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Make the most of our global reach to discover new challenges and chances to work with diverse, talented individuals who will help you expand your horizons.\nAs a member of the Strategic Bid team, this person will play a key role in developing and evolving WSP’s AI-enabled work winning capability. Reporting to the Director, Bid Transformation, they will be responsible for designing, building and continuously improving AI agents, tools and data-enabled solutions that support how WSP identifies, qualifies, pursues, develops, reviews and learns from bids.\nThe AI Agent & Data Lead will work across bid management, knowledge management, data, digital delivery and business change to create practical solutions that improve productivity, quality, compliance, knowledge reuse and competitive advantage. 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It requires a blend of business process improvement, AI agent development, prompt engineering, knowledge management, data literacy, stakeholder engagement and change adoption.\nCore Functions:\nTo design, build, test and deploy AI agents that support the work winning lifecycle. \nTo maintain and continuously improve a portfolio of work winning agents, prompts, workflows and reusable AI-enabled tools. \nTo use Microsoft Copilot Studio and related Microsoft technologies to create practical, user-focused solutions. \nTo support the development of AI agents for opportunity qualification, capture planning, storyboarding, bid development, content review, lessons learned and knowledge retrieval. \nTo define the work winning data and knowledge requirements needed to support effective AI-enabled bidding. \nTo support the evolution of the Bid Knowledge Library into an AI-ready knowledge asset. \nTo help structure information relating to opportunities, clients, sectors, pursuits, bid reviews, outcomes, lessons learned, SMEs, differentiators and reusable evidence. \nTo work with bid teams, knowledge owners and SMEs to ensure agents are grounded in approved, current and reliable information. \nTo develop and maintain prompt libraries, agent templates, skills, workflows and guidance materials. \nTo create feedback loops between users, agents, knowledge assets and bid outcomes. \nTo analyse agent usage, user feedback and bid performance data to identify improvement opportunities. \nTo support governance, testing, assurance and responsible use of AI across work winning. \nTo translate business requirements into agent designs, process improvements and implementation plans. \nTo train and support colleagues in the effective, responsible and confident use of AI-enabled work winning tools. \nTo contribute to the overall development of the UK Strategic Bids team and its services. \nRequirements\nGood practical understanding of generative AI, AI agents, prompt engineering or low-code automation. \nExperience of designing or improving business processes, workflows or digital tools. \nStrong data literacy, including the ability to structure information for retrieval, analysis and reuse. \nGood understanding of knowledge management, content quality, metadata or information governance. \nExperience of working with Microsoft 365 tools such as SharePoint, Teams, Lists, Forms, Power Automate or Power BI. \nAbility to gather requirements from business stakeholders and translate them into practical solutions. \nStrong and effective verbal and written communication skills. \nA collaborative approach, with the ability to work across business, technical and operational teams. \nRobust project management and product ownership skills, with a meticulous approach to detail and quality. \nStrong time management skills and ability to prioritise competing requirements. \nA proactive approach, using initiative and taking responsibility for delivery. \nAbility to assimilate large volumes of information and identify practical improvement opportunities. \nAbility to explain AI, data and digital concepts in clear, simple and business-relevant language. \nA passion for quality, continuous improvement and measurable business impact. \nConfidence to challenge existing processes and propose better ways of working. \nCommitment to responsible, secure and human-led use of AI. \nSupport and promote a culture of continuous improvement. \nRole Accountabilities\nThe post requires a person who will:\nLead the design, development and improvement of AI-enabled tools that support WSP’s work winning activities. \nBuild and configure AI agents using Microsoft Copilot Studio and related Microsoft technologies. \nWork collaboratively with bid teams, work winning leaders, SMEs, knowledge managers, digital teams, data specialists and IT colleagues to identify and prioritise use cases. \nConvert work winning knowledge, bid processes and user needs into practical AI agents, prompts, workflows and reusable tools. \nDevelop and maintain the roadmap and backlog for work winning agents and related data products. \nSupport the creation of an AI-ready work winning data foundation, including appropriate structures for opportunities, pursuits, reviews, outcomes, lessons learned and reusable evidence. \nSupport the development of the Bid Knowledge Library as a trusted knowledge source for both people and AI agents. \nEnsure agents are grounded in approved sources and are appropriately tested before release. \nMonitor the performance, adoption and effectiveness of agents, using feedback and data to improve them over time. \nDevelop mechanisms to capture learning from bids, reviews and outcomes so that WSP can continuously improve future pursuits. \nMaintain appropriate documentation covering agent purpose, prompts, knowledge sources, workflows, risks, permissions and change history. \nSupport users with training, guidance and practical adoption support. \nPromote 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