Lead Power Platform & AI Consultant

Location: UK | Business Area: Digital | Salary Details: Discussed in Screening Call

The Lead Power Platform & AI Consultant will help organisations solve complex business challenges through secure, scalable and supportable solutions built on Microsoft Power Platform, Microsoft 365 Copilot and Copilot Studio. Combining consulting, architecture and hands-on delivery, the role leads customers from discovery and solution design through to implementation, adoption and support handover.

Operating across consultancy, presales, governance and delivery, the role acts as a trusted advisor to customers while working closely with account teams, Microsoft 365 specialists, developers and Azure consultants. The successful candidate will ensure solutions are commercially viable, well-governed and aligned to security, compliance and lifecycle management best practices.

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great place to work, a great place to be a customer”

Client Discovery, Advisory & Pre-Sales

Lead discovery workshops, identify business outcomes, map processes and translate requirements into clear use cases and acceptance criteria.

Provide trusted technical guidance on solution options, risks, licensing, constraints and delivery approaches.

Shape proposals, statements of work, estimates and proof-of-concept engagements, ensuring scope and assumptions are clearly defined.

Advise on the appropriate use of Power Platform, Microsoft 365 Copilot, Copilot Studio and Azure technologies, collaborating with wider teams where required.

Design solutions using Power Apps, Dataverse, Power Automate, Power Pages, Power BI, SharePoint and Microsoft 365 services.

Define app, automation and AI agent architectures aligned to business and technical requirements.

Design integrations using connectors, APIs, Azure services and related technologies.

Build prototypes and production-ready solutions using reusable and scalable design patterns.

Ensure solutions are secure, resilient, accessible, supportable and operationally ready.

Copilot Studio & AI Solutions

Design, build and govern AI agents using Copilot Studio.

Assess and recommend the most appropriate AI approach based on business needs, security and scalability requirements.

Design knowledge-grounding strategies using Microsoft 365, Dataverse, APIs and Azure AI services.

Implement human oversight, monitoring, approvals and feedback mechanisms for AI-enabled processes.

Advise on licensing, capacity, cost management and responsible AI practices.

Stay current with emerging AI capabilities and evaluate their suitability for client adoption.

Governance, Security & Assurance

Lead Power Platform and Copilot governance reviews covering security, environments, licensing, capacity and operational risk.

Define governance frameworks including environment strategies, DLP policies, security models and maker controls.

Establish application lifecycle management practices across development, testing and production environments.

Use Microsoft administration and compliance tools to support auditing, adoption, cost and risk management.

Embed security, privacy, compliance and responsible AI principles into all solutions.

Delivery Leadership & Technical Assurance

Act as the technical lead across multiple client engagements, ensuring solutions deliver agreed business outcomes.

Review solution designs, automations, AI agents and deployment approaches, providing technical direction and assurance.

Support iterative delivery, testing and continuous improvement activities.

Produce architecture designs, technical documentation, governance reports and handover materials.

Troubleshoot complex issues across applications, integrations, automation and AI solutions.

Practice & Capability Development

Develop repeatable services, accelerators and propositions across Power Platform, Copilot and AI.

Create reusable templates, frameworks, reference architectures and demonstration assets.

Monitor Microsoft's roadmap and translate new capabilities into practical recommendations.

Mentor consultants and support capability development across the wider team.

Contribute to customer events, webinars, workshops and thought leadership activities.

Power Apps:
Canvas apps, model-driven apps, coded apps, Dataverse, Power Fx, reusable components, responsive design and application extensibility.

Power Automate:
Cloud flows, approvals, child flows, intelligent automation and AI-assisted business processes.

Dataverse:
Data modelling, business rules, security, virtual tables, auditing and solution-aware…