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Moonpig

<div><div>We&rsquo;re the Moonpig Group &ndash; home to Moonpig, Greetz, Red Letter Days and Buyagift &ndash; and we&rsquo;re on a mission to make people feel loved, celebrated and remembered. Whether it&rsquo;s a card that gets them laughing out loud or a gift that makes their day, we help people stay close, no matter the miles.</div>
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<div>We&rsquo;re proud to be leading the online gifting revolution, with brilliant products, clever tech and a whole lot of heart. Our platform makes it easy to create moments that matter &ndash; packed with personal touches and delivered with care.</div>
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<div>We&rsquo;re not just about selling cards or gifts &ndash; we&rsquo;re here to spread joy, spark smiles and make every celebration feel extra special. And with values that guide how we work and support one another, we&rsquo;ve built a place where people (and ideas) can truly thrive.</div>
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<div>If you&rsquo;re looking to make an impact, bring your spark and be part of something meaningful &ndash; we&rsquo;d love to have you on the team. \uD83C\uDF19\uD83D\uDC37</div><div></div><h3 class="jobSectionHeader"><b><br>
Delivery Lead \u007C London &ndash; Hybrid (1&ndash;2 days per week in the office) \u007C Competitive Salary + Benefits</b></h3>
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13-month fixed-term contract &ndash; maternity cover</b></p>
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About the Role</b></h3>
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We&rsquo;re looking for a Delivery Lead to join Moonpig on a 13-month fixed-term contract, based in London.</p>
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You&rsquo;ll lead the successful delivery of strategic business, operational and technology initiatives across Moonpig. Working as a trusted partner across our Business, Operations, Product and Technology teams, you&rsquo;ll bring the structure, governance and leadership needed to turn complex plans into successful outcomes.</p>
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You&rsquo;ll lead multiple initiatives at the same time, helping teams stay aligned, managing risks and dependencies, and making sure delivery decisions balance business value, quality and organisational priorities.</p>
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Through clear communication, strong collaboration and continuous improvement, you&rsquo;ll help us deliver change that improves how we work and creates value for Moonpig and our customers.</p>
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Key Responsibilities</b></h3><ul>
<li>Lead the end-to-end delivery of multiple concurrent business, operational and technology projects of varying size and complexity</li>
<li>Partner with stakeholders across the business, Operations, Product and Technology teams to shape delivery plans and ensure successful execution</li>
<li>Facilitate effective decision-making by bringing together the right stakeholders, presenting delivery options and trade-offs, and driving alignment across teams</li>
<li>Deliver operational change initiatives that improve business processes, efficiency and ways of working alongside strategic technology programmes</li>
<li>Establish and maintain appropriate planning and governance, facilitating working groups and, where appropriate, Steering Committees throughout the project lifecycle</li>
<li>Build and maintain strong stakeholder relationships, aligning priorities, influencing outcomes and ensuring effective communication throughout delivery</li>
<li>Identify, manage and communicate project risks, issues, dependencies and delivery trade-offs</li>
<li>Produce accurate delivery reporting and portfolio updates, providing transparency of progress, risks and milestones</li>
<li>Remove blockers and facilitate collaboration across cross-functional teams to enable successful delivery</li>
<li>Manage assigned initiatives, adapting plans to changing priorities while providing accurate forecasting and progress information to support portfolio planning.</li>
<li>Apply the most appropriate delivery methodology (Agile, Waterfall or Hybrid) based on the needs of each initiative</li>
<li>Support organisational change by embedding effective delivery practices and helping teams successfully adopt new ways of working.</li>
<li>Drive continuous improvement by identifying opportunities to improve operational processes, delivery practices, governance and team effectiveness</li>
<li>Champion Delivery standards, governance and best practices across the wider business</li>
</ul><h3 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>About You</b></h3><div>
<ul><li>Proven experience leading the delivery of multiple complex business and technology projects</li>
<li>Strong knowledge of Agile, Waterfall and Hybrid delivery methodologies, with the ability to apply the most appropriate approach</li>
<li>Excellent stakeholder management skills, with the ability to build trusted relationships across all levels of the organisation</li>
<li>Strong planning, organisation and prioritisation skills, with experience managing multiple competing priorities</li>
<li>Experience managing project risks, dependencies, governance and reporting</li>
<li>Excellent communication and facilitation skills, with the ability to tailor communication for different audiences</li>
<li>Experience working closely with Product, Engineering and cross-functional business teams and C Suite stake holders</li>
<li>Demonstrated ability to influence without direct authority and drive collaboration across teams</li>
<li>Comfortable working in a fast-paced, evolving environment with ambiguity and changing priorities</li>
<li>Experience using project management and collaboration tools such as Jira, Confluence, Asana or similar</li>
<li>Proven experience delivering both technology and operational/business change initiatives</li>
<li>Experience working with operational business functions to improve processes, implement change and deliver measurable business outcomes</li>
<li>Experience delivering projects within an eCommerce or digital business</li>
<li>Experience delivering both business change and technology transformation initiatives</li>
<li>Experience supporting organisational change and continuous improvement initiatives</li>
<li>Experience with all parts of a business including the Operations area</li>
</ul></div><h3 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>Interview Process</b></h3><div>
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<li><p><b>Stage 2:</b> Interview with a member of the hiring team, assessing role and culture fit.</p>
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<li><p><b>Final stage:</b> Interview with the Hiring Manager, assessing project management and technical competence.</p>
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</ul><p>Our process may vary depending on role and availability. We keep candidates informed of any changes.</p>
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What's in it for you?</b></div>
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<div>We believe in empowering our team to do their best work. Enjoy:</div>
<div><b>\uD83D\uDCB0 Competitive Pay &amp; Bonuses: </b>Plus, generous pension plans &amp; staff discounts.</div>
<div><b>\uD83D\uDC86\uD83C\uDFFD Wellbeing First:</b> Private healthcare (UK) and mental health support</div>
<div><b>\uD83C\uDFD6️ Flexible Working &amp; Time Off:</b> Generous holidays, hybrid working (1-3 days in office, depending on role/team) &amp; up to 20 days of international working.</div>
<div><b>\uD83D\uDCC8 Career Growth: </b>Learning allowances, coaching &amp; development programs.</div>
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<div><b>Want to know more?</b></div>
<div>Explore our full benefits package: here</div>
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<div><b>Our Ways of Working:</b></div>
<div>We trust our colleagues to do what&rsquo;s right and offer flexibility to support a balance between work and life. At the same time, face-to-face office time is an important and expected part of working at Moonpig Group. We believe regular in-person working supports collaboration, alignment, and effective decision-making. Candidates will have regular and ongoing time working from the office as part of their role, which will be discussed during the recruitment process.</div>
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<div><b>Moonpig Group's Commitment to Equality, Diversity, and Inclusivity:</b></div>
<div>At Moonpig Group, we&rsquo;re all about creating a workplace where everyone feels they truly belong. We celebrate what makes each of us unique, whether that&rsquo;s our background, how we work best, or what matters most to us.</div>
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<div>From working parents who need flexible hours to neurodiverse colleagues with specific working styles, we&rsquo;re here to support our people in ways that work for them. Because when you feel valued and included, you can thrive, and so can we.</div>
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<div>We&rsquo;re proud to have a number of employee-led groups driving this forward, including our LGBTQ+, Gender Balance, Neurodiversity and EMBRACE (Educating Myself for Better Racial Awareness and Cultural Enrichment) communities, plus our Group-wide EDI committee. These teams help make sure every voice is heard and every idea has a place.</div>
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<div>We know that diversity fuels creativity, innovation and connection, and that&rsquo;s why we&rsquo;ll keep pushing for progress. Together, we&rsquo;re building a culture where everyone feels safe, supported, and free to be their brilliant, authentic selves.</div>
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<div>If you have a preferred name, please use it to apply and share your pronouns if you are comfortable to do so\uD83D\uDE0A - If you have any reasonable adjustment requests throughout the interview process please let us know on your application or speak to the Recruiter.</div><br>
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We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses and identifying potential inconsistencies or verification signals in application materials based on available information. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.</p></div>

Delivery Lead

Kraken

<div><p>Help us use technology to make a big green dent in the universe!</p><p>
Kraken powers some of the most innovative global developments in energy.</p><p>
We create the technology that redefines utilities and unlocks a new energy system of the future. By optimising renewable generation, building a more intelligent grid, and empowering utilities to deliver an exceptional customer experience, our operating system is transforming the industry worldwide.</p><p>
It&rsquo;s an incredibly exciting time to work in energy. Join us on our mission to improve the lives of ONE BILLION humans within the decade and shape a cleaner, better future for everyone.</p><p><b>
Kraken Customer</b></p><p>
What we do: build the most AI-driven, innovative, forward-thinking platform for energy management. From optimising resources to delivering cost-effective, exceptional customer experiences through advanced Customer Information Systems (CIS), billing, meter data management, CRM, and AI-driven communications, Kraken is powering the next wave of innovation in the energy industry.</p><div><br>
</div><p>Why we do it: future energy will not look like energy as we know it today. We need to not just think about our future, but build for it. Now.</p><div></div><p><br>
<b>Where you'll fit in:</b></p><div><br>
</div><p>We are looking for a brilliant<b> Client Delivery Lead </b>to build Industry-leading product experiences for our clients. If you love making things better for customers, building great products, working with technology, bringing people together to find solutions, then you&rsquo;ve come to the right place.</p><div><br>
</div><p>We are a flat and agile organisation and plan to remain this way. We are looking for hands-on Client Delivery Lead who can work as an individual contributor, that can help build our capability across our business with Kraken and other 3rd parties as we continue to grow. Our Delivery Leads are here to solve complex problems with great products.</p><div><br>
</div><p>The Client Delivery Lead has direct responsibility for creating, managing and prioritising the operations product roadmap to ensure clarity and understanding with both the Kraken and client business. They need to always work in partnership with the technology and operational teams at Kraken as well as the client. The Delivery Lead has to really understand how Kraken works, identify problems and refine solutions in the best way to leverage existing and new capability. They will bring technology, people and processes together to innovate improvements for our clients.</p><div></div><p><br>
They will deal with complexity across multiple customer journeys with a variety of customer types and end users. This person will play a critical role in bringing all the right people together to deliver the roadmap.</p><div><br>
</div><p><b>What you'll own:</b></p><ul><li><p>
Work closely with the operation and non operation and Kraken Technologies Teams to define the product vision and strategy</p></li><li><p>
Identify new ideas and technology to improve the product</p></li><li><p>
Define the MVP and test &amp; learn approach for the product capability</p></li><li><p>
Support the business with issue resolution for the product</p></li><li><p>
Support the engineering teams to deliver product features</p></li><li><p>
Managing the relationship with client counterparts, being the first point of contact for tech development and issue resolution.
</p></li><li><p>Triaging incoming requests and communicating client priorities to the right domains in the development team.
</p></li><li><p>Ensure we are constantly reviewing and adapting to customer and business needs</p></li></ul><div></div><p><b><br>
What you'll bring to the party:
</b></p><ul><li><p>Degree qualified equivalent, with strong client delivery and/or product ownership experience</p></li><li><p>
Experience working within the energy/utilities industry</p></li><li><p>
Strong agile delivery experience and product management skills</p></li><li><p>
Experience of product management and customer journeys</p></li><li><p>
Solid understanding of technology and associated trends</p></li><li><p>
Excellent communications, collaboration and presentation skills</p></li><li><p>
Strong influencing skills and ability to challenge traditional ways of thinking</p></li><li><p>
Experience of working with significant complex delivery pipelines for clients</p></li><li><p>
Patience - our clients are undergoing huge transformations that take time and require our understanding
</p></li><li><p>Laser focus on clients, relentless problem solving, invincible attitude, a winner!</p></li><li><p>
Consulting experience is a plus</p></li></ul><p><i>
Are you ready for a career with us? We want to ensure you have the right tools and environment to unleash your potential. If you have any accommodation requests, please contact us at inclusion@kraken.tech. We&rsquo;ll do our best to tailor the experience to your needs so you can feel comfortable, confident and be at your best!</i></p><p><i>
Studies have shown that some groups of people, like women, are less likely to apply to a role unless they meet 100% of the job requirements. Whoever you are, if you like one of our jobs, we encourage you to apply as you might just be the candidate we&rsquo;re looking for! At Kraken, we're creating a team of genuine, honest, empathetic people. Our people are our strongest asset and the unique skills and perspectives people bring to the team are the driving force of our success. As an equal opportunity employer, we do not discriminate on the basis of any protected attribute. We consider all applicants without regard to race, colour, religion, national origin, age, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital or veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status.</i></p><ul><li>Our (i) Applicant and Candidate Privacy Notice and Artificial Intelligence (AI) Notice, (ii) Website Privacy Notice and (iii) Cookie Notice govern the collection and use of your personal data in connection with your application and use of our website. These policies explain how we handle your data and outline your rights under applicable laws, including, but not limited to, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA). Depending on your location, you may have the right to access, correct, or delete your information, object to processing, or withdraw consent. By applying, you acknowledge that you&rsquo;ve read, understood and consent to these terms</li></ul><p>
Please note that, in line with our current recruitment policy, we are unable to offer visa sponsorship for this position; applicants must have the right to work in the country that they're applying to, at the time of application.*</p></div>

Client Delivery Lead

Orbital

<div><p>Orbital Industries is an AI Industrial company, with frontier AI embedded at every step in the production of critical physical products - from creating advanced materials to engineering and manufacturing.</p><p>
Every Orbital Industries product is developed using CurieOS, our AI operating system, uniting AI-automated hardware engineering with AI-designed material science to achieve breakthrough real-world performance. We also offer CurieOS to our customers and partners, extending the same platform and workflows that power Orbital Industries to their own teams and products.</p><p>
We have an ambitious mission and need excellent people in all our teams - AI research, operations, advanced materials, mechanical engineering, chemical engineering and manufacturing.</p><p>
Working at Orbital Industries means working in vertically integrated teams across the full stack, from molecules to manufacturing. We're looking for people who have a love of physical technology, curiosity in AI and a desire to learn.</p><h2 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>
Role Overview
</b></h2><p>Orbital's AI software platform, CurieOS, is used by scientists and engineers to design and build products serving critical industries. Powering this software are our world leading AI models in advanced materials, hardware engineering and simulation.</p><p>
As Forward Deployed Engineering Lead at Orbital you will build and lead the Forward Deployed Engineering function, owning its technical standards, delivery model and team. You are an engineering leader who builds alongside customers, not a delivery leader who manages engineers. You will deliver complex deployments hands-on while hiring and developing the team that scales this capability across Orbital's growing customer base.</p><p>
First and foremost, we want to work with someone with a love of craftsmanship, continual learning and building systems that scale.</p><p></p><h2 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>
Key Responsibilities</b></h2><p><b>
Deliver deployments hands-on, across the breadth of industrial R&amp;D</b></p><ul><li><p>
Drive customer adoption so CurieOS becomes how their scientists and engineers work day-to-day</p></li><li><p>
Deliver complex customer deployments hands-on, writing production code, designing architectures, building integrations and debugging issues across CurieOS and customer systems</p></li><li><p>
Own the technical quality of deployments from prototype through production, including reliability, maintainability and operational performance</p></li><li><p>
Design and build systems that connect heterogeneous software, data and physical infrastructure, from simulation campaigns and digital twins to lab instruments, test rigs and CAD/PLM systems</p></li><li><p>
Develop reusable integration patterns that allow CurieOS to operate reliably across complex customer environments</p></li></ul><p><b>
Own delivery end-to-end</b></p><ul><li><p>
Embed with customer teams to understand ambiguous, high-value R&amp;D problems, challenge assumptions and identify where CurieOS can deliver meaningful impact</p></li><li><p>
Translate those problems into a technical approach, milestones and acceptance criteria, making pragmatic architecture and scope trade-offs as you learn</p></li><li><p>
Own the engagement from initial technical discovery through implementation, production deployment and adoption</p></li><li><p>
Set KPIs per engagement (screening throughput, design-cycle reduction, experiments avoided), measure pre/post and report outcomes to executive sponsors</p></li></ul><p><b>
Build and lead the team</b></p><ul><li><p>
Build and lead the Forward Deployed Engineering function, owning its technical standards, engineering practices and delivery model</p></li><li><p>
Hire, develop and manage exceptional Forward Deployed Engineers across diverse scientific and engineering domains</p></li><li><p>
Set the technical bar through code and architecture review, and act as the escalation point for the most difficult technical decisions and production issues</p></li><li><p>
Staff engagements based on technical complexity and individual strengths, while developing engineers into increasingly independent technical leaders</p></li><li><p>
Codify successful approaches into reusable architectures, tooling and playbooks so the team becomes more effective as it scales</p></li></ul><p></p><h2 class="jobSectionHeader"><b>
What We&rsquo;re Looking For
</b></h2><ul><li><p>Significant experience in enterprise software technical delivery or forward deployed engineering roles, you have led complex deployments and written production code alongside customers</p></li><li><p>
Experience building a forward deployed engineering or solutions function, hiring the team, setting the standards and defining the delivery model</p></li><li><p>
The ability to move fluidly between strategy conversations with R&amp;D leadership and debugging sessions with engineers</p></li><li><p>
A track record of succeeding in ambiguous, fast-moving environments where requirements evolve through direct iteration with users</p></li><li><p>
Strong software engineering fundamentals, you still build, and your technical judgement is respected by the engineers you lead</p></li><li><p>
A genuine interest in building software that enables breakthrough scientific and industrial applications</p></li></ul><p><i>
Orbital is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.</i></p></div>

Forward Deployed Engineering Lead

UK Government - Department for Science, Innovation & Technology

Talent Manager

Expleo Group

<div>Overview:
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We are seeking an experienced QE Test Lead to support a large-scale business and technology transformation programme. The successful candidate will be responsible for defining the overall testing strategy, establishing quality governance, coordinating testing activities across multiple technology workstreams, and leading a wider Quality Engineering team.</div><div></div><div><br>
This role requires a strong testing background combined with leadership experience across complex delivery environments. The ideal candidate will be comfortable working within Agile product-led teams and managing both internal and supplier-led testing activities to ensure successful programme delivery</div>
Responsibilities:
<ul><li>Define and maintain the overall test strategy and quality approach across the programme.</li><li>
Establish quality governance frameworks, standards, metrics, and reporting.</li><li>
Develop and manage programme-level test plans, schedules, risks, and dependencies.</li><li>
Lead and coordinate testing activities across multiple workstreams and delivery teams.</li><li>
Manage cross-functional and supplier-led test teams.</li><li>
Oversee functional, integration, system, regression, and data testing activities.</li><li>
Drive adoption of Quality Engineering best practices and continuous improvement initiatives.</li><li>
Ensure effective test coverage across business processes, integrations, and data flows.</li><li>
Collaborate with Product Owners, Business Analysts, Architects, Developers, and Delivery Leads to embed quality throughout the delivery lifecycle.</li><li>
Manage defects, testing risks, and quality-related issues through to resolution.</li><li>
Provide regular quality reporting and test status updates to programme stakeholders.</li><li>
Support release planning, deployment activities, and production readiness assessments.</li></ul>
Essential skills:
<ul><li>Strong understanding of Quality Engineering principles and testing best practices.</li><li>
Demonstrated ability to lead and coordinate distributed and supplier-led testing teams.</li><li>
Excellent stakeholder management, communication, and leadership skills.</li></ul>
Desired skills:
<ul><li>Microsoft Dynamics 365 (D365)</li><li>
Power Platform (Power Apps, Power Automate)</li><li>
API Testing</li><li>
Integration Testing</li><li>
Data Testing &amp; Validation</li><li>
Quality Engineering</li><li>
Agile Delivery</li><li>
Test Management &amp; Governance</li><li>
AI/ML Testing (Desirable)</li></ul>
Experience:
<ul><li>Proven experience as a QE Lead, Test Lead, or Test Manager within large-scale transformation programmes.</li><li>
Strong experience testing Microsoft Dynamics 365 (D365) solutions.</li><li>
Experience working with Microsoft Power Platform, including Power Apps and Power Automate.</li><li>
Strong API and integration testing experience.</li><li>
Proven experience in data testing, validation, and reconciliation.</li><li>
Experience working within Agile and product-centric delivery environments.</li><li>
Experience developing test strategies, test plans, and quality governance frameworks.</li><li>
Experience with AI/ML testing and validation.</li><li>
Experience implementing test automation strategies.</li><li>
Exposure to cloud-based platforms and integration architectures.</li><li>
Experience within regulated or complex enterprise environments.</li></ul>
Benefits:
<ul><li>Collaborative working environment &ndash; we stand shoulder to shoulder with our clients and our peers through good times and challenges</li><li>
We empower all passionate technology loving professionals by allowing them to expand their skills and take part in inspiring projects</li><li>
Expleo Academy - enables you to acquire and develop the right skills by delivering a suite of accredited training courses</li><li>
Competitive company benefits</li><li>
Always working as one team, our people are not afraid to think big and challenge the status quo</li></ul><div></div><ul><li><b><br>
As a Disability Confident Committed Employer we have committed to:</b><ul><li>
Ensure our recruitment process is inclusive and accessible</li><li>
Communicating and promoting vacancies</li><li>
Offering an interview to disabled people who meet the minimum criteria for the job</li><li>
Anticipating and providing reasonable adjustments as required</li><li>
Supporting any existing employee who acquires a disability or long term health condition, enabling them to stay in work at least one activity that will make a difference for disabled people</li></ul></li></ul><p>
&ldquo;We are an equal opportunities employer and welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of their race, sex, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation or age&rdquo;.</p><p></p><p><b><br>
We treat everyone fairly and equitably across the organisation, including providing any additional support and adjustments needed for everyone to thrive</b></p></div><p></p>

QE Test Lead

Avanade

<div>
 We are seeking a highly skilled and innovative
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 to join our team and drive the design, development, and deployment of production-grade generative AI and agentic solutions using Microsoft technologies.
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 This role is ideal for a technically strong engineer who has hands-on experience building AI solutions, orchestrating agentic workflows, implementing evaluation frameworks, and taking solutions into secure, scalable, and cost-optimised production environments using platforms such as
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   Take ownership of technical solution design and architecture decisions, bringing clarity from ambiguous client requirements
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   Act as the technical lead on projects, guiding implementation approach, engineering standards, and best practices
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   Design, develop, and deploy Agentic AI and GenAI solutions in enterprise environments
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   Lead end-to-end solution delivery, from discovery and design through implementation, deployment, and handover
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   Make clear technical design decisions that support scalability, reliability, security, and maintainability
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   Lead and mentor junior team members, helping them deliver high-quality outcomes and grow their technical capability
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   Collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams in agile environments
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   Manage technical stakeholders and client conversations, translating business needs into practical AI solution designs
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   Support or lead pre-sales activities, including solution shaping, technical estimations, demos, proposals, and client discussions
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   Hands-on experience with LLMs such as OpenAI GPT, Claude, Gemini or Mistral
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   Experience designing and building agentic AI solutions, including tool use, workflow orchestration, routing, memory, and multi-agent patterns
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   Expertise in prompt engineering, structured outputs, and reliability patterns to optimise model performance
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   Ability to implement evaluation frameworks for quality, grounding, task success, safety, latency, and cost
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   Experience deploying AI solutions into production with focus on cost optimisation, scalability, observability, security, and governance
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   Experienced in using Microsoft GenAI ecosystem, including M365, Copilot Studio, Azure AI Foundry, and Microsoft Agent Framework
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   Proficient in Python and production-quality code practices
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   Strong understanding of software engineering principles, architecture patterns, and delivery best practices
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   Experience with API development using frameworks such as FastAPI, Flask, or Django
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   Knowledge of Docker, containerised deployments, CI/CD, and cloud-native delivery patterns
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   Experience building, deploying, and evaluating multi-agent AI solutions, agent orchestration patterns, RAG architectures, and enterprise integrations
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   Knowledge of agent communication protocols and interoperability patterns, such as MCP and A2A
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   Ability to balance innovation with practical delivery considerations, including risk, cost, security, and production readiness
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   Confidence contributing to pre-sales while also being able to lead implementation during delivery
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   Curiosity and motivation to stay current with the latest advancements in GenAI, agentic AI, and AI engineering frameworks
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   Bachelor&rsquo;s degree in Computer Science, Data Science, or a related field
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   Microsoft certified i.e. Azure AI Apps and Agents Developer Associate OR Agentic AI Business Solutions Architect
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  Enjoy your career
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   Opportunity to work for Microsoft&rsquo;s Global Alliance Partner of the Year (14 years in a row), with exceptional development and training (minimum 80 hours per year for training and paid certifications)
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   Real-time access to technical and skilled resources globally
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   Collaborate with some of the brightest &ldquo;Microsoft minds&rdquo;
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Lead Agentic AI Engineer

<div><p><b>About the role:</b></p><p></p><p>
PwC is rapidly expanding its market leading Responsible AI (RAI) practice in the UK to meet fast growing client demand across all sectors. As a Senior Manager and Responsible AI Solution Architect, you will shape and deliver PwC&rsquo;s Responsible AI, Ethics, Security and Trust agenda. You will lead the architecture and delivery of trusted AI solutions across GenAI and agentic platforms, working at the intersection of engineering, cyber, data, model risk and regulatory compliance. You will help clients move from principles to production by designing secure, governed and observable AI systems. This role offers the opportunity to influence how some of the UK&rsquo;s largest organisations adopt AI responsibly through technical design leadership, assurance-by-design, and scalable governance patterns.</p><p><b><br>
What your days will look like:</b></p><p></p><p>
As a Senior Manager and Responsible AI Solution Architect, you will lead the design and delivery of trusted, secure and compliant AI systems across GenAI and emerging agentic platforms. Working across engineering, cyber, data governance and model risk, you will translate Responsible AI principles and regulatory requirements into production ready architectures. This is a hands on technical leadership role shaping how major organisations build, validate and scale AI safely.</p><p></p><ul><li>Architect end-to-end AI / GenAI / agentic solutions (from data and identity through model integration, orchestration, deployment, monitoring and incident response), embedding PwC&rsquo;s &ldquo;Trust by Design&rdquo; architecture patterns to ensure systems are secure, governed, transparent and resilient.</li><li>Develop and mature PwC&rsquo;s &ldquo;Trust by Design&rdquo; reference architectures and patterns for GenAI and agentic AI, embedding:</li><li>safety and policy controls (guardrails, content safety, prompt-hardening),</li><li>transparency and auditability (logging, traceability, lineage),</li><li>privacy and security controls (data minimisation, encryption, key management),</li><li>and human-in-the-loop and escalation mechanisms.</li><li>Translate regulatory, policy, privacy and ethical requirements into concrete technical controls embedded across:</li><li>SDLC and secure-by-design practices,</li><li>data lifecycle and data governance,</li><li>model lifecycle (training, fine-tuning, evaluation, release, monitoring).</li><li>Partner with cyber and resilience specialists to advance AI threat modelling, prompt injection and data exfiltration mitigations, adversarial testing, and model assurance approaches.</li><li>Define and lead AI assurance strategies across testing, validation, monitoring and control effectiveness across classical ML and GenAI.</li><li>Oversee development of test plans and evaluation frameworks including:</li><li>functional performance testing (accuracy/task success),</li><li>safety testing (toxicity, bias, harmful capability),</li><li>robustness testing (adversarial prompts, jailbreak attempts),</li><li>privacy and leakage testing,</li><li>explainability and transparency checks,</li><li>and post-deployment monitoring (drift, incidents, regressions).</li><li>Shape approaches to model validation and independent assurance, including documentation, governance evidence packs, and audit-ready artefacts.</li><li>Act as technical delivery lead / solution architect on flagship engagements, owning architecture decisions, quality, and delivery outcomes.</li><li>Lead multidisciplinary teams across RAI, engineering, cyber, data governance and risk, bringing structure, pace and clarity to complex delivery.</li><li>Codify delivery experience into reusable assets (frameworks, playbooks, accelerators, reference architectures) to scale PwC&rsquo;s methodology and differentiation.</li><li>Contribute to the UK Responsible AI go-to-market strategy, shaping priority offerings, target sectors, alliance motions and client propositions.</li><li>Lead and contribute to technical thought leadership on GenAI, agentic systems, LLM assurance, AI security and governance, staying at the frontier of emerging techniques.</li><li>Mentor and upskill practitioners through internal capability building, training and coaching.</li><li>Build, lead and inspire diverse teams, fostering a culture of ethical innovation, engineering excellence and continuous learning.</li><li>Collaborate with global PwC teams to scale Responsible AI capabilities across the network and share repeatable assets.</li></ul><p></p><p><b>
This role is for you if you have:</b></p><div><ul><li><br>
Deep expertise in Responsible AI principles and operating models, including design or assessment of governance/control frameworks aligned to recognised standards (e.g., NIST AI RMF, ISO/IEC 42001).</li><li>Strong understanding of UK/EU AI regulatory landscape (including EU AI Act), data protection, model risk concepts, and AI ethics.</li><li>Proven experience as a solution architect / technical architect designing and implementing enterprise-grade AI systems.</li><li>Strong understanding of GenAI architectures (RAG, tool use, function calling, agents, orchestration patterns), including failure modes and risk controls.</li><li>Hands-on or architecture-level experience with cloud AI platforms and services, ideally across Azure (e.g., Azure AI / Azure OpenAI, Prompt Flow, AML, Purview, Sentinel), AWS (e.g., Bedrock, SageMaker, IAM/KMS, CloudWatch), and other common data platforms, API management, and identity/access patterns.</li><li>Familiarity with AI enabling technologies and ecosystems: vector databases, embedding pipelines, feature stores, model registries, prompt/trace observability, CI/CD for ML/LLM systems.</li><li>Demonstrated ability to design and lead testing and validation approaches for AI systems, including GenAI safety testing, adversarial testing/red teaming, monitoring and incident management.</li><li>Working knowledge of emerging methods such as fine-tuning (e.g. parameter-efficient approaches), evaluation harnesses, and measurement of risk/quality.</li><li>Experience in consulting or industry, including leadership of complex AI/data/analytics/model risk initiatives.</li><li>Strong stakeholder influence: able to advise executives and risk leaders and translate complex technical issues into business and regulatory implications.</li><li>Commercial acumen: experience shaping proposals, leading workstreams, and supporting large engagements alongside Partners.</li></ul></div><p></p><p><b>
Desirable to have:</b></p><div><ul><li><br>
Experience with model governance / MRM platforms, GenAI guardrail tools, and LLMOps / observability tooling (prompt/trace evaluation, scoring, monitoring).</li><li>Experience leading or contributing to AI security programmes (threat modelling, prompt injection mitigation, data leakage prevention, secure deployment).</li><li>External thought leadership (publications, speaking, panels) on Responsible/Trustworthy AI.</li><li>Relevant certifications (e.g., ISO lead implementer/auditor) and/or contributions to standards bodies or industry forums.</li></ul></div><p></p><p><b>
What success looks like in this role:</b></p><div><ul><li><br>
You can architect a GenAI/agentic solution end-to-end, explain the trade-offs, and embed Trust by Design controls without slowing delivery to a crawl.</li><li>You&rsquo;re comfortable with both platform realities (Azure/AWS services, identity, security, integration, monitoring) and RAI assurance (evidence, testing, validation, governance).</li><li>You can turn lessons learned into repeatable patterns that scale across PwC and across clients.</li></ul></div><p><b><br>
What you&rsquo;ll receive from us:</b></p><p></p><p>
No matter where you may be in your career or personal life, our benefits are designed to add value and support, recognising and rewarding you fairly for your contributions.</p><p>
We offer a range of benefits including empowered flexibility and a working week split between office, home and client site; private medical cover and 24/7 access to a qualified virtual GP; six volunteering days a year and much more.</p><p></p><p><b>
Applications close on the 5 of June 2026</b></p></div>

Senior Manager, Responsible AI Solution Architect

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