Lead Power Platform Consultant

About HSO 

HSO Success and Ambition 

HSO are a leading member of the Microsoft Dynamics Inner Circle, founded in 1987, and specialize in sectors such as Retail, Manufacturing, Professional Services, Financial Services and Local Government. We’ve won several prestigious awards over the last few years including being voted in the UK’s top 10 Best Large companies to work for the last 3 years running. This year we are also proud to have been named the D365 Finance Microsoft Partner of the Year Award and Finalist for D365 Sales & Marketing. 

HSO is the place to work for those in the Microsoft Dynamics channel. People join and stay because we care; about adding value to our customers, about delivering what we say we will, striving to improve ourselves, being inclusive and having fun. 

The core values that enable us to work so well together also mean our customers want to work with us. We choose to be different to other Microsoft Partners. Caring about our people, customers and quality of work differentiates us. We always support our people and customers to achieve shared, agreed goals. 

Job Purpose:  

Provide outstanding technical services using low code or pro code technology as a lead consultant to clients and contribute to the success of HSO’s Application Platform.  

Key Responsibilities 

As Lead Consultant, you will: 

• Work as part of a team on larger client-facing engagements or as an individual technical leader on smaller engagements 

• (Supporting) designing cloud architectural designs 

• Take responsibility for the delivery of technical capabilities to clients, either at the project, solution, or feature level 

• Facilitate or support client facing consulting services such as cloud assessments, workshops, and co-design sessions 

• Provide expertise in platform management, application lifecycle management, security, and user empowerment. 

• Further develop and maintain your own technical expertise, and share that expertise with junior colleagues as a mentor or producer of best practices and intellectual property 

• Provide technical pre-sales support to HSO sellers and their clients when needed (e.g. technical presentations to clients, development and presentation of demos, preparation of design and proposal documentation, etc.); note this is not the primary job function, and pre-sales assignments will be made based on technical expertise required by the pursuit 

Experience and Skills 

Essential 

You’ll be successful in this role if you have:

• A strong sense of ownership, autonomy, and personal responsibility for your work 

• Collaborating effectively with project teams and cross-functional stakeholders 

• The drive and self-sufficiency to work independently, translate goals into action, own the success of your area of work, support and seek support from colleagues when needed 

• A passion for Microsoft cloud technologies including Power Platform and Microsoft 365 

• Strong client-facing skills, empathy, and ability to guide clients through challenging problems 

• Over 5 years of technical experience in consulting or customer settings working with Microsoft Cloud technologies such as Power Platform or Dynamics 365 CE, Azure, or Microsoft 365 application development, integration, and / or infrastructure solutions 

• Direct experience designing, building, and delivering Microsoft Dataverse solutions 

People Management: 

Lead Consultants typically don't have permanent management duties but may oversee junior consultants on the same project. 

Location:  

This will be predominantly a remote based role but you will be expected in office or on client site as and when required. 
(Our UK offices are in Manchester, Reading, and Glasgow.)

We offer a competitive, market-aligned salary, that reflects the skills and experience of each candidate. Our commitment to providing a fair and equitable salary ensures we attract and retain top talent in our industry. The salary package will be discussed during the interview process and will be based on current market benchmarks for similar roles, as well as the individual’s qualifications and experience.

In addition to base salary, eligible employees have the opportunity to earn performance-based bonuses and participate in our benefits programs.

Benefits:

Paid Holidays

Pension

Healthcare

Dental

Life Insurance

Tonic Wellbeing

HSO Perkz

Flexible working when required and agreed