Microsoft Applications Practice Lead: Dynamics/Power Platform

We are recruiting for an Applications Consulting Lead. A senior, applications focused leader to take ownership of the Applications Division of an award winning, growth focused technology consultancy. The team is built around modern Microsoft technologies, automation and process improvement. This is a strategic role with significant influence, driven by a recent merger that''s expanded their customer base, strengthened their partner position and accelerated opportunities for growth.

The team has strong foundations, solid partner relationships and a healthy pipeline. What is now needed is a leader who can set clear direction, support and develop the senior consultants, strengthen commercial and partner activity and deliver meaningful work hands on with clients.

What You''ll Do

• Define and communicate the direction of the application practice, aligning technology choices, partner strategy and commercial priorities.
• Work closely with sales leadership to drive the pipeline, support bids and lead early-stage client engagements, ensuring the practice wins the right work.
• Own senior relationships with key technology partners, strengthening influence, shaping joint opportunities and keeping the team ahead of platform and AI developments.
• Lead senior and principal consultants, supporting their development, resolving delivery challenges and setting clear expectations.
• Spend around a third of your time with clients, running strategic workshops, shaping automation and application programmes and acting as the senior voice in early project phases.

What You''ll Need

• Strong understanding of Microsoft''s ecosystem - especially Dynamics, Power Platform, SharePoint, Teams and modern AI tooling, e.g. CoPilot
• Experience leading or shaping an application-led function covering development, automation, AI or process transformation.
• Confidence in commercial leadership: negotiating with partners, steering proposals, and influencing senior stakeholders
• Credibility with technical teams, backed by hands-on experience and a real delivery track record.
• The resilience and pragmatism required to lead in a high-growth environment.

This ambitious business sits at the cusp of a major period of growth - more customers, stronger partner traction and a broader opportunity to deliver more services to more businesses.

We are expecting the right candidates to be currently on anywhere from -75,000 - -110,000, and we offer an excellent benefits package on top. Hybrid working is acceptable, but please note this is a management role, with responsibility for cultural leadership and development, and so we would expect people to be in the office several times a month, and ideally several days a week.

Cathcart Technology is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.