patterns.
• Experience leading client‑facing workshops, technical discovery sessions, and solution discussions.
• Proven ability to shape technical solutions for proposals, RFPs, and consulting engagements.
• Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to engage credibly with both technical and non‑technical audiences.
• Experience working across architecture, delivery, and advisory functions within complex enterprise environments.
• Ability to balance hands‑on technical involvement with client engagement responsibilities.
• Consulting experience from firms or similar environments is highly beneficial.

Why This Role

Opportunity to help shape a growing AI capability within an evolving consulting business, with high exposure to enterprise AI transformation programmes and senior client stakeholders. The role offers a broad span covering advisory, architecture, solution design, and delivery engagement, and provides a clear progression path into broader AI leadership responsibilities over time.

Pay

£100,000‑£130,000 base + bonus.