Cloud Platforms Capability Lead
Kainos · Birmingham, England ·
Overview As Platforms Capability Lead, you will shape and govern the capability strategy for a key area at Kainos, ensuring it remains coherent and commercially relevant across sectors. You will drive innovation, client value, and thought leadership while nurturing a strong, diverse team.
You'll collaborate with senior clients, partners, and industry forums to raise Kainos' profile and deliver measurable outcomes in an AI-first platform world. This is a leadership role focused on strategic impact, people development, and durable capabilities that scale.
Responsibilities Set and evolve a capability strategy that drives thought leadership, innovation, and growth aligned to sector and BU strategies. Define and maintain Services and Accelerators tailored to sector needs with reusable collateral.
Deliver external thought leadership and raise the capabilitys profile. Align capability support with sector-led pursuits and sales with senior advisor input. Build and sustain relationships with senior and C-level stakeholders across clients and industry forums.
Shape long-term talent and skills strategy to meet sector demand and future needs. Collaborate with BU Operations and Talent Acquisition to deliver workforce plans. Lead capability-wide learning and development aligned to market and technology trends.
Foster professional identity, belonging, and continuous improvement within the capability. Establish and promote standards, patterns, methodologies, and best practices. Evolve capabilities and practices to adopt an AI-first approach aligned to strategy.
Identify and manage capability risks and succession plans with escalation when needed. Key requirements Experience leading within a technology professional services organisation with client-facing services and growth outcomes.
Experience defining and executing strategy across a technology capability or service portfolio across multiple teams. Proven ability to influence growth through market engagement, partnerships, or new service offerings. Leadership track record with outcome-driven thought leadership, innovation, and talent development.
Credibility in both technical and commercial aspects within the relevant capability area. Ability to develop senior relationships and represent Kainos professionally. People-oriented leadership with a vision for capability strategy and implementation plans.
Strong decision-making, collaborative approach, and focus on best outcomes for Kainos. Evidence of driving initiatives that improve team capability or performance. leadership stakeholder management communication platform engineering AI-first strategy capability strategy