Kainos

Kainos

Belfast, Northern Ireland

CTO – AI Business Solutions

Full-Time£28,000 - 51,000 per yearanteayerUnited Kingdom
IT

Job Description

Salary: £28,000 - 51,000 per year

Requirements:
  • Significant experience operating in a senior technology leadership or CTO-level role within the Microsoft ecosystem.
  • Strong understanding of Dynamics 365 and Power Platform, and clear insight into how Copilot, Copilot Studio and Azure AI extend and transform those platforms.
  • Experience shaping AI-enabled solutions beyond proof of concept, with a focus on scale, governance and commercial viability.
  • Demonstrated experience influencing revenue growth through executive engagement, solution strategy or market-facing technology leadership.
  • Confidence engaging with senior customers, Microsoft and partners on AI strategy, architecture and transformation outcomes.
  • Ability to connect Microsoft AI capability to business value, growth and differentiation, not just technical possibility.
  • A balance of strategic technology vision, architectural credibility and commercial pragmatism.
Responsibilities:
  • Own and evolve the technology and AI strategy for our AI Business Solutions practice across Dynamics 365, Power Platform, Copilot, Copilot Studio and Azure AI.
  • Define the long-term technology roadmap for our practice and ensure sustained relevance across industry priorities and Microsofts evolving AI platform.
  • Define how AI-augmented workflows, copilots and agent-based patterns are designed, governed and scaled across customer solutions.
  • Establish architectural and AI design principles that ensure our solutions are secure, compliant and aligned with Microsoft best practice.
  • Align capability investment and our technical roadmap to practice growth priorities and Microsoft ecosystem strategy.
  • Guide structured evaluation of emerging Dynamics, Power Platform and Microsoft AI capabilities and determine how they are incorporated into standard solution patterns and offerings.
  • Act as a senior adviser to executive customers on AI-enabled Business Applications transformation.
  • Engage at C-suite level to shape technology-led transformation agendas and position us as a strategic Microsoft partner.
  • Partner with Sales and Practice leadership to shape and influence flagship pursuits and strategically significant bids.
  • Build senior relationships across Microsoft field and engineering teams, contributing to roadmap discussions, co-sell strategy and joint customer engagement.
  • Represent us externally as a credible Microsoft AI and Business Applications leader.
  • Provide technology leadership across strategically important bids and flagship pursuits.
  • Own and evolve technical governance across the practice, including architectural review processes, quality gates and engineering standards.
  • Provide oversight and escalation support on high-impact or technically complex programmes.
  • Ensure consistent application of best practice across delivery teams.
  • Lead our AI-first narrative, ensuring Copilot and agent-based capabilities are embedded into repeatable, product-like offerings.
  • Partner with practice leadership to embed IP and accelerator-led approaches into standard offerings, improving repeatability, speed to value and commercial resilience.
  • Shape the development of accelerators, patterns and delivery models that leverage Microsoft AI to improve speed, quality and margin.
  • Contribute to industry-focused go-to-market propositions by defining the technical differentiation behind them.
  • Collaborate with other Kainos practices to align on responsible AI, data and platform strategy.
  • Lead and develop the senior technical leadership community across the practice.
  • Define capability strategy across Dynamics, Power Platform and AI-aligned skills.
  • Ensure certification and skills investment keeps pace with Microsofts evolving AI ecosystem.
  • Support recruitment and development of senior technical roles, providing strategic technical stewardship.
Technologies:
  • AI
  • Azure
  • Copilot
  • CTO
  • Embedded
  • Support
  • Office 365
  • Cloud

More:

We are Kainos, a people-first company of problem solvers, innovators and collaborators, creating real impact through digital transformation, Workday solutions and advanced technology. Our AI Business Solutions practice helps organisations transform how they operate using Microsoft Dynamics 365, Power Platform and Microsofts AI platform, including Copilot, Copilot Studio and Azure AI. We offer a diverse and ambitious team culture where ideas are valued, growth is supported and creativity is celebrated. This is a senior, full-time engineering leadership role focused on shaping the technology direction of our practice, with an emphasis on AI-first delivery, technical differentiation and growth.

last updated 35 week of 2026

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IT

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