AI Solutions Consultant

This is an exciting role within CPS as we expand our new AI department which is growing in areas such as Copilot and Azure AI Services. The position involves a mix of workshops and facilitating the adoption and training of AI across a wide range of industries. The primary focus of the role is on client delivery, ensuring that we provide top-tier consultative services that drive innovation and excellence in AI implementation. As a key player in our team, you will be instrumental in leveraging the latest AI technologies to create impactful solutions and share your expertise through various channels.

This role is customer-facing and focuses on client delivery, playing a crucial part in aiding customers to integrate AI into their organisations. As an AI Solutions Consultant, you will have the opportunity to develop innovative AI solutions tailored to the specific needs of clients, ensuring that they derive maximum value from Microsoft's cutting-edge technologies.

Requirements

Key responsibilities include:

Delivering customer engagements:

1. Deliver customer engagements including MCI programs to help customers get value from Microsoft technology
2. Deliver training sessions to a range of audiences from end-user to stakeholders
3. Deliver client workshops to a high standard, ensuring they are engaging and informative
4. Documenting the findings of workshops in the form of current state assessments, recommendations and actions arising within the workshops
5. Management of the expectations of clients involved in workshops
6. Travel on site to support clients with technology rollouts if required

Support the growth of knowledge and skills within CPS by:

1. Learning the latest Microsoft 365 technologies
2. Building demonstrations of the latest technology
3. Sharing the knowledge internally within CPS
4. Delivering a professional, customer-focused and high-performing consultative service
5. Ensuring that all content provided to customers is of the highest quality and has been through the internal quality assurance checks before being published
6. Promoting CPS as an expert source of knowledge regarding the latest technologies through blogs and social media
7. Contributing to the internal processes and standards to ensure that the outcome of engagements is always improving
8. Passing exams required for CPS to achieve recognition from Microsoft
9. Conducting thorough research and staying updated on the latest advancements in AI and machine learning technologies
10. Participating in conferences and workshops to share expertise and learn from industry peers

1. Confidence in personal abilities
2. Knowledgeable within this subject area
3. Fast assimilator of information
4. Demonstrable line management skills and experience
5. Good writing skills
6. Imaginative problem solver
7. Structured organiser
8. Appreciation of a quality approach
9. Thoroughness
10. Resilient
11. Appropriately persistent
12. Enquiring
13. Presentable, personable, and a quick builder of relationships
14. Confident socialiser
15. Ability to influence without imposition
16. Sensitive to commercial opportunity

CPS Benefits (Current at the time of writing. Subject to change.)

1. Hybrid working (work from where you choose to, whether home, the Green Park, Reading office, a regional Landmark location, or a coffee shop!)
2. Initial onboarding will take place in the office, and you should be prepared to travel to the office/agreed location for team meetings approximately once per month.
3. 9 Day Fortnight
4. PMI with Vitality Health
5. Medical Cash Plan with Medicash
6. Income Protection with YuLife
7. Death in Service with YuLife
8. Employee Assistance Programme
9. 25 days holiday - increasing to 26 days after 1 year, to 27 days after 2 years and to 28 days after 5 years
10. Your birthday day off
11. Access to Costco Membership
12. Salary Sacrifice Scheme, applicable to:
13. Workplace Pension with employer contribution currently 5.5% of qualifying salary (above legislated minimum and will increase if we achieve certain business targets). Employee contribution is 4% of qualifying salary (legislated minimum but you can elect to increase).
14. EV Car Scheme
15. Discounted Gym Membership
16. Cycle Scheme
17. Holiday Exchange Scheme: buy up to 10 additional days per year and sell up to 5.

In addition, these are just some of our cultural benefits:

1. Quarterly and annual star performer awards - voted for by your peers and colleagues
2. Spot Awards of £25 and up, to instantly recognise excellence in you and your colleagues
3. Annual professional and personal training budget to support your PDP
4. Career Development Framework
5. Reward schemes that are designed to thank you for your hard work and make life a little more affordable.
6. Monthly employee experience/engagement survey
7. Quarterly company meetings
8. Social/team building events, organised by our incredible Employee Forum
9. Regular meaningful 1 to 1s.
10. Long service recognition at 5, 10, 15, 20 years and onwards
11. Award winning culture Great Place to Work Nov 23 to Nov 24; Best Workplaces for Development 2024, Best Workplaces for Wellbeing 2024, Best Workplaces for Women 2024, Best Workplaces in Consulting and Professional Service 2024