Job Description
Responsible for providing technology leader on Microsoft cloud technologies to our clients across industry sectors and help navigate their cloud transformation on Microsoft Cloud
Job Title:
Microsoft Cloud Technology Leader (Fast Growing Global IT Consultancy!)
Location: Either London, Manchester or Glasgow
Salary: £90,000 - £103,000 plus benefits, perks, healthcare options and bonus!
An Overview of the Role
This is a high impact role in the Cloud Advisory capability unit contributing to our leadership in cloud transformation on Microsoft cloud technologies across our clients in different industry sectors.
As a Senior Manager (Microsoft Cloud) you will be -
Responsible for providing technology leader on Microsoft cloud technologies to our clients across industry sectors and help navigate their cloud transformation on Microsoft Cloud.
Bringing a strong technology focus in the client's transformation to Microsoft cloud across the end-to-end journey from data centre exit planning, migration strategy, setting up CoEs, operating model transformation, landing zone designs and robust target state architecture including infrastructure, business, application, data, security, integration and platform.
Establishing long-term relationships with CxOs of our clients, using your technical and professional credibility to act as trusted advisor to them on their strategic direction, growth, and investment in the Microsoft cloud technologies.
Providing guidance to our clients advising and influencing them on technology trends and opportunities including Gen AI, security, resilience, sustainability, industry clouds etc.
Required to work and communicate with all levels of an organisation to collaboratively innovate, design, and implement transformations.
Bringing an acute sense of market trends and the challenges facing our clients, to deliver lasting and sustainable organisation transformations.
Contributing to the growth and success of a top-tier consulting practice.
Contributing to our market offers, knowledge and the overall strategic goals of the practice.
Responsible for delivery and leadership, you'll be responsible for consulting sales in excess of £1m per annum.
As part of your role you will also have the opportunity to contribute to the business and your own personal growth, through activities that form part of the following categories:
Business Development
- Leading/contributing to proposals, RFPs, bids, proposition development, client pitch contribution, client hosting at events.
Internal contribution
- Campaign development, internal think-tanks, whitepapers, practice development (operations, recruitment, team events & activities), offering development.
Learning & Development
- Training to support your career development and the skills demand within the company, certifications etc.
We'd Love To Meet Someone With
Experience in cloud strategy and implementation for large and mid-size organisations on Microsoft Azure and other Microsoft cloud technologies
Broad knowledge across all areas of Microsoft cloud including Azure, security, Data & AI, Power Platform and Office 365.
Experience in developing cloud adoption strategy and roadmaps for clients on Azure with deep understanding of Microsoft Cloud Adoption Framework
Experience in large scale migration to Azure including landing zone build, discovery & assessment, intake planning, migration execution and post-migration activities
Experience of working with Microsoft alliance & partner teams, partner architects and customer success teams
Experience in proactively selling the business value of Azure and other Microsoft services to client executives
Experience in developing thought leadership, go to market offerings and innovation business solutions that help clients to realise value from Microsoft products and services
Experience in architecture, design, and deployment of Azure & hybrid solutions
Experience in leading and conducting architecture reviews, resiliency reviews and technical optimisation.
Experience across expertise across key workloads including Compute, Security, Networking, Storage, AVS, AVD, Linux, and other Azure Infrastructure services.
Understanding of industry clouds provided by Microsoft in one or more industry domains.
Understanding of Azure security models, DevSecOps and Azure cloud operations
In addition to the capabilities mentioned above, we are looking for an additional set of experiences from candidates seeking to apply to Senior Manager level:
Evidence of having successfully delivered and led advisory engagements, making use of the entire Microsoft suite to drive positive outcomes and developing opportunities to deliver follow-on work
Evidence of leading successful large-scale, complex transformation delivery engagements in alignment to a client's strategic objectives
Evidence of managing teams, including multiple workstreams in complex delivery environments
The ability to build and maintain trusted relationships with senior client stakeholders
Experience in leading and supporting sales efforts, as well as shaping deal and engagement commercials
Evidence of achieving sales targets of at least £500k per annum
Evidence of practice development, team building and developing more junior colleagues
Proven ability to be successful in a matrixed organisation, and to enlist support and commitment from peers in selling and delivering consulting solutions.
Being comfortable in a client-facing role, with previously consulting or advisory experience.
Your security clearance - you must qualify for any security clearance checks required.
To apply please click the "Apply" button and follow the instructions.
For a further discussion, please contact Aaron Perdesi on 07441 920 857