AI Product Developer (AI Foundry) - 3 Days Work from Office - Leeds or Bradford at WNSGlobalServices144

Purpose of the role:   To design, build and operationalise Copilot‑based and LLM‑powered solutions, focusing on secure engineering, enterprise integration and reusable accelerators that reduce vendor dependency and increase internal delivery velocity. Key Accountabilities Role Specific Accountabilities • Design, develop and maintain Copilot solutions, intelligent agents, plugins, connectors and LLM workflows (e.g., Copilot Studio). • Build scalable components (prompt orchestration, retrieval layers, automation flows, model interfaces, validation pipelines). • Integrate with enterprise systems/APIs/data platforms, ensuring security, resilience and architecture alignment. • Conduct rapid prototyping to validate feasibility, model behaviour, UX and performance. • Implement secure‑by‑design and responsible AI practices (guardrails, controls, monitoring, auditability). • Develop/optimise RAG components, embeddings, vector queries and metadata strategies for accuracy/reliability. • Implement observability: logging, telemetry and LLM monitoring for quality and incident triage. • Create reusable assets (prompt libraries, agent templates, connectors, test harnesses) and documentation. • Translate design artefacts into build‑ready specifications and aligned solution designs. • Co‑define test strategies and model performance thresholds with the AI Test Lead. • Contribute to cross‑functional design/architecture reviews and standards evolution. • Mentor colleagues and enable pro‑/low‑/no‑code teams to adopt AI safely. • Ensure responsible AI principles (e.g., transparency, explainability, ISO42001) are incorporated into all development. • Provide insight to support business cases, investment decisions, risk assessments, and prioritisation discussions at AI governance forums. • Collaborate with teams to ensure all AI development work is implementable, sustainable and aligned to enterprise architecture. • Maintain a library of development artefacts, patterns and re‑usable assets to support repeatability and uplift maturity across the AI Foundry. • Managing escalations supporting the wider Data & AI Leadership team.  Shared Accountabilities • Translate Divisional priorities into plans and deliverables to deliver overall Group strategic priorities • Build the capability & capacity of functional resources to drive sustained commercial success • Interpret & communicate the priorities for the Function, motivating and developing a high performing team • Own functional priorities, applying specialist expertise to put the customer at the heart of everything and drive a profitable business • Initiate and develop critical external and internal relationships which create value, collaborating to deliver commercial and customer priorities • Uphold corporate legal & regulatory responsibilities • Implement and manage transformation activity & harness innovation to create a high performing & sustainable business